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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 74.3; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 3.7. The middle country reads 36.5. Against 2001, 180 values changed (128 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2002

HighestUnited Kingdom

74.3

Lowest2 countries share it

3.7

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), 2002, 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), 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.367.579.5Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.161.978.6Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.862.380.8Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America70.861.977.7Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe70.256.684.7Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe68.057.977.7Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.662.279.7Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.553.071.1Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.247.182.3Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe63.857.070.8Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean63.654.372.2Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.555.868.1Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America62.055.568.3Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America61.456.166.7Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand61.449.175.1Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe60.149.772.7Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe60.048.470.1Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.544.877.2Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe59.353.465.1Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe59.245.971.2Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe58.038.879.3Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe57.748.667.3Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.446.463.9Interpolation
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe55.442.374.0Projection
BelgiumBELWestern Europe55.246.464.0Interpolation

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United Kingdom74.3
  2. Finland73.1
  3. Switzerland72.8
  4. Canada70.8
  5. Norway70.2

Lowest

  1. Chadshared3.7
  2. South Sudanshared3.7
  3. Somaliashared5.6
  4. Djiboutishared5.6
  5. Sudan5.8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestUnited Kingdom67.5

    LowestSouth Sudan2.2

    Middle country: 29.4

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway84.7

    LowestChad4.9

    Middle country: 45.2

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 180values changed, of 196 in both
  • 128 · 52rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

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 2002.

  • 177 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 33.4. 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 (2002). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2002

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07Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002?

United Kingdom, at 74.3, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2002?

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), 2002 the newest?

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

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