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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. United Kingdom is highest, at 74.3; Chad is lowest, at 3.6. The middle country reads 36.5. Against 2002, 181 values changed (125 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2003

HighestUnited Kingdom

74.3

LowestChad

3.6

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), 2003, 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), 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.367.479.6Interpolation
FinlandFINNorthern Europe72.961.578.6Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.862.680.6Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America71.261.878.5Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe70.456.884.9Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe67.657.277.8Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.361.679.6Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.352.770.4Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean64.155.072.5Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe64.146.582.8Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe63.557.170.4Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.555.967.9Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America62.357.167.4Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America61.955.368.2Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand61.549.275.4Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe60.448.970.4Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe60.349.673.1Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe59.853.965.7Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe59.746.871.5Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.444.477.2Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe57.838.279.8Projection
GermanyDEUWestern Europe57.048.366.7Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.246.363.0Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe55.446.864.0Interpolation
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe55.341.674.4Projection

02In 2003

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. Finland72.9
  3. Switzerland72.8
  4. Canada71.2
  5. Norway70.4

Lowest

  1. Chad3.6
  2. South Sudan3.8
  3. Somalia5.7
  4. Eritrea5.9
  5. Sudanshared6.0

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 Kingdom67.4

    LowestSouth Sudan2.4

    Middle country: 29.3

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway84.9

    LowestChad4.7

    Middle country: 45.6

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 196 in both
  • 125 · 56rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

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 2003.

  • 174 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 34.2. 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 (2003). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2003

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07Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003?

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

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2003?

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), 2003 the newest?

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

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