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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1998

1998, 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, 1998 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Canada is highest, at 68.5; Somalia is lowest, at 0.6. The middle country reads 25.9. Against 1997, 187 values changed (169 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 1998

HighestCanada

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CanadaCANNorthern America68.561.074.3Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe68.355.473.8Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe67.155.975.6Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe65.857.572.4Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.060.675.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe62.446.876.4Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe61.053.268.6Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean59.649.869.8Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe59.552.665.6Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe59.246.167.9Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe59.144.475.1Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe57.147.866.7Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand56.745.169.6Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America54.846.662.2Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand53.943.463.4Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe53.740.770.2Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America53.649.458.0Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe53.444.862.4Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe52.439.564.7Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe50.845.855.9Interpolation
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia49.841.667.2Interpolation
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia48.937.065.2Interpolation
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa48.343.652.9Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe47.732.066.3Projection
UruguayURYSouth America47.540.159.0Interpolation

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Canada68.5
  2. Finland68.3
  3. Switzerland67.1
  4. United Kingdom65.8
  5. China65.0

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.6
  2. Chad1.6
  3. South Sudan2.7
  4. Mauritania3.1
  5. Djibouti3.7

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada61.0

    LowestSomalia0.2

    Middle country: 18.9

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway76.4

    LowestChad2.1

    Middle country: 35.5

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 196 in both
  • 169 · 18rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

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 1998.

  • 168 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 32.9. 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 (1998). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/1998

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