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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
Afghanistan
18.9% (2018)
note:  percent of women aged 12-49
Albania
46% (2017/18)
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
79% (2019)

note: percent of women aged 16-49

Azerbaijan
54.9% (2011)
Bangladesh
62.3% (2014)
Barbados
59.2% (2012)
Belarus
72.1% (2017)
note:  percent of women aged 18-49
Belgium
66.7% (2018)
Belize
51.4% (2015/16)
Benin
15.5% (2017/18)
Bhutan
65.6% (2010)
Bolivia
66.5% (2016)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
45.8% (2011/12)
Botswana
67.4% (2017)
Brazil
80.2% (2013)
Burkina Faso
32.5% (2018/19)
Burma
52.2% (2015/16)
Burundi
28.5% (2016/17)
Cambodia
56.3% (2014)
Cameroon
19.3% (2018)
Central African Republic
15.2% (2010/11)
Chad
5.7% (2014/15)
Chile
76.3% (2015/16)
China
84.5% (2017)
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
70.9% (2018)
Cote d'Ivoire
23.3% (2018)
Cuba
73.7% (2014)
Czechia
Djibouti
19% (2012)
Dominican Republic
69.5% (2014)
Ecuador
80.1% (2007/12)
Egypt
58.5% (2014)
El Salvador
71.9% (2014)
Equatorial Guinea
12.6% (2011)
Eritrea
8.4% (2010)
Eswatini
66.1% (2014)
Ethiopia
40.1% (2018)
Finland
85.5% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

France
78.4% (2010/11)
Gabon
31.1% (2012)
Gambia, The
16.8% (2018)
note: percent of women aged 15-50
Gaza Strip
57.2% (2014)
note:  includes Gaza Strip and West Bank
Georgia
40.6% (2018)
Germany
80.3% (2011)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

Ghana
30.8% (2017)
Guatemala
60.6% (2014/15)
Guinea
10.9% (2018)
Guinea-Bissau
16% (2014)
Guyana
33.9% (2014)
Haiti
34.3% (2016/17)
Honduras
73.2% (2011/12)
Hong Kong
66.7% (2017)
Hungary
India
53.5% (2015/16)
Indonesia
55.5% (2018)
Iran
77.4% (2010/11)
Iraq
52.8% (2018)
Ireland
73.3% (2010)
note: percent of women aged 18-45
Italy
65.1% (2013)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

Jamaica
Japan
39.8% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 20-49

Jordan
51.8% (2017/18)
Kazakhstan
53% (2018)
note: percent of women aged 18-49
Kenya
60.5% (2017)
Kiribati
Korea, North
70.2% (2017)
Korea, South
82.3% (2018)

note: percent of women aged 20-49

Kyrgyzstan
39.4% (2018)
Laos
54.1% (2017)
Lebanon
Lesotho
64.9% (2018)
Liberia
31.2% (2016)
Libya
27.7% (2014)
Madagascar
44.3% (2018)
Malawi
59.2% (2015/16)
Malaysia
52.2% (2014)
Maldives
18.8% (2016/17)
Mali
17.2% (2018)
Mauritania
17.8% (2015)
Mauritius
63.8% (2014)
Mexico
73.1% (2018)
Moldova
59.5% (2012)
Mongolia
48.1% (2018)
Montenegro
20.7% (2018)
Morocco
70.8% (2018)
Mozambique
27.1% (2015)
Namibia
56.1% (2013)
Nepal
52.6% (2016/17)
Netherlands
73% (2013)

note: percent of women aged 18-45

New Zealand
79.9% (2014/15)
note: percent of women aged 18-45
Nicaragua
80.4% (2011/12)
Niger
11% (2017/18)
Nigeria
16.6% (2018)
North Macedonia
40.2% (2011)
Oman
29.7% (2014)
Pakistan
34.2% (2017/18)
Panama
50.8% (2014/15)
Papua New Guinea
36.7% (2016/18)
Paraguay
68.4% (2016)
Peru
76.3% (2018)
Philippines
54.1% (2017)
Poland
62.3% (2014)
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
27.8% (2017)
Serbia
58.4% (2014)
Sierra Leone
21.2% (2019)
Solomon Islands
29.3% (2015)
South Africa
54.6% (2016)
South Sudan
4% (2010)
Spain
62.1% (2018)
note: percent of women aged 18-49
Sri Lanka
61.7% (2016)
Sudan
12.2% (2014)
Suriname
39.1% (2018)
Switzerland
71.6% (2017)
Syria
Tajikistan
29.3% (2017)
Tanzania
38.4% (2015/16)
Thailand
78.4% (2015/16)
Timor-Leste
26.1% (2016)
Togo
23.9% (2017)
Tonga
34.1% (2012)
Trinidad and Tobago
40.3% (2011)
Tunisia
50.7% (2018)
Turkey
69.8% (2018)
Turkmenistan
50.2% (2015/16)
Uganda
41.8% (2018)
Ukraine
65.4% (2012)
United Kingdom
United States
75.9% (2015/17)
Uruguay
79.6% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 15-44

Vanuatu
49% (2013)
Venezuela
75% (2010)
Vietnam
77.5% (2016)
West Bank
57.2% (2014)
note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Yemen
33.5% (2013)
Zambia
49.5% (2018)
Zimbabwe
66.8% (2015)