Prevalence of Contraceptive Use in Selected Countries1
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Country | Year of data | Contra- ceptive use2 | Pill | Injectable or implant | IUD | Condom | Vaginal barrier method3 | Sterilization | Sterilization | Other modern4 | Rhythm5 | With- drawal | Tradi- tional6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 1986 | 76.1% | 24.0% | 0.0% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 0.8% | 10.4% | 27.7% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.3% |
| Austria | 1995–1996 | 50.8 | 30.8 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Bangladesh | 2004 | 58.1 | 26.2 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Brazil | 1996 | 76.7 | 20.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 40.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Canada | 1995 | 74.7 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 15.2 | 30.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| China | 1997 | 83.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 36.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 33.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Colombia | 2000 | 76.9 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 27.1 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Costa Rica | 1999 | 80.0 | 25.6 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Denmark 12 | 1988 | 78.0 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Egypt | 2003 | 60.0 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 36.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| El Salvador | 2002–2003 | 67.3 | 5.8 | 18.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.7 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| Ethiopia | 2000 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| France | 1994 | 74.6 | 35.6 | 0.0 | 19.9 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.512 | |
| Germany | 1992 | 74.7 | 58.60 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Ghana | 2003 | 25.2 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Haiti | 2000 | 28.1 | 2.3 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| Hungary | 1992–1993 | 77.4 | 37.7 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 0.212 |
| India 9 | 1998–1999 | 48.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 34.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Indonesia | 2002–2003 | 60.3 | 13.2 | 32.1 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Iran | 1997 | 72.9 | 20.9 | 2.910 | 8.3 | 5.4 | n.a. | 1.9 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 16.9 | ||
| Jamaica 11 | 1997 | 65.9 | 21.2 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| Japan | 2000 | 55.97 | 2.38 | 0.0 | n.a. | 42.1 | 15.4 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | n.a. | 1.3 | |
| Jordan | 2002 | 55.8 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 23.6 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Kenya | 2003 | 39.3 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Mexico | 1997 | 68.4 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 30.0 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| New Zealand | 1995 | 74.9 | 20.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Nigeria | 2003 | 12.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Pakistan | 2000–200111 | 27.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| Peru | 2000 | 68.9 | 6.7 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 14.4 | 3.2 | 0.9 |
| Romania | 1999 | 63.8 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| Russia | 1994 | 66.8 | 4.0 | n.a. | 33.1 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 11.5 | n.a. | n.a. | 18.2 |
| South Africa | 1998 | 56.3 | 10.6 | 23.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Korea, South | 1997 | 80.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 24.1 | 0.0 | 13.6 | ||
| Switzerland | 1994–1995 | 82.014 | 34.1 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 14.2 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Thailand | 1996–1997 | 72.2 | 23.1 | 17.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Turkey | 1998 | 63.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 19.8 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 24.4 | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom 13 | 2002 | 84.07 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 17.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| United States | 1995 | 76.4 | 15.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 13.3 | 1.8 | 13.2 | 23.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| Uzbekistan | 2002 | 67.7 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 51.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| Venezuela | 1977 | 60.3 | 18.8 | n.a. | 10.5 | 5.9 | n.a. | 0.1 | 9.4 | 5.0 | n.a. | n.a. | 10.7 |
1. Percentage of women using contraception among those of reproductive age who are married or in union.
2. Contraception includes use of the birth control pill, the IUD (intra-uterine device), condoms, male and female sterilization, and other modern methods, as well as traditional methods.
3. Including diaphragmsm, cervical caps, and spermicidal foams, jelly, cream, and sponges.
4. Including emergency contraception, female condom, and modern methods not reported.
5. Also called periodic abstinence or the calendar method.
6. Including prolonged abstinence, breastfeeding, douching, various folk methods, and traditional methods not reported separately.
7. Figures by method do not add up to the total because some methods are used in combination.
8. Including IUD.
9. Data do not cover the entire country. The areas covered are: for Malaysia; for Sudan, Northern Sudan.
10. Including vaginal barrier methods.
11. Preliminary or provisional.
12. Data pertain to all sexually active women.
13. Excluding Northern Ireland.
14. Including some cases of sterilization for non-contraceptive reasons.
n.a. = not available.
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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