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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 68.2; Somalia is lowest, at 0.5. The middle country reads 21.7.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 1990

HighestFinland

68.2

LowestSomalia

0.5

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 Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990, 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

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe68.256.374.2Interpolation
CanadaCANNorthern America65.858.572.0Interpolation
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe63.650.373.7Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe62.155.167.3Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe61.650.470.4Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe59.450.567.4Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe58.450.466.1Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe57.745.372.6Interpolation
BelgiumBELWestern Europe57.346.567.6Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe56.442.171.0Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand54.943.566.0Interpolation
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe54.938.467.6Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia54.650.267.0Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand53.743.265.3Interpolation
United StatesUSANorthern America53.745.560.6Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe52.739.469.1Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean52.443.065.6Interpolation
AustriaAUTWestern Europe50.033.964.0Projection
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia46.438.663.3Interpolation
LatviaLVANorthern Europe45.930.163.2Projection
UruguayURYSouth America45.139.654.3Interpolation
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia45.032.660.4Interpolation
HungaryHUNEastern Europe44.036.054.0Interpolation
BrazilBRASouth America43.637.849.2Interpolation
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia40.637.643.5Interpolation

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland68.2
  2. Canada65.8
  3. Switzerland63.6
  4. Netherlands62.1
  5. United Kingdom61.6

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.5
  2. Chad0.8
  3. Mauritania1.3
  4. Guineashared1.6
  5. Burundishared1.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada58.5

    LowestSomalia0.1

    Middle country: 14.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland74.2

    LowestSomalia1.6

    Middle country: 30.1

03Caveats

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 1990.

  • 160 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 5 countries share 32.1. 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.

04The 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 (1990). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/1990

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06Questions

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest modern contraceptive use in Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990?

Finland, at 68.2, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990 cover?

196.

Where can I download Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2023.

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