Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) by country
Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device...
What the numbers show
Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 86.3% in Czechia; the lowest is 8.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.7%, and the mean is 51.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 212.9%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 45.8%).
Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia | 86.3% | 2008 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 85.5% | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 84.2% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 4 | Colombia | 81.0% | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 80.4% | 2012 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 80.3% | 2011 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 7 | France | 78.4% | 2010 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 8 | Ecuador | 77.8% | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 9 | Iran | 77.4% | 2010 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 10 | Peru | 77.3% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 76.1% | 2012 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 75.1% | 2014 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 13 | United States | 73.9% | 2019 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 73.0% | 2013 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 72.8% | 2022 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 72.8% | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 71.8% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 70.9% | 2018 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 19 | Morocco | 70.8% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 20 | North Korea | 70.2% | 2017 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 70.1% | 2007 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 22 | Turkey | 69.8% | 2018 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 69.4% | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 24 | Paraguay | 68.4% | 2016 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 25 | Russia | 68.0% | 2011 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 26 | Botswana | 67.4% | 2017 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 26 | Lesotho | 67.4% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Australia | 66.9% | 2016 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 66.8% | 2015 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 66.7% | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 66.7% | 2017 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 30 | India | 66.7% | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 33 | Bolivia | 66.5% | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 34 | Malawi | 65.6% | 2020 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Ukraine | 65.5% | 2012 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 64.6% | 2016 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 37 | Rwanda | 64.1% | 2020 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 64.0% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 39 | Poland | 63.2% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 62.8% | 2019 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 41 | Kenya | 62.5% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 62.3% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 43 | Cuba | 62.1% | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 62.1% | 2018 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 45 | Singapore | 62.0% | 1997 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 46 | Cambodia | 61.9% | 2022 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 61.8% | 2009 | — | flat |
| 48 | Guatemala | 60.6% | 2015 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 48 | Jamaica | 60.6% | 2022 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 60.1% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 58.8% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 52 | Egypt | 58.5% | 2014 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 58.3% | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 54 | Philippines | 58.3% | 2022 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 55 | Eswatini | 57.7% | 2022 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 56 | Palestine | 57.3% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 57.2% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 57.1% | 2016 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 59 | Laos | 56.3% | 2017 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 56.1% | 2013 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 61 | Moldova | 56.0% | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 62 | Lebanon | 54.5% | 2009 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 63 | Tunisia | 54.0% | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 64 | Syria | 53.9% | 2009 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 65 | Algeria | 53.6% | 2019 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 65 | El Salvador | 53.6% | 2021 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 53.0% | 2018 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 52.8% | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 69 | Belarus | 52.6% | 2019 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 52.6% | 2023 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 71 | Myanmar | 52.2% | 2016 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 72 | Kuwait | 52.0% | 1999 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 73 | Panama | 50.8% | 2015 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 74 | Madagascar | 49.7% | 2021 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.7% | 2019 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 76 | Zambia | 49.6% | 2018 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 77 | Mongolia | 48.1% | 2018 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 46.0% | 2018 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 79 | Uganda | 43.0% | 2022 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 42.8% | 2022 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 40.0% | 2023 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 39.4% | 2018 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 83 | Georgia | 39.3% | 2018 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 84 | Tanzania | 37.6% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.5% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 86 | Ghana | 36.3% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 36.1% | 2021 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Haiti | 34.3% | 2017 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Pakistan | 34.0% | 2019 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 34.0% | 2022 | up 109.6% | rising |
| 91 | Yemen | 33.5% | 2013 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 32.0% | 2022 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 93 | Guyana | 29.9% | 2020 | down 29.7% | flat |
| 94 | Oman | 29.7% | 2014 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 29.3% | 2017 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 96 | Burundi | 28.5% | 2017 | up 212.9% | rising |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 28.1% | 2018 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 98 | Senegal | 26.5% | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 99 | Mozambique | 26.4% | 2023 | up 127.6% | rising |
| 100 | East Timor | 26.0% | 2016 | up 31.3% | flat |
| 101 | Togo | 23.8% | 2017 | up 45.2% | falling |
| 102 | Afghanistan | 22.5% | 2015 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 103 | Benin | 22.4% | 2022 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 104 | Nigeria | 21.6% | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.2% | 2019 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 106 | Sierra Leone | 21.2% | 2019 | up 158.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Cameroon | 19.3% | 2018 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 108 | Gambia | 18.9% | 2020 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 109 | Maldives | 18.8% | 2017 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 17.8% | 2019 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 111 | Mali | 17.2% | 2018 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 112 | Niger | 15.3% | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 14.3% | 2021 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Sudan | 12.8% | 2014 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea | 10.9% | 2018 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 116 | Chad | 8.1% | 2019 | up 67.8% | rising |
About this data
Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.