Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q1 (lowest) by country
Current use of contraception: Percentage of currently married women who are using or whose partners are using any method of contraception and modern method of contraception. Modern method includes female sterilization, male sterilization, pill, IUD, injections, implants, male condom, female condom, diaphragm, foam,...
What the numbers show
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 78.0% in Colombia; the lowest is 4.4% in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 32.3%, and the mean is 36.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 277.1%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 50.5%).
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 78.0% | 2015 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | Peru | 72.8% | 2012 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 72.6% | 2014 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Lesotho | 66.3% | 2018 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 66.0% | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 65.6% | 2014 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 64.1% | 2013 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 64.1% | 2020 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 62.8% | 2015 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 10 | India | 62.2% | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 60.7% | 2017 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mongolia | 57.0% | 2018 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 55.9% | 2014 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 55.0% | 2017 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 54.8% | 2015 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 54.0% | 2016 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 17 | Jordan | 47.7% | 2018 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.2% | 2008 | up 101.7% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 45.3% | 2019 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 20 | Zambia | 40.8% | 2018 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.0% | 2018 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 32.3% | 2014 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 32.3% | 2021 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Haiti | 29.7% | 2017 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 27.0% | 2019 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Ghana | 26.8% | 2018 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 27 | Uganda | 24.5% | 2016 | up 147.5% | rising |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 23.0% | 2016 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.2% | 2019 | up 267.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Mozambique | 18.7% | 2015 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 18.1% | 2019 | up 277.1% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 17.5% | 2020 | up 124.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.0% | 2018 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 34 | Togo | 16.9% | 2014 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 16.2% | 2019 | up 268.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 12.1% | 2019 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 11.5% | 2018 | up 210.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Benin | 11.3% | 2018 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.8% | 2016 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 7.4% | 2010 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mauritania | 5.5% | 2021 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 5.3% | 2018 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Guinea | 4.5% | 2018 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 44 | Chad | 4.4% | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Nigeria | 4.4% | 2018 | up 37.5% | rising |
About this data
Current use of contraception: Percentage of currently married women who are using or whose partners are using any method of contraception and modern method of contraception. Modern method includes female sterilization, male sterilization, pill, IUD, injections, implants, male condom, female condom, diaphragm, foam, and jelly. Traditional method includes periodic abstinence, withdrawal, long term abstinence, folk method, and others.