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Contraceptive prevalence rate

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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

Albania

46% (2017/18)

Algeria

53.6% (2018/19)

Angola

13.7% (2015/16)

Argentina

70.1% (2019/20)

Armenia

57.1% (2015/16)

Australia

66.9% (2015/16)

note: percent of women aged 18-44

Austria

79% (2019)

note: percent of women aged 16-49

Bangladesh

62.7% (2019)

Barbados

59.2% (2012)

Belarus

52.6% (2019)

Belgium

66.7% (2018)

Belize

51.4% (2015/16)

Benin

15.5% (2017/18)

Bolivia

66.5% (2016)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

45.8% (2011/12)

Botswana

67.4% (2017)

Brazil

80.5% (2019)

Burkina Faso

35.3% (2020/21)

Burma

52.2% (2015/16)

Burundi

28.5% (2016/17)

Cabo Verde

55.8% (2018)

Cambodia

56.3% (2014)

Cameroon

19.3% (2018)

Chad

8.1% (2019)

Chile

76.3% (2015/16)

China

84.5% (2017)

Colombia

81% (2015/16)

Comoros

19.4% (2012)

Congo, Republic of the

30.1% (2014/15)

Costa Rica

70.9% (2018)

Cote d'Ivoire

27.8% (2020)

Cuba

69% (2019)

Djibouti

19% (2012)

Dominican Republic

62.8% (2019)

Ecuador

77.9% (2018/19)

note: percent of women aged 15-50

Egypt

58.5% (2014)

El Salvador

71.9% (2014)

Eswatini

66.1% (2014)

Ethiopia

37.7% (2020)

Fiji

35.5% (2021)

Finland

85.5% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

Gabon

31.1% (2012)

Gambia, The

18.9% (2019/20)

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)

Guatemala

60.6% (2014/15)

Guinea

10.9% (2018)

Guinea-Bissau

20.6% (2018/19)

Guyana

29.9% (2019/20)

Haiti

34.3% (2016/17)

Honduras

69.4% (2019)

Hong Kong

66.7% (2017)

India

66.7% (2019/20)

Indonesia

55.5% (2018)

Iraq

52.8% (2018)

Italy

65.1% (2013)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

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

64.6% (2020)

Kiribati

33.5% (2018/19)

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)

Lesotho

64.9% (2018)

Liberia

24.9% (2019/20)

Libya

27.7% (2014)

Madagascar

49.7% (2020)

Malawi

65.6% (2019/20)

Malaysia

52.2% (2014)

Maldives

18.8% (2016/17)

Mali

17.2% (2018)

Mauritania

11.5% (2019/20)

Mauritius

63.8% (2014)

Mexico

73.1% (2018)

Moldova

56% (2020)

Mongolia

48.1% (2018)

Montenegro

20.7% (2018)

Morocco

70.8% (2018)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

27.1% (2015)

Namibia

56.1% (2013)

Nepal

46.7% (2019)

Netherlands

73% (2013)

note: percent of women aged 18-45

New Zealand

79.9% (2014/15)

note: percent of women aged 16-49

Nicaragua

80.4% (2011/12)

Niger

11% (2021)

Nigeria

16.6% (2018)

North Macedonia

59.9% (2018/19)

Oman

29.7% (2014)

Pakistan

34% (2018/19)

Panama

50.8% (2014/15)

Papua New Guinea

36.7% (2016/18)

Paraguay

68.4% (2016)

Peru

77.4% (2020)

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

64.1% (2019/20)

Saint Lucia

55.5% (2011/12)

Samoa

16.6% (2019/20)

Saudi Arabia

27.9% (2019)

Senegal

26.9% (2019)

Serbia

62.3% (2019)

Sierra Leone

21.2% (2019)

Solomon Islands

29.3% (2015)

Somalia

6.9% (2018/19)

South Africa

54.6% (2016)

Spain

62.1% (2018)

note: percent of women aged 18-49

Sri Lanka

64.6% (2016)

Sudan

12.2% (2014)

Suriname

39.1% (2018)

Sweden

70.3% (2017)

note: percent of women aged 16-49

Switzerland

71.6% (2017)

Taiwan

75.2% (2016)

note: percent of women aged 20-52

Tajikistan

29.3% (2017)

Tanzania

38.4% (2015/16)

Thailand

73% (2019)

Timor-Leste

26.1% (2016)

Togo

23.9% (2017)

Tonga

29.3% (2019)

Tunisia

50.7% (2018)

Turkey (Turkiye)

69.8% (2018)

Turkmenistan

49.7% (2019)

Tuvalu

23.7% (2019/20)

Uganda

50.2% (2021)

Ukraine

65.4% (2012)

United Kingdom

76.1% (2010/12)

note: percent of women aged 16-49

United States

73.9% (2017/19)

Uruguay

79.6% (2015)

note: percent of women aged 15-44

Vanuatu

49% (2013)

Venezuela

75% (2010)

Vietnam

72.8% (2020)

West Bank

57.3% (2019/20)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Yemen

33.5% (2013)

Zambia

49.6% (2018)

Zimbabwe

66.8% (2015)