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 Comparison to the World

Country | CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE(%)
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Afghanistan | 21.2% (2010/11)
Albania | 69.3% (2008/09)
Algeria | 61.4% (2006)
Angola | 17.7% (2008/09)
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 (2008/09)
Azerbaijan | 51.1% (2006)
Bangladesh | 61.2% (2011)
Belarus | 63.1% (2012)
Belgium | 70.4% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2008/10)
Belize | 55.2% (2011)
Benin | 12.9% (2011/12)
Bhutan | 65.6% (2010)
Bolivia | 60.5% (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.8% (2011/12)
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)
Central African Republic | 15.2% (2010/11)
Chad | 4.8% (2010)
Chile | 64.2% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2006)
China | 84.6% (2006)
Colombia | 79.1% (2009/10)
Comoros | 19.4% (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.7% (2010)
Congo, Republic of the | 44.7% (2011/12)
Costa Rica | 76.2% (2011)
Cote d'Ivoire | 18.2% (2011/12)
Cuba | 74.3% (2010/11)
Czech Republic | 86.3% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2008)
Djibouti | 19% (2012)
Dominican Republic | 73% (2009/10)
Egypt | 60.3% (2008)
El Salvador | 72.3% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2008)
Equatorial Guinea | 12.6% (2011)
Estonia | 63.4% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2004/05)
Ethiopia | 28.6% (2010/11)
France | 76.4% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2008)
Gabon | 31.1% (2012)
Gambia, The | 9% (2013)
Gaza Strip | 52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2010)
Georgia | 53.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2010)
Germany | 66.2% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2005)
Ghana | 19.5% (2013)
Guinea-Bissau | 14.2% (2010)
Guinea | 5.6% (2012)
Guyana | 42.5% (2009)
Haiti | 34.5% (2012)
Honduras | 73.2% (2011/12)
Hong Kong | 79.5% (2007)
India | 54.8% (2007/08)
Indonesia | 61.9% (2012)
Iran | 77.4% (2010/11)
Iraq | 52.5% (2011)
Ireland | 64.8% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2004/05)
Jamaica | 72.5% (2008/09)
Japan | 54.3% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2005)
Jordan | 61.2% (2012)
Kazakhstan | 51% (2010/11)
Kenya | 45.5% (2008/09)
Kiribati | 22.3% (2009)
Korea, North | 70.6% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2010)
Korea, South | 80% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2009)
Kyrgyzstan | 36.3% (2012)
Laos | 49.8% (2011/12)
Lesotho | 47% (2009/10)
Liberia | 20.2% (2013)
Libya | 41.9% (2007)
Lithuania | 62.9% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2006)
Macedonia | 40.2% (2011)
Madagascar | 39.9% (2008/09)
Malawi | 46.1% (2010)
Maldives | 34.7% (2009)
Mali | 10.3% (2012/13)
Marshall Islands | 44.6% (2007)
Mauritania | 9.3% (2007)
Mexico | 72.5% (2009)
Moldova | 67.8% (2005)
Mongolia | 54.9% (2010)
Montenegro | 39.4% (2005/06)
Morocco | 67.4% (2010/11)
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 | 80.4% (2011/12)
Nigeria | 15.1% (2013)
Niger | 13.9% (2012)
Norway | 88.4% note: percent of women aged 20-44 (2005)
Oman | 24.4% (2007/08)
Pakistan | 35.4% (2012/13)
Panama | 52.2% (2009)
Papua New Guinea | 32.4% (2006/07)
Paraguay | 79.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2008)
Peru | 75.5% (2012)
Philippines | 48.9% (2011)
Portugal | 86.8% (2005/06)
Qatar | 38% (2012)
Romania | 69.8% note: percent of women aged 18-49 (2005)
Russia | 68% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2011)
Rwanda | 51.6% (2010/11)
Samoa | 28.7% (2009)
Sao Tome and Principe | 38.4% (2008/09)
Saudi Arabia | 23.8% (2007)
Senegal | 17.8% (2012/13)
Serbia | 60.8% (2010)
Sierra Leone | 16.6% (2013)
Solomon Islands | 34.6% (2006/07)
Somalia | 14.6% (2006)
South Sudan | 4% (2010)
Spain | 65.7% (2006)
Sri Lanka | 68.4% (2006/07)
Sudan | 9% (2010)
Suriname | 47.6% (2010)
Swaziland | 65.2% (2010)
Syria | 53.9% (2009/10)
Tajikistan | 27.9% (2012)
Tanzania | 34.4% (2009/10)
Thailand | 79.3% (2012)
Timor-Leste | 22.3% (2009/10)
Togo | 15.2% (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago | 42.5% (2006)
Tunisia | 62.5% (2011/12)
Turkey | 73% (2008)
Turkmenistan | 48% (2006)
Tuvalu | 30.5% (2007)
Uganda | 30% (2011)
Ukraine | 65.4% (2012)
United Kingdom | 84% note: percent of women aged 16-49 (2008/09)
United States | 76.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2006/10)
Uzbekistan | 64.9% (2006)
Vanuatu | 38.4% (2007)
Vietnam | 78.1% (2011)
West Bank | 52.5% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2010)
Yemen | 27.7% (2006)
Zambia | 40.8% (2007)
Zimbabwe | 58.5% (2010/11)