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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2018

2018, 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, 2018 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.9; Somalia is lowest, at 1.3. The middle country reads 33.4. Against 2017, 175 values changed (144 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2018

HighestFinland

73.9

LowestSomalia

1.3

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.960.980.6Projection
CanadaCANNorthern America70.351.284.7Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.360.274.6Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.558.777.6Projection
BrazilBRASouth America64.857.371.9Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean64.858.870.4Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe64.649.576.8Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.351.076.1Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.443.983.4Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.444.676.1Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe61.850.472.3Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.348.170.9Projection
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.154.665.2Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand59.846.376.0Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe59.453.564.8Interpolation
ChileCHLSouth America59.050.467.3Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.534.582.6Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America58.251.964.7Projection
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia56.847.870.6Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe56.040.373.2Projection
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand55.844.363.9Projection
NicaraguaNICCentral America55.646.764.9Projection
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.540.174.9Projection
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa55.142.370.9Projection
ArgentinaARGSouth America54.847.362.2Interpolation

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.9
  2. Canada70.3
  3. Switzerland68.3
  4. China65.5
  5. Brazilshared64.8

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.3
  2. South Sudan4.9
  3. Chad5.7
  4. Eritrea6.6
  5. Sudan8.8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland60.9

    LowestSomalia0.5

    Middle country: 24.2

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada84.7

    LowestSomalia4.8

    Middle country: 44.0

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 175values changed, of 196 in both
  • 144 · 31rose · fell
  • 21unchanged

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 2018.

  • 168 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 45.0. 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 (2018). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2018

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