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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2014

2014, 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, 2014 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 72.9; Somalia is lowest, at 1.1. The middle country reads 32.7. Against 2013, 178 values changed (143 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2014

HighestFinland

72.9

LowestSomalia

1.1

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe72.960.678.0Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America70.453.883.1Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.762.773.8Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean66.861.071.9Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.759.577.6Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe64.753.573.9Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.555.472.6Projection
BrazilBRASouth America64.358.769.3Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.645.682.3Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.547.672.5Projection
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.952.067.4Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe60.750.369.9Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.355.065.5Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe60.254.066.0Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand59.447.074.6Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.836.181.6Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe57.247.769.0Interpolation
ColombiaCOLSouth America56.752.760.8Interpolation
ChileCHLSouth America56.349.163.3Interpolation
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia55.847.869.2Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand55.745.161.1Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.540.674.1Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe54.740.670.5Projection
NicaraguaNICCentral America54.349.259.8Projection
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa54.242.169.5Interpolation

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland72.9
  2. Canada70.4
  3. Switzerland68.7
  4. Cuba66.8
  5. China65.7

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.1
  2. South Sudan4.6
  3. Chad4.8
  4. Eritrea5.7
  5. Sudan7.7

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland62.7

    LowestSomalia0.3

    Middle country: 23.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada83.1

    LowestSomalia4.1

    Middle country: 42.4

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 196 in both
  • 143 · 35rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

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 2014.

  • 173 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 43.8. 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 (2014). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2014

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