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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.8; Somalia is lowest, at 1.2. The middle country reads 32.9. Against 2015, 182 values changed (144 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2016

HighestFinland

73.8

LowestSomalia

1.2

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.861.479.2Projection
CanadaCANNorthern America70.352.583.8Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.561.674.1Interpolation
CubaCUBCaribbean66.059.871.4Interpolation
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.659.477.6Interpolation
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe64.751.375.6Projection
BrazilBRASouth America64.557.970.7Interpolation
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.453.174.6Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.544.783.0Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.446.074.4Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe61.050.070.9Interpolation
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.550.468.9Projection
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.254.665.5Interpolation
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand59.646.975.3Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe59.653.465.3Interpolation
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.635.282.1Projection
ChileCHLSouth America58.151.264.8Interpolation
ColombiaCOLSouth America57.853.562.1Interpolation
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia56.548.270.0Interpolation
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand55.745.262.0Interpolation
GermanyDEUWestern Europe55.645.668.2Interpolation
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.540.574.4Interpolation
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe55.440.471.6Projection
NicaraguaNICCentral America55.047.762.5Projection
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa54.642.170.3Interpolation

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.8
  2. Canada70.3
  3. Switzerland68.5
  4. Cuba66.0
  5. China65.6

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.2
  2. South Sudan4.7
  3. Chad5.3
  4. Eritrea6.1
  5. Sudan8.2

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestSwitzerland61.6

    LowestSomalia0.4

    Middle country: 23.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada83.8

    LowestSomalia4.5

    Middle country: 43.6

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 196 in both
  • 144 · 38rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

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 2016.

  • 171 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 31.5. 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 (2016). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2016

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07Questions

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest modern contraceptive use in Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016?

Finland, at 73.8, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016 cover?

196.

Where can I download Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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