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Field Listing :: Contraceptive prevalence rate

This field gives the percent of women of reproductive age (15-49) who are married or in union and are using, or whose sexual partner is using, a method of contraception according to the date of the most recent available data. The contraceptive prevalence rate is an indicator of health services, development, and women’s empowerment. It is also useful in understanding, past, present, and future fertility trends, especially in developing countries.

Country	Contraceptive prevalence rate(%)


Afghanistan	21.8% (2010)


Albania	69.3% (2008/09)


Algeria	61.4% (2006)


Angola	17.7% (2009)


Anguilla	43% note: percent of women aged 15-45 (2003)


Argentina	78.9% (2004/05)


Armenia	54.9% (2010)


Australia	72.3% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2005)


Austria	69.6% note: percent of women aged 18-46 (2009)


Azerbaijan	51.1% (2006)


Bangladesh	61.2% (2011/12)


Belarus	72.6% (2005)


Belgium	70.4% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2010)


Belize	55.2% (2011)


Benin	12.9% (2012)


Bhutan	65.6% (2010)


Bolivia	60.5% (2008)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.8% (2012)


Botswana	52.8% note: percent of women aged 12-49 (2007/08)


Brazil	80.3% (2006)


Bulgaria	69.2% note: percent of women age 20-49 (2007)


Burkina Faso	16.2% (2010/11)


Burma	46% (2009/10)


Burundi	21.9% (2010/11)


Cabo Verde	61.3% (2005)


Cambodia	50.5% (2010/11)


Cameroon	23.4% (2011)


Canada	74% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2002)


Central African Republic	19% (2006)


Chad	4.8% (2010)


Chile	64.2% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2006)


China	84.6% (2006)


Colombia	79.1% (2010)


Comoros	25.7% (2000)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	17.7% (2010)


Congo, Republic of the	44.7% (2011/12)


Costa Rica	82.2% (2010)


Cote d'Ivoire	18.2% (2012)


Cuba	74.3% (2011)


Czech Republic	86.3% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2008)


Djibouti	17.8% (2006)


Dominican Republic	72.9% (2007)


Ecuador	72.7% (2004)


Egypt	60.3% (2008)


El Salvador	72.5% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	10.1% (2000)


Eritrea	8% (2002)


Estonia	63.4% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2005)


Ethiopia	28.6% (2010/11)


France	76.4% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2008)


Gabon	31.1% (2012)


Gambia, The	13.3% (2010)


Georgia	53.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2010)


Germany	66.2% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2005)


Ghana	23.5% (2008)


Greece	76.2% note: percent of women aged 16-45 (2001)


Grenada	54.3% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (1990)


Guam	66.6% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2002)


Guatemala	43.3% (2002)


Guinea	5.6% (2012)


Guinea-Bissau	14% (2010)


Guyana	42.5% (2009)


Haiti	34.5% (2012)


Honduras	65.2% (2005/06)


Hong Kong	79.5% (2007)


India	54.8% (2007/08)


Indonesia	61.9% (2012)


Iran	73.3% (2002)


Iraq	51.2% (2011)


Ireland	64.8% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2004/05)


Jamaica	69% (2002/03)


Japan	54.3% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2005)


Jordan	59.3% (2009)


Kazakhstan	51% (2011)


Kenya	45.5% (2008/09)


Kiribati	22.3% (2009)


Korea, North	68.6% (2002)


Korea, South	80% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	47.8% (2005/06)


Laos	38.4% (2005)


Latvia	67.8% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (1995)


Lebanon	58% (2004)


Lesotho	47% (2009/10)


Liberia	11.4% (2007)


Lithuania	62.9% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2006)


Madagascar	39.9% (2008/09)


Malawi	46.1% (2010)


Malaysia	49% (2004)


Maldives	34.7% (2009)


Mali	8.2% (2006)


Marshall Islands	44.6% (2007)


Mauritania	9.3% (2007)


Mauritius	75.8% (2002)


Mexico	70.9% (2006)


Moldova	67.8% (2005)


Mongolia	55% (2010)


Montenegro	39.4% (2005/06)


Morocco	67.4% (2011)


Mozambique	11.6% (2011)


Namibia	55.1% (2006/07)


Nauru	35.6% (2007)


Nepal	49.7% (2011)


Netherlands	69% note: percent of women aged 18-45 (2008)


Nicaragua	72.4% (2006/07)


Niger	13.9% (2012)


Nigeria	14.1% (2011)


Norway	88.4% note: percent of women aged 20-44 (2005)


Oman	31.7% (2000)


Pakistan	27% (2007/08)


Palau	32.8% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2003)


Panama	52.2% (2009)


Papua New Guinea	32.4% (2007)


Paraguay	79.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2008)


Peru	68.9% (2011)


Philippines	48.9% (2011)


Portugal	86.8% (2005/06)


Puerto Rico	84.1% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2002)


Romania	69.8% note: percent of women aged 15-49 (2005)


Russia	79.5% note: percent of women under age 50 (2007)


Rwanda	51.6% (2010/11)


Samoa	28.7% (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	38.4% (2008/09)


Saudi Arabia	23.8% (2007)


Senegal	13.1% (2010/11)


Serbia	60.8% (2010)


Sierra Leone	11% (2010)


Solomon Islands	34.6% (2006/07)


Somalia	14.6% (2006)


South Africa	59.9% (2003/04)


South Sudan	3.5% (2006)


Spain	65.7% (2006)


Sri Lanka	68% (2006/07)


Sudan	9% (2010)


Suriname	45.6% (2006)


Swaziland	65.2% (2010)


Syria	58.3% (2006)


Tajikistan	27.9% (2012)


Tanzania	34.4% (2009/10)


Thailand	79.6% (2009)


Timor-Leste	22.3% (2009/10)


Togo	15.2% (2010)


Trinidad and Tobago	42.5% (2006)


Tunisia	63% (2012)


Turkey	73% (2008)


Turkmenistan	61.8% (2000)


Tuvalu	30.5% (2007)


Uganda	30% (2011)


Ukraine	66.7% (2007)


United Kingdom	84% note: percent of women aged 16-49 (2008/09)


United States	76.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2010)


Uruguay	77% note: percent of women aged 15-50 (2004)


Uzbekistan	64.9% (2006)


Vanuatu	38.4% (2007)


Vietnam	77.8% (2010/11)


Virgin Islands	78.4% note: percent of women aged 18-44 (2002)


Yemen	27.7% (2006)


Zambia	40.8% (2007)


Zimbabwe	58.5% (2010/11)

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