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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.6; South Sudan is lowest, at 3.4. The middle country reads 33.9. Against 1996, 183 values changed (151 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 1997

HighestFinland

73.6

LowestSouth Sudan

3.4

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), 1997, 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), 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.662.578.7Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe72.865.878.3Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.561.180.7Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America70.663.376.3Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe70.262.277.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe68.555.182.6Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.161.178.0Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.857.072.5Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.351.473.5Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.050.279.8Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America63.856.770.3Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.956.368.9Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe60.651.070.0Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean60.350.171.0Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand60.148.872.7Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.846.376.3Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe58.849.769.7Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe58.542.876.8Projection
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe57.746.568.9Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe57.043.669.4Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America56.453.060.0Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.045.465.7Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe55.750.361.4Interpolation
UkraineUKREastern Europe55.649.062.2Projection
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe55.445.072.0Interpolation

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.6
  2. United Kingdom72.8
  3. Switzerland72.5
  4. Canada70.6
  5. Bulgaria70.2

Lowest

  1. South Sudan3.4
  2. Chad3.6
  3. Ethiopia4.1
  4. Djibouti4.5
  5. Mauritania4.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom65.8

    LowestSouth Sudan1.8

    Middle country: 28.2

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway82.6

    LowestChad5.0

    Middle country: 42.8

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 196 in both
  • 151 · 32rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1997.

  • 178 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 33.7. 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.

05The 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 (1997). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/1997

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07Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997?

Finland, at 73.6, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 1997?

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), 1997 the newest?

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

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