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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1997

1997, 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 a modern method of contraception. It describes how widely modern family planning is used, which depends both on access and on how many women want to avoid a pregnancy at all.

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1997 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 68.5; Somalia is lowest, at 0.6. The middle country reads 25.4. Against 1996, 188 values changed (172 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 1997

HighestFinland

68.5

LowestSomalia

0.6

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1997, 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

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe68.555.574.2Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America68.361.074.1Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe67.055.675.5Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe65.657.172.4Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia64.359.975.1Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe61.846.575.8Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe60.853.068.5Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.052.966.1Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean58.948.969.4Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.944.974.6Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe58.745.568.0Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe57.448.166.9Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand56.445.169.0Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America55.247.062.5Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand53.743.263.4Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe53.545.062.5Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe53.540.669.8Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America52.448.856.1Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe51.939.064.0Interpolation
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia49.941.767.0Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe49.343.954.8Interpolation
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia48.736.764.7Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe47.532.565.4Projection
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa47.241.653.0Interpolation
UruguayURYSouth America47.139.858.3Interpolation

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland68.5
  2. Canada68.3
  3. Switzerland67.0
  4. United Kingdom65.6
  5. China64.3

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.6
  2. Chad1.3
  3. South Sudan2.6
  4. Mauritania2.8
  5. Ethiopiashared3.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada61.0

    LowestSomalia0.2

    Middle country: 18.7

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway75.8

    LowestChad1.7

    Middle country: 34.8

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 196 in both
  • 172 · 16rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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 1997.

  • 165 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 16.4. 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 (1997). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/1997

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