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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of all women aged 15 to 49, married or not, who are using any method of contraception, modern or traditional. It is the broadest measure of contraceptive use, and the gap between it and modern-method use shows how far a country relies on traditional methods such as withdrawal or periodic abstinence.

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2012 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 76.5; Chad is lowest, at 5.1. The middle country reads 39.0. Against 2011, 176 values changed (131 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2012

HighestFinland

76.5

LowestChad

5.1

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe76.565.881.7Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe73.367.977.9Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America72.857.784.6Projection
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe71.862.879.0Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe69.252.687.0Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean68.262.073.5Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.660.780.4Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe67.360.673.5Projection
BulgariaBGREastern Europe66.651.780.3Projection
BrazilBRASouth America65.960.970.4Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe65.051.672.8Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe63.953.373.1Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe63.856.069.3Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe63.240.485.5Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand63.150.778.0Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe63.056.668.6Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe62.149.078.0Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America60.954.467.2Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.254.665.8Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe60.150.566.9Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe59.450.470.8Interpolation
ColombiaCOLSouth America59.355.463.5Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe58.743.077.9Interpolation
ChileCHLSouth America58.649.967.3Interpolation
ItalyITASouthern Europe58.546.867.0Interpolation

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Finland76.5
  2. Switzerland73.3
  3. Canada72.8
  4. United Kingdom71.8
  5. Norway69.2

Lowest

  1. Chad5.1
  2. South Sudan5.2
  3. Somalia5.6
  4. Eritrea5.8
  5. Sudan7.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland67.9

    LowestSomalia3.6

    Middle country: 30.4

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway87.0

    LowestChad6.3

    Middle country: 48.0

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 176values changed, of 196 in both
  • 131 · 45rose · fell
  • 20unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2012.

  • 168 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 54.9. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolation, Projection.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2012). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2012

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