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.

• Afghanistan

  18.9% (2018)
  
  note:  percent of women aged 12-49

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  46% (2017/18)

• Algeria

  57.1% (2012/13)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Andorra

  NA

• Angola

  13.7% (2015/16)

• Anguilla

  NA

• Antigua and Barbuda

  NA

• Argentina

  81.3% (2013)
  
  note:  percent of women aged 14-49

• Armenia

  57.1% (2015/16)

• Aruba

  NA

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  66.9% (2015/16)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-44

• Austria

  79% (2019)
  
  note: percent of women aged 16-49

• Azerbaijan

  54.9% (2011)

• Bahrain

  NA

• Bangladesh

  62.7% (2019)

• Barbados

  59.2% (2012)

• Belarus

  71.2% (2017)
  
  note:  percent of women aged 18-49

• Belgium

  66.7% (2018)

• Belize

  51.4% (2015/16)

• Benin

  15.5% (2017/18)

• Bermuda

  NA

• Bhutan

  NA

• Bolivia

  66.5% (2016)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  45.8% (2011/12)

• Botswana

  67.4% (2017)

• Bouvet Island

  NA

• Brazil

  80.2% (2013)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  NA

• Brunei

  NA

• Bulgaria

  NA

• Burkina Faso

  30.1% (2020)

• Burma

  52.2% (2015/16)

• Burundi

  28.5% (2016/17)

• Cabo Verde

  55.8% (2018)

• Cambodia

  56.3% (2014)

• Cameroon

  19.3% (2018)

• Canada

  NA

• Cayman Islands

  NA

• Central African Republic

  17.8% (2019)

• Chad

  8.1% (2019)

• Chile

  76.3% (2015/16)

• China

  84.5% (2017)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  81% (2015/16)

• Comoros

  19.4% (2012)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  28.1% (2017/18)

• Congo, Republic of the

  30.1% (2014/15)

• Cook Islands

  NA

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  70.9% (2018)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  23.3% (2018)

• Croatia

  NA

• Cuba

  69% (2019)

• Curacao

  NA

• Cyprus

  NA

• Czechia

  NA

• Denmark

  NA

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  19% (2012)

• Dominica

  NA

• 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)

• Estonia

  NA

• Eswatini

  66.1% (2014)

• Ethiopia

  37% (2019)

• European Union

  NA

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  NA

• Fiji

  NA

• Finland

  85.5% (2015)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• France

  78.4% (2010/11)

• French Polynesia

  NA

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  31.1% (2012)

• Gambia, The

  16.8% (2018)
  
  note: percent of women aged 15-49

• Gaza Strip

  57.3% (2019/20)
  
  note:  includes Gaza Strip and West Bank

• Georgia

  40.6% (2018)

• Germany

  67% (2018)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• Ghana

  27.2% (2017/18)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  NA

• Greenland

  NA

• Grenada

  NA

• Guam

  NA

• Guatemala

  60.6% (2014/15)

• Guernsey

  NA

• Guinea

  10.9% (2018)

• Guinea-Bissau

  20.6% (2018)

• Guyana

  33.9% (2014)

• Haiti

  34.3% (2016/17)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  73.2% (2011/12)

• Hong Kong

  66.7% (2017)

• Hungary

  NA

• Iceland

  NA

• India

  53.5% (2015/16)

• Indonesia

  55.5% (2018)

• Iran

  77.4% (2010/11)

• Iraq

  52.8% (2018)

• Ireland

  NA

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  NA

• Italy

  65.1% (2013)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• Jamaica

  NA

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  39.8% (2015)
  
  note: percent of women aged 20-49

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  51.8% (2017/18)

• Kazakhstan

  53% (2018)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• Kenya

  59.7% (2019)

• Kiribati

  33.5% (2018/19)

• Korea, North

  70.2% (2017)

• Korea, South

  82.3% (2018)
  
  note: percent of women aged 20-49

• Kosovo

  NA

• Kuwait

  NA

• Kyrgyzstan

  39.4% (2018)

• Laos

  54.1% (2017)

• Latvia

  NA

• Lebanon

  NA

• Lesotho

  64.9% (2018)

