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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.9; Somalia is lowest, at 1.6. The middle country reads 33.8. Against 2019, 169 values changed (151 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2020

HighestFinland

73.9

LowestSomalia

1.6

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 Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.959.982.1Projection
CanadaCANNorthern America70.250.085.4Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.358.776.0Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.557.678.1Projection
BrazilBRASouth America65.056.673.1Projection
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe64.748.078.0Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.348.877.4Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean63.557.369.2Interpolation
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.343.183.7Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe62.550.673.4Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.543.377.4Projection
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.245.972.7Projection
BelgiumBELWestern Europe60.052.866.8Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand60.045.677.0Projection
SpainESPSouthern Europe60.052.866.6Interpolation
ChileCHLSouth America59.649.070.0Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America58.750.267.5Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.733.883.1Projection
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia57.347.171.4Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe56.540.174.1Projection
NicaraguaNICCentral America56.145.666.9Projection
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand55.842.866.5Projection
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa55.642.172.0Projection
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.539.475.4Projection
ArgentinaARGSouth America55.447.763.3Interpolation

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Finland73.9
  2. Canada70.2
  3. Switzerland68.3
  4. China65.5
  5. Brazil65.0

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.6
  2. South Sudan5.3
  3. Chad6.2
  4. Eritrea7.1
  5. Comoros8.8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland59.9

    LowestSomalia0.6

    Middle country: 24.3

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada85.4

    LowestSomalia5.2

    Middle country: 45.0

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 169values changed, of 196 in both
  • 151 · 18