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DEFINITION
Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only.
Health Statistics > Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Ukraine :
89 %
2000 ...
#2
China :
87 %
2001 ...
#3
United Kingdom :
84 %
2002 ...
#4
Switzerland :
82 %
1995 ...
#5
Hong Kong :
81 %
1987 ...
#6
Spain :
81 %
1995 ...
#7
Korea, South :
81 %
1997 ...
#8
Costa Rica :
80 %
1999 ...
#9
Colombia :
78.2 %
2005 ...
#10
Sweden :
78 %
1981 ...
#11
Denmark :
78 %
1988 ...
#12
Belgium :
78 %
1992 ...
#13
Puerto Rico :
77.5 %
1995 ...
#14
Finland :
77 %
1989 ...
#15
Venezuela :
77 %
1998 ...
#16
Vietnam :
76.8 %
2005 ...
#17
Brazil :
76.7 %
1996 ...
#18
Australia :
76 %
1986 ...
#19
Mauritius :
76 %
2002 ...
#20
Germany :
75 %
1992 ...
#21
Albania :
75 %
2002 ...
#22
Netherlands :
75 %
1998 ...
#23
New Zealand :
75 %
1995 ...
#24
Canada :
75 %
1995 ...
#25
Slovakia :
74 %
1991 ...
#26
Iran :
74 %
2000 ...
#27
Argentina :
74 %
1984 ...
#28
Singapore :
74 %
1982 ...
#29
Slovenia :
74 %
1994 ...
#30
Norway :
74 %
1989 ...
#31
Cuba :
73 %
2000 ...
#32
Mexico :
73 %
2004 ...
#33
Paraguay :
72.8 %
2004 ...
#34
Ecuador :
72.7 %
2004 ...
#35
Hungary :
72.5 %
1993 ...
#36
Czech Republic :
72 %
1997 ...
#37
Thailand :
72 %
2000 ...
#38
Turkey :
71 %
2003 ...
#39
France :
70.7 %
1994 ...
#40
Romania :
70.3 %
2004 ...
#41
Estonia :
70 %
1994 ...
#42
Sri Lanka :
70 %
2000 ...
#43
Dominican Republic :
69.8 %
2002 ...
#44
Jamaica :
69.1 %
2002 ...
#45
Mongolia :
69 %
2003 ...
#46
Peru :
68.9 %
2000 ...
#47
Nicaragua :
68.6 %
2001 ...
#48
Israel :
68 %
1988 ...
#49
Uzbekistan :
68 %
2002 ...
#50
Moldova :
67.8 %
2005 ...
#51
El Salvador :
67 %
2003 ...
#52
Kazakhstan :
66.1 %
1999 ...
#53
Tunisia :
66 %
2000 ...
#54
Portugal :
66 %
1980 ...
#55
United States :
64.2 %
1999 ...
#56
Morocco :
63 %
2004 ...
#57
Lebanon :
63 %
2000 ...
#58
Bahamas, The :
62 %
1988 ...
#59
Korea, North :
62 %
1992 ...
#60
Turkmenistan :
61.8 %
2000 ...
#61
Honduras :
61.8 %
2001 ...
#62
Bahrain :
61.8 %
1995 ...
#63
Panama :
61 %
1984 ...
#64
Armenia :
60.5 %
2000 ...
#65
South Africa :
60.3 %
2003 ...
#66
Italy :
60 %
1996 ...
#67
Ireland :
60 %
1990 ...
#68
Kyrgyzstan :
59.5 %
1997 ...
#69
Egypt :
59.2 %
2005 ...
#70
Bolivia :
58.4 %
2003 ...
#71
Bangladesh :
58.1 %
2004 ...
#72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
58 %
1998 ...
#73
Serbia and Montenegro :
58 %
2000 ...
#74
Algeria :
57 %
2002 ...
#75
Indonesia :
57 %
2004 ...
#76
Belize :
56 %
1999 ...
#77
Chile :
56 %
1990 ...
#78
Japan :
55.9 %
2000 ...
#79
Jordan :
55.8 %
2002 ...
#80
Azerbaijan :
55.4 %
2001 ...
#81
Barbados :
55 %
1998 ...
#82
Malaysia :
55 %
1994 ...
#83
Grenada :
54 %
1998 ...
#84
Zimbabwe :
53.5 %
1999 ...
#85
Antigua and Barbuda :
53 %
1998 ...
#86
Cape Verde :
52.9 %
1998 ...
#87
Austria :
51 %
1996 ...
#88
Kuwait :
50 %
1996 ...
#89
Belarus :
50 %
1995 ...
#90
Dominica :
50 %
1998 ...
#91
Poland :
49 %
1991 ...
#92
Philippines :
48.9 %
2003 ...
#93
Latvia :
48 %
1995 ...
#94
Botswana :
48 %
2000 ...
#95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
48 %
2000 ...
#96
Syria :
48 %
2001 ...
#97
Swaziland :
48 %
2002 ...
#98
Georgia :
47.2 %
2005 ...
#99
India :
47 %
2000 ...
#100
Saint Lucia :
47 %
1988 ...
#101
Lithuania :
47 %
1995 ...
#102
Micronesia, Federated States of :
45 %
1998 ...
#103
Libya :
45 %
1995 ...
#104
Congo, Republic of the :
44.3 %
2005 ...
#105
Iraq :
44 %
2000 ...
#106
Fiji :
44 %
1997 ...
#107
Namibia :
43.7 %
2000 ...
#108
Qatar :
43.3 %
1998 ...
#109
Guatemala :
43 %
2002 ...
#110
Suriname :
42 %
2000 ...
#111
Bulgaria :
42 %
1997 ...
#112
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
41 %
1984 ...
#113
Kenya :
39.3 %
2003 ...
#114
Maldives :
39 %
2004 ...
#115
Trinidad and Tobago :
38 %
2000 ...
#116
Nepal :
38 %
2004 ...
#117
Guyana :
37 %
2000 ...
#118
Zambia :
34.2 %
2002 ...
#119
Tajikistan :
34 %
2000 ...
#120
Marshall Islands :
34 %
2000 ...
#121
Russia :
34 %
1994 ...
#122
Burma :
34 %
2003 ...
#123
Tonga :
33 %
2000 ...
#124
Gabon :
32.7 %
2000 ...
#125
Laos :
32 %
2000 ...
#126
Oman :
32 %
2000 ...
#127
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
31 %
2001 ...
#128
Bhutan :
30.7 %
2000 ...
#129
Malawi :
30.6 %
2000 ...
#130
Samoa :
30 %
1995 ...
#131
Lesotho :
30 %
2000 ...