Current use of contraception (modern method) (% of married women): Q5 (highest) 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): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 76.1% in Colombia; the lowest is 12.5% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.5%, and the mean is 40.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 111.4%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 39.0%).
Current use: Q5 (highest) … modern Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 76.1% | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 72.3% | 2015 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 69.7% | 2014 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Lesotho | 64.8% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 60.6% | 2016 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 59.3% | 2014 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 7 | Peru | 58.8% | 2012 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | India | 58.7% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 57.7% | 2014 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 10 | Vietnam | 56.7% | 2014 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 11 | Turkey | 54.5% | 2013 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 54.4% | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 53.8% | 2015 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 52.3% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 15 | Rwanda | 51.8% | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Zambia | 51.3% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 50.6% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia | 46.5% | 2008 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.6% | 2018 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 43.0% | 2015 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 42.1% | 2016 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 41.5% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | 41.5% | 2018 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 39.7% | 2019 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 25 | Jordan | 38.5% | 2018 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 26 | Tanzania | 35.4% | 2016 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 33.6% | 2010 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 33.4% | 2017 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 32.6% | 2019 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.5% | 2018 | up 111.4% | rising |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 28.5% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 32 | Haiti | 28.3% | 2017 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 25.8% | 2019 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 24.3% | 2018 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.2% | 2019 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 23.5% | 2018 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 23.0% | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 22.3% | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 20.8% | 2014 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.4% | 2016 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 18.8% | 2018 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 42 | Benin | 17.9% | 2018 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 43 | Gambia | 17.7% | 2020 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea | 17.1% | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 45 | Chad | 12.5% | 2019 | up 104.9% | 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.