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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 72.6; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 3.0. The middle country reads 29.5.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 1990

HighestFinland

72.6

Lowest2 countries share it

3.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe72.662.378.1Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe69.956.879.3Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe69.359.876.9Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America68.260.974.3Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe67.158.475.2Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe66.058.673.4Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe65.759.171.0Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe64.956.472.7Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe63.451.478.0Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.049.777.7Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.046.474.1Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America61.956.067.6Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.950.271.1Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.846.476.1Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe59.144.475.3Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe58.450.167.8Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe58.242.671.3Projection
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand57.746.368.9Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand57.647.369.2Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia56.951.571.0Interpolation
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.946.664.9Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe55.345.867.1Interpolation
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe55.143.866.1Projection
HungaryHUNEastern Europe54.247.464.8Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean54.044.367.6Interpolation

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Finland72.6
  2. Switzerland69.9
  3. United Kingdom69.3
  4. Canada68.2
  5. Bulgaria67.1

Lowest

  1. South Sudanshared3.0
  2. Mauritaniashared3.0
  3. Ethiopia3.1
  4. Chadshared3.4
  5. Guineashared3.4

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland62.3

    LowestSouth Sudan1.3

    Middle country: 22.4

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland79.3

    LowestEthiopia4.8

    Middle country: 40.0

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 170 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 49.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    UN DESA Population Division marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolation, Projection.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1990). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/1990

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06Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990?

Finland, at 72.6, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2023.

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