People > Marriage, divorce and children > Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | United Kingdom | 84% | 2009 | ||
| =1 | China | 84% | 2006 | ||
| 3 | Portugal | 82.5% | 2006 | ||
| 4 | Norway | 82.2% | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Costa Rica | 79.9% | 2010 | ||
| 6 | Czech Republic | 77.6% | 2008 | ||
| =7 | Thailand | 77.5% | 2009 | ||
| =7 | Switzerland | 77.5% | 1995 | ||
| 9 | Brazil | 77.1% | 2006 | ||
| 10 | Hong Kong | 75.4% | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Uruguay | 74.8% | 2004 | ||
| 12 | France | 74.1% | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Cuba | 73.2% | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Colombia | 72.7% | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Virgin Islands | 72.6% | 2002 | ||
| 16 | New Zealand | 72.3% | 1995 | ||
| 17 | Puerto Rico | 72.2% | 2002 | ||
| 18 | Canada | 72% | 2002 | ||
| 19 | Hungary | 71.3% | 1993 | ||
| 20 | United States | 70.4% | 2010 | ||
| =21 | South Korea | 70.1% | 2009 | ||
| =21 | Paraguay | 70.1% | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Argentina | 69.9% | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 69.5% | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Belgium | 69.1% | 2010 | ||
| 26 | Nicaragua | 68.8% | 2007 | ||
| 27 | Australia | 68.1% | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Austria | 67.6% | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Netherlands | 67% | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Mexico | 66.5% | 2006 | ||
| 31 | Jamaica | 66.2% | 2003 | ||
| 32 | El Salvador | 66.1% | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Slovakia | 65.6% | 1997 | ||
| 34 | Bhutan | 65.4% | 2010 | ||
| 35 | Russia | 65% | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Sweden | 64.8% | 1996 | ||
| 37 | Reunion | 63.5% | 1997 | ||
| 38 | Slovenia | 63.2% | 1995 | ||
| 39 | Swaziland | 63% | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Spain | 62.3% | 2006 | ||
| 41 | Venezuela | 61.7% | 1998 | ||
| 42 | Germany | 61.6% | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Ireland | 61.4% | 2005 | ||
| =44 | Vietnam | 59.8% | 2011 | ||
| =44 | South Africa | 59.8% | 2004 | ||
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 59.3% | 2006 | ||
| 47 | Iran | 58.9% | 2002 | ||
| 48 | Ecuador | 58.7% | 2004 | ||
| 49 | Guam | 58.3% | 2002 | ||
| =50 | Indonesia | 57.9% | 2012 | ||
| =50 | Estonia | 57.9% | 2005 | ||
| =50 | Chile | 57.9% | 2001 | ||
| 53 | Egypt | 57.6% | 2008 | ||
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 57.3% | 2011 | ||
| 55 | Cape Verde | 57.1% | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Morocco | 56.7% | 2011 | ||
| 57 | Honduras | 56.1% | 2006 | ||
| 58 | Belarus | 56% | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Latvia | 55.5% | 1995 | ||
| 60 | Singapore | 55% | 1997 | ||
| 61 | Namibia | 53.5% | 2007 | ||
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 53.1% | 2000 | ||
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 52.5% | 2007 | ||
| =64 | Bangladesh | 52.1% | 2011 | ||
| =64 | Grenada | 52.1% | 1990 | ||
| 66 | Algeria | 52% | 2006 | ||
| 67 | Belize | 51.8% | 2011 | ||
| 68 | Tunisia | 51.5% | 2006 | ||
| 69 | Botswana | 51.2% | 2008 | ||
| 70 | Romania | 50.5% | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Peru | 50.4% | 2011 | ||
| =71 | Lithuania | 50.4% | 2006 | ||
| 73 | Mongolia | 49.6% | 2008 | ||
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 49.5% | 2011 | ||
| 75 | Panama | 48.8% | 2009 | ||
| 76 | India | 48.1% | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Ukraine | 47.5% | 2007 | ||
| =78 | Turkey | 46% | 2008 | ||
| =78 | Malta | 46% | 1993 | ||
| 80 | Greece | 45.9% | 2001 | ||
| 81 | Burma | 45.7% | 2010 | ||
| 82 | Lesotho | 45.6% | 2010 | ||
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.5% | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Suriname | 45% | 2006 | ||
| 85 | Japan | 44.4% | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Rwanda | 44% | 2011 | ||
| 87 | Nepal | 43.2% | 2011 | ||
