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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.

By Country Listing of the values for the Contraceptive prevalence rate field
Country | Contraceptive prevalence rate
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Afghanistan | 22.5% (2015/16)
Albania | 69.3% (2008/09)
Algeria | 57.1% (2012/13)
Angola | 13.7% (2015/16)
Argentina | 81.3% (2013)
Armenia | 57.1% (2015/16)
Australia | 66.9% (2015/16) note: percent of women aged 18-45
Austria | 65.7% (2012/13) note: percent of women aged 18-49
Bangladesh | 62.3% (2014)
Barbados | 59.2% (2012)
Belarus | 63.1% (2012)
Belgium | 66.8% (2013) note: percent of women aged 15-54
Belize | 51.4% (2015/16)
Benin | 17.9% (2014)
Bhutan | 65.6% (2010)
Bolivia | 66.5% (2016)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.8% (2011/12)
Brazil | 80.2% (2013)
Burkina Faso | 25.4% (2016/17)
Burma | 52.2% (2015/16)
Burundi | 28.5% (2016/17)
Cambodia | 56.3% (2014)
Cameroon | 34.4% (2014)
Central African Republic | 15.2% (2010/11)
Chad | 5.7% (2014/15)
Chile | 76.3% (2015/16)
Colombia | 81% (2015/16)
Comoros | 19.4% (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.4% (2013/14)
Congo, Republic of the | 30.1% (2014/15)
Costa Rica | 76.2% (2011)
Cote d'Ivoire | 15.5% (2016)
Cuba | 73.7% (2014)
Czechia | 86.3% (2008) note: percent of women aged 18-44
Djibouti | 19% (2012)
Dominican Republic | 69.5% (2014)
Ecuador | 80.1% (2007/12)
Egypt | 58.5% (2014)
El Salvador | 72% (2014)
Equatorial Guinea | 12.6% (2011)
Eritrea | 8.4% (2010)
Eswatini | 66.1% (2014)
Ethiopia | 36.5% (2017)
Finland | 85.5% (2015) note: percent of women aged 18-49
France | 78.4% (2010/11)
Gabon | 31.1% (2012)
Gambia, The | 9% (2013)
Gaza Strip | 57.2% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2014)
Georgia | 53.4% (2010) note: percent of women aged 15-44
Germany | 68.7% (2011) note: percent of women aged 18-49
Ghana | 33% (2017)
Guatemala | 60.6% (2014/15)
Guinea | 8.7% (2016)
Guinea-Bissau | 16% (2014)
Guyana | 33.9% (2014)
Haiti | 34.3% (2016/17)
Honduras | 73.2% (2011/12)
Hong Kong | 74.8% (2012)
Hungary | 61.6% (2008/09) note: percent of women aged 25-49
India | 53.5% (2015/16)
Indonesia | 60.9% (2016/17)
Iran | 77.4% (2010/11)
Iraq | 52.5% (2011)
Italy | 65.1% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-49
Jamaica | 72.5% (2008/09)
Japan | 39.8% (2015) note: percent of women aged 20-49
Jordan | 61.2% (2012)
Kazakhstan | 55.7% (2015)
Kenya | 61.6% (2016)
Kiribati | 22.3% (2009)
Korea, North | 78.2% (2014) note: percent of women aged 20-49
Korea, South | 79.6% (2015) note: percent of women aged 20-49
Kyrgyzstan | 42% (2014)
Laos | 49.8% (2011/12)
Lebanon | 54.5% (2009)
Lesotho | 60.2% (2014)
Liberia | 31% (2016)
Macedonia | 40.2% (2011)
Madagascar | 39.8% (2012/13)
Malawi | 59.2% (2015/16)
Malaysia | 52.2% (2014)
Maldives | 34.7% (2009)
Mali | 15.6% (2015)
Mauritania | 17.8% (2015)
Mauritius | 63.8% (2014)
Mexico | 66.9% (2015)
Moldova | 59.5% (2012)
Mongolia | 54.6% (2013)
Montenegro | 23.3% (2013)
Morocco | 67.4% (2010/11)
Mozambique | 27.1% (2015)
Namibia | 56.1% (2013)
Nepal | 52.6% (2017)
Netherlands | 73% (2013) note: percent of women aged 18-45
Nicaragua | 80.4% (2011/12)
Niger | 18.9% (2017)
Nigeria | 13.4% (2016/17)
Oman | 29.7% (2014)
Pakistan | 35.4% (2012/13)
Panama | 62.8% (2013)
Paraguay | 68.4% (2016)
Peru | 76.2% (2016)
Philippines | 55.1% (2013)
Poland | 50.6% (2010/11) note: percent of women aged 18-49
Portugal | 73.9% (2014)
Qatar | 37.5% (2012)
Russia | 68% (2011) note: percent of women aged 15-44
Rwanda | 53.2% (2014/15)
Saint Lucia | 55.5% (2011/12)
Samoa | 26.9% (2014)
Sao Tome and Principe | 40.6% (2014)
Saudi Arabia | 24.6% (2016)
Senegal | 25.1% (2016)
Serbia | 58.4% (2014)
Sierra Leone | 16.6% (2013)
Solomon Islands | 29.3% (2015)
South Africa | 54.6% (2016)
South Sudan | 4% (2010)
Spain | 70.9% (2016)
Sri Lanka | 61.7% (2016)
Sudan | 12.2% (2014)
Suriname | 47.6% (2010)
Switzerland | 72.9% (2012)
Syria | 53.9% (2009)
Tajikistan | 27.9% (2012)
Tanzania | 38.4% (2015/16)
Thailand | 78.4% (2015/16)
Timor-Leste | 26.1% (2016)
Togo | 19.9% (2013/14)
Tonga | 34.1% (2012)
Trinidad and Tobago | 40.3% (2011)
Tunisia | 62.5% (2011/12)
Turkey | 73.5% (2013)
Turkmenistan | 50.2% (2015/16)
Uganda | 38.4% (2017)
Ukraine | 65.4% (2012)
United Kingdom | 84% (2008) note: percent of women aged 16-49
United States | 72.7% (2013/15) note: percent of women aged 15-44
Uruguay | 79.6% (2015) note: percent of women aged 15-44
Vanuatu | 49% (2013)
Venezuela | 75% (2010)
Vietnam | 75.7% (2015)
West Bank | 57.2% (includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank) (2014)
Yemen | 33.5% (2013)
Zambia | 49% (2013/14)
Zimbabwe | 66.8% (2015)

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