Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q4 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): Q4 is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 84.0% in Colombia; the lowest is 9.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.5%, and the mean is 44.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 163.8%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 31.9%).
Current use of contraception (any method) (% of married women): Q4: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 84.0% | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 77.3% | 2013 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 75.8% | 2012 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 75.1% | 2014 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 69.4% | 2015 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 67.9% | 2014 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 7 | India | 67.8% | 2021 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.3% | 2008 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 9 | Lesotho | 65.9% | 2018 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 65.9% | 2014 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 11 | Rwanda | 65.4% | 2020 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Indonesia | 63.1% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 13 | Malawi | 60.6% | 2016 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 59.8% | 2014 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 59.2% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 56.2% | 2015 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 55.4% | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 54.6% | 2018 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 19 | Jordan | 54.3% | 2018 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Philippines | 52.3% | 2017 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 21 | Nepal | 47.7% | 2019 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 22 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 46.1% | 2016 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 45.5% | 2016 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 44.0% | 2019 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Mongolia | 44.0% | 2018 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 40.6% | 2018 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 35.5% | 2017 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 28 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 33.5% | 2018 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 29 | Mozambique | 32.1% | 2015 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Senegal | 31.9% | 2019 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 31 | Ghana | 28.8% | 2018 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 26.2% | 2019 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Nigeria | 25.2% | 2018 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 24.1% | 2018 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.4% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 36 | Gambia | 22.5% | 2020 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 21.1% | 2018 | up 163.8% | rising |
| 38 | Central African Republic | 20.7% | 2019 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.4% | 2016 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 40 | Mauritania | 19.7% | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 19.3% | 2014 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 17.1% | 2010 | up 131.1% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 16.8% | 2018 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea | 14.6% | 2018 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 9.1% | 2019 | up 111.6% | flat |
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.