• Liberia

  24.9% (2019/20)

• Libya

  27.7% (2014)

• Liechtenstein

  NA

• Lithuania

  NA

• Luxembourg

  NA

• Macau

  NA

• Madagascar

  44.4% (2018)

• Malawi

  59.2% (2015/16)

• Malaysia

  52.2% (2014)

• Maldives

  18.8% (2016/17)

• Mali

  17.2% (2018)

• Malta

  NA

• Marshall Islands

  NA

• Mauritania

  17.8% (2015)

• Mauritius

  63.8% (2014)

• Mexico

  73.1% (2018)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  NA

• Moldova

  56% (2020)

• Monaco

  NA

• Mongolia

  48.1% (2018)

• Montenegro

  20.7% (2018)

• Montserrat

  NA

• Morocco

  70.8% (2018)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  27.1% (2015)

• Namibia

  56.1% (2013)

• Nauru

  NA

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  46.7% (2019)

• Netherlands

  73% (2013)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-45

• New Caledonia

  NA

• New Zealand

  79.9% (2014/15)
  
  note: percent of women aged 16-49

• Nicaragua

  80.4% (2011/12)

• Niger

  11% (2017/18)

• Nigeria

  16.6% (2018)

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  59.9% (2018/19)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  NA

• Oman

  29.7% (2014)

• Pacific Ocean

  NA

• Pakistan

  34% (2018/19)

• Palau

  NA

• Panama

  50.8% (2014/15)

• Papua New Guinea

  36.7% (2016/18)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  68.4% (2016)

• Peru

  76.3% (2018)

• Philippines

  54.1% (2017)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  62.3% (2014)

• Portugal

  73.9% (2014)

• Puerto Rico

  NA

• Qatar

  37.5% (2012)

• Romania

  NA

• Russia

  68% (2011)
  
  note: percent of women aged 15-44

• Rwanda

  53.2% (2014/15)

• Saint Barthelemy

  NA

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  NA

• Saint Lucia

  55.5% (2011/12)

• Saint Martin

  NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  NA

• Samoa

  16.6% (2019/20)

• San Marino

  NA

• Sao Tome and Principe

  49.7% (2019)

• Saudi Arabia

  24.6% (2016)

• Senegal

  26.9% (2019)

• Serbia

  62.3% (2019)

• Seychelles

  NA

• Sierra Leone

  21.2% (2019)

• Singapore

  NA

• Sint Maarten

  NA

• Slovakia

  NA

• Slovenia

  NA

• Solomon Islands

  29.3% (2015)

• Somalia

  6.9% (2018/19)

• South Africa

  54.6% (2016)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  NA

• Spain

  62.1% (2018)
  
  note: percent of women aged 18-49

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  64.6% (2016)

• Sudan

  12.2% (2014)

• Suriname

  39.1% (2018)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  70.3% (2017)
  
  note: percent of women aged 16-49

• Switzerland

  71.6% (2017)

• Syria

  NA

• Taiwan

  NA

• Tajikistan

  29.3% (2017)

• Tanzania

  38.4% (2015/16)

• Thailand

  73% (2019)

• Timor-Leste

  26.1% (2016)

• Togo

  23.9% (2017)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  29.3% (2019)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  40.3% (2011)

• Tunisia

  50.7% (2018)

• Turkey

  69.8% (2018)

• Turkmenistan

  49.7% (2019)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  NA

• Tuvalu

  NA

• Uganda

  41.8% (2018)

• Ukraine

  65.4% (2012)

• United Arab Emirates

  NA

• United Kingdom

  76.1% (2010/12)
  
  note: percent of women aged 16-49

• United States

  73.9% (2017/19)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  79.6% (2015)
  
  note: percent of women aged 15-44

• Uzbekistan

  NA

• Vanuatu

  49% (2013)

• Venezuela

  75% (2010)

• Vietnam

  76.5% (2018/19)

• Virgin Islands

  NA

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  57.3% (2019/20)
  
  note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• World

  NA

• Yemen

  33.5% (2013)

• Zambia

  49.6% (2018)

• Zimbabwe

  66.8% (2015)