| =88 | Syria | 42.6% | 2006 | ||
| =88 | Moldova | 42.6% | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Marshall Islands | 42.4% | 2007 | ||
| 91 | Malawi | 42.2% | 2010 | ||
| 92 | Anguilla | 40.8% | 2003 | ||
| 93 | Italy | 40.6% | 1996 | ||
| 94 | Jordan | 40.5% | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Bulgaria | 40.1% | 2007 | ||
| 96 | Guyana | 39.8% | 2009 | ||
| =97 | Mauritius | 39.3% | 2002 | ||
| =97 | Kuwait | 39.3% | 1999 | ||
| =99 | Kenya | 38.9% | 2009 | ||
| =99 | Palestine | 38.9% | 2007 | ||
| 101 | Cook Islands | 38.2% | 1999 | ||
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.7% | 2006 | ||
| 103 | Vanuatu | 36.8% | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Philippines | 36.3% | 2011 | ||
| 105 | Laos | 35% | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Cambodia | 34.9% | 2011 | ||
| 107 | Georgia | 34.7% | 2010 | ||
| 108 | Guatemala | 34.4% | 2002 | ||
| 109 | Lebanon | 34% | 2004 | ||
| 110 | Bolivia | 33.7% | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Iraq | 33.6% | 2011 | ||
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33.1% | 2009 | ||
| =113 | Malaysia | 32.3% | 2004 | ||
| =113 | Qatar | 32.3% | 1998 | ||
| 115 | Haiti | 31.3% | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Bahrain | 30.6% | 1995 | ||
| 117 | Palau | 29.7% | 2003 | ||
| 118 | Saudi Arabia | 28.5% | 1996 | ||
| 119 | Madagascar | 28.2% | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Poland | 28% | 1991 | ||
| =121 | Ethiopia | 27.3% | 2011 | ||
| =121 | Solomon Islands | 27.3% | 2007 | ||
| 123 | Armenia | 27.2% | 2010 | ||
| 124 | Maldives | 27% | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Samoa | 26.6% | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Zambia | 26.5% | 2007 | ||
| 127 | Tanzania | 26.1% | 2010 | ||
| 128 | Uganda | 26% | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Tajikistan | 25.8% | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Libya | 25.7% | 1995 | ||
| 131 | Nauru | 25.1% | 2007 | ||
| 132 | Oman | 24.6% | 2000 | ||
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 24.3% | 2007 | ||
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 23.6% | 1995 | ||
| 135 | Tuvalu | 22.4% | 2007 | ||
| 136 | Serbia | 21.5% | 2010 | ||
| 137 | East Timor | 20.6% | 2010 | ||
| 138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20% | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Gabon | 19.4% | 2012 | ||
| =140 | Pakistan | 19.3% | 2008 | ||
| =140 | Comoros | 19.3% | 2000 | ||
| 142 | Yemen | 19.2% | 2006 | ||
| 143 | Kiribati | 18% | 2009 | ||
| 144 | Burundi | 17.7% | 2011 | ||
| 145 | Montenegro | 17.2% | 2006 | ||
| 146 | Djibouti | 17.1% | 2006 | ||
| 147 | Ghana | 16.6% | 2008 | ||
| 148 | Afghanistan | 16.3% | 2010 | ||
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 15% | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Cameroon | 14.4% | 2011 | ||
| =151 | Togo | 13.2% | 2010 | ||
| =151 | Azerbaijan | 13.2% | 2006 | ||
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.5% | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Niger | 12.2% | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Senegal | 12.1% | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12% | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Mozambique | 11.3% | 2011 | ||
| =158 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.3% | 2010 | ||
| =158 | Liberia | 10.3% | 2007 | ||
| 160 | Albania | 10.2% | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 10% | 2010 | ||
| =162 | Nigeria | 8.6% | 2011 | ||
| =162 | Central African Republic | 8.6% | 2006 | ||
| 164 | Gambia | 8.5% | 2010 | ||
| 165 | Mauritania | 8% | 2007 | ||
| 166 | Benin | 7.9% | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Mali | 6.3% | 2006 | ||
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.1% | 2000 | ||
| 169 | Eritrea | 5.1% | 2002 | ||
| 170 | Guinea | 4.6% | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Angola | 4.5% | 2001 | ||
| 172 | Chad | 1.6% | 2010 | ||
| 173 | Somalia | 1.2% | 2006 | ||
| 174 | South Sudan | 1% | 2006 |
