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Malawi: Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)

65.61percent · 2020

Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods. Annual figures for Malawi from 1984 to 2020.

19842020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202065.613
201659.2
201458.6
201046.1
200641.016
200432.5
200030.6
199621.9
199213
19846.9

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World Bank (2026). Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-contraceptive-prevalence-any-method (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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