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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 74.3; Chad is lowest, at 4.4. The middle country reads 37.9. Against 2008, 183 values changed (132 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2009

HighestFinland

74.3

LowestChad

4.4

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), 2009, 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), 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe74.363.079.5Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe73.265.979.1Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe73.165.179.4Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America72.860.182.7Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe69.754.886.2Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean67.360.473.4Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia66.960.079.9Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe66.653.878.9Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe66.360.871.4Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America65.660.970.1Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.751.971.2Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe63.856.568.9Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe63.542.384.7Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe63.558.268.2Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe62.851.672.8Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand62.650.077.3Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe61.649.776.5Projection
United StatesUSANorthern America61.354.767.6Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe60.650.468.9Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe58.842.877.9Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe58.349.768.8Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe58.051.264.9Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe57.734.882.2Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America57.554.261.0Interpolation
ItalyITASouthern Europe57.245.167.4Interpolation

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland74.3
  2. Switzerland73.2
  3. United Kingdom73.1
  4. Canada72.8
  5. Norway69.7

Lowest

  1. Chad4.4
  2. South Sudan4.6
  3. Eritrea5.5
  4. Somalia5.7
  5. Sudan7.1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland65.9

    LowestSouth Sudan3.3

    Middle country: 29.6

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway86.2

    LowestChad5.7

    Middle country: 46.7

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 196 in both
  • 132 · 51rose · 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 2009.

  • 163 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 48.6. 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 (2009). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2009

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07Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009?

Finland, at 74.3, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2009?

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), 2009 the newest?

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

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