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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 78.8; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.3. The middle country reads 39.9. Against 2016, 176 values changed (127 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method) · Data for 2017

HighestFinland

78.8

LowestSouth Sudan

5.3

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), 2017, 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), 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe78.868.084.1Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe72.865.478.7Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America72.753.886.7Projection
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe71.157.381.8Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe68.649.888.2Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia67.860.880.6Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe67.154.578.1Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean66.660.472.2Interpolation
BulgariaBGREastern Europe66.548.582.5Projection
BrazilBRASouth America66.159.072.9Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe64.847.977.7Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe64.252.774.6Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand63.650.579.5Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe63.447.980.6Projection
ChileCHLSouth America63.355.270.9Projection
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe63.352.172.6Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe62.737.586.7Projection
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe62.552.971.5Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America61.656.467.0Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe61.555.367.1Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.855.365.9Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America60.655.566.1Interpolation
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia59.550.473.8Interpolation
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe59.148.267.5Projection
ItalyITASouthern Europe59.045.270.3Projection

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland78.8
  2. Switzerland72.8
  3. Canada72.7
  4. United Kingdom71.1
  5. Norway68.6

Lowest

  1. South Sudan5.3
  2. Somalia5.8
  3. Chad6.2
  4. Eritrea6.9
  5. Sudan9.4

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland68.0

    LowestSomalia3.7

    Middle country: 30.6

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestNorway88.2

    LowestChad8.0

    Middle country: 49.8

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 176values changed, of 196 in both
  • 127 · 49rose · fell
  • 20unchanged

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 2017.

  • 179 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 47.4. 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: Projection, Interpolation.

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 (2017). Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/contraceptive-prevalence/2017

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07Questions

Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest contraceptive use in Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017?

Finland, at 78.8, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017 cover?

196.

Where can I download Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method), 2017?

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), 2017 the newest?

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

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