Contraceptive prevalence, any method

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
183
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    United Nations

    Household surveys, United Nations (UN), note: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division., publisher: UN Population Division

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Lesotho202467.40percent
Indonesia202352.60percent
Jordan202360.10percent
Mexico202371.85percent
Mozambique202326.40percent
Niger202315.26percent
Peru202377.30percent
Saudi Arabia202339.99percent
Senegal202326.50percent
Tunisia202354percent

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