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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2000

2000, 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, 2000 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Canada is highest, at 68.4; Somalia is lowest, at 0.6. The middle country reads 27.9. Against 1999, 187 values changed (169 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2000

HighestCanada

68.4

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CanadaCANNorthern America68.460.374.8Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe67.954.973.5Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe67.556.575.8Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe66.758.373.2Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.061.576.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.347.877.6Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe61.254.068.5Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean61.051.770.2Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe59.747.167.5Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe59.652.365.7Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe59.343.676.3Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand57.245.370.4Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe56.347.266.0Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America56.151.061.3Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand54.344.063.0Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe54.140.771.2Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe53.945.262.8Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America53.946.361.3Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe53.840.865.8Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe53.248.158.3Interpolation
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia49.741.267.6Interpolation
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa49.644.355.0Interpolation
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia48.435.964.9Interpolation
UruguayURYSouth America48.240.760.0Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe48.031.268.0Projection

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Canada68.4
  2. Finland67.9
  3. Switzerland67.5
  4. United Kingdom66.7
  5. China66.0

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.6
  2. Chad2.1
  3. South Sudan2.8
  4. Mauritania3.7
  5. Rwanda3.8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestChina61.5

    LowestSomalia0.2

    Middle country: 19.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway77.6

    LowestSomalia2.4

    Middle country: 35.9

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +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 2000.

  • 161 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 10.3. 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 (2000). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2000

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