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Health > Contraception: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: % contraceptive prevalence 1995 - 2000. Data refer to married women aged 15-49, but the actual age range covered may vary across countries.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Bulgaria 86% 2000
2 China 84% 2000
3 Switzerland 82% 2000
4 Spain 81% 2000
5 South Korea 80% 2000
=6 Colombia 77% 2000
=6 Brazil 77% 2000
8 United States 76% 2000
=9 Canada 75% 2000
=9 New Zealand 75% 2000
=9 Vietnam 75% 2000
12 Iran 73% 2000
13 Thailand 72% 2000
14 Ukraine 68% 2000
=15 Ecuador 66% 2000
=15 Mexico 66% 2000
=15 Jamaica 66% 2000
=15 Kazakhstan 66% 2000
=19 Turkey 64% 2000
=19 Dominican Republic 64% 2000
=19 Peru 64% 2000
=19 Romania 64% 2000
=23 Turkmenistan 62% 2000
=23 Bahrain 62% 2000
25 Lebanon 61% 2000
=26 El Salvador 60% 2000
=26 Italy 60% 2000
=26 Mongolia 60% 2000
=26 Armenia 60% 2000
=26 Nicaragua 60% 2000
=26 Kyrgyzstan 60% 2000
32 Lithuania 58% 2000
=33 Indonesia 57% 2000
=33 Paraguay 57% 2000
=33 Algeria 57% 2000
=36 Uzbekistan 56% 2000
=36 South Africa 56% 2000
=36 Egypt 56% 2000
=39 Bangladesh 54% 2000
=39 Zimbabwe 54% 2000
=41 Jordan 53% 2000
=41 Cape Verde 53% 2000
43 Austria 51% 2000
=44 Morocco 50% 2000
=44 Belarus 50% 2000
=44 Kuwait 50% 2000
=44 Honduras 50% 2000
=48 Bolivia 48% 2000
=48 India 48% 2000
=48 Latvia 48% 2000
51 Philippines 46% 2000
52 Qatar 43% 2000
=53 Libya 40% 2000
=53 Georgia 40% 2000
55 Kenya 39% 2000
56 Guatemala 38% 2000
=57 Gabon 33% 2000
=57 Burma 33% 2000
59 Saudi Arabia 32% 2000
60 Malawi 31% 2000
=61 Nepal 28% 2000
=61 United Arab Emirates 28% 2000
=61 Haiti 28% 2000
64 Papua New Guinea 26% 2000
65 Zambia 25% 2000
=66 Cambodia 24% 2000
=66 Pakistan 24% 2000
=66 Oman 24% 2000
=66 Togo 24% 2000
70 Ghana 22% 2000
=71 Yemen 21% 2000
=71 Comoros 21% 2000
=73 Cameroon 19% 2000
=73 Madagascar 19% 2000
75 Benin 16% 2000
=76 Central African Republic 15% 2000
=76 Nigeria 15% 2000
=76 Cote d'Ivoire 15% 2000
=76 Uganda 15% 2000
=80 Rwanda 13% 2000
=80 Senegal 13% 2000
82 Burkina Faso 12% 2000
=83 Ethiopia 8% 2000
=83 Niger 8% 2000
85 Mali 7% 2000
=86 Guinea 6% 2000
=86 Mozambique 6% 2000
88 Eritrea 5% 2000
89 Chad 4% 2000

Citation

Health > Contraception: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Health > Contraception

  • Iran ranked first for contraception amongst Muslim countries in 2000.
  • Colombia ranked first for contraception amongst Hot countries in 2000.
  • Vietnam ranked first for contraception amongst Former French colonies in 2000.
  • All of the bottom 18 countries by contraception are Sub-Saharan African.
  • Bulgaria ranked first for contraception amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
  • United States ranked first for contraception amongst Former British colonies in 2000.
  • Switzerland ranked first for contraception amongst Landlocked countries in 2000.
  • Ukraine ranked first for contraception amongst Former Soviet republics in 2000.
  • China ranked second for contraception globally in 2000.
  • Saudi Arabia ranked 4th last for contraception amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2000.
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