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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2019

2019, 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), 2019 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 78.8; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.7. The middle country reads 40.3. Against 2018, 177 values changed (131 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2019

HighestFinland

78.8

LowestSouth Sudan

5.7

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), 2019, 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), 2019: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe78.866.985.4Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.863.979.5Projection
CanadaCANNorthern America72.652.487.5Projection
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe71.055.183.0Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe68.448.888.5Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.760.080.7Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe66.952.179.6Projection
BrazilBRASouth America66.458.374.1Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe66.447.383.1Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean65.559.371.0Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe65.153.175.8Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.846.379.2Projection
ChileCHLSouth America64.053.973.5Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand63.849.880.4Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe63.747.481.5Projection
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe63.149.874.6Projection
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe62.850.973.7Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe62.636.887.3Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America62.154.669.8Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe61.654.967.8Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.754.366.6Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America60.454.167.0Interpolation
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia59.849.974.4Projection
ItalyITASouthern Europe59.143.772.5Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe58.745.969.5Projection

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland78.8
  2. Switzerland72.8
  3. Canada72.6
  4. United Kingdom71.0
  5. Norway68.4

Lowest

  1. South Sudan5.7
  2. Somalia6.1
  3. Chad6.6
  4. Eritrea7.3
  5. Sudan9.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland66.9

    LowestSouth Sudan3.6

    Middle country: 30.3

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway88.5

    LowestChad9.2

    Middle country: 51.8

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 177values changed, of 196 in both
  • 131 · 46rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

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 2019.

  • 169 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 46.9. 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: Projection, Interpolation.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2019). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2019

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