Current use of contraception (modern 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 (modern method) (% of married women): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 72.6% in Colombia; the lowest is 3.1% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 28.3%, and the mean is 31.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 1,450.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 29.6%).
Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 72.6% | 2015 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 2 | Lesotho | 66.1% | 2018 | up 131.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 64.6% | 2014 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 63.3% | 2019 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 61.8% | 2015 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 61.2% | 2014 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 60.2% | 2020 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 56.3% | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 55.8% | 2018 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 54.2% | 2014 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 53.3% | 2015 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 53.2% | 2016 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 13 | India | 50.7% | 2021 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 43.8% | 2019 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 43.8% | 2017 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 41.1% | 2012 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 38.2% | 2013 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 38.0% | 2018 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 34.7% | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.3% | 2018 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 30.0% | 2021 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Kenya | 29.2% | 2014 | up 147.5% | rising |
| 23 | Haiti | 28.3% | 2017 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 26.7% | 2019 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Ghana | 25.3% | 2018 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.6% | 2008 | up 218.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Uganda | 22.4% | 2016 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 20.3% | 2016 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.1% | 2019 | up 570.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Mozambique | 16.7% | 2015 | up 328.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 16.6% | 2019 | up 277.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 15.8% | 2019 | up 426.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Gambia | 15.7% | 2020 | up 324.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 15.5% | 2014 | up 138.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Mali | 11.0% | 2018 | up 292.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.9% | 2018 | up 253.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Benin | 9.4% | 2018 | up 291.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.3% | 2016 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 8.1% | 2019 | up 406.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 7.1% | 2010 | up 294.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Mauritania | 4.5% | 2021 | up 221.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2018 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 43 | Cameroon | 4.2% | 2018 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Nigeria | 3.7% | 2018 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 3.1% | 2019 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
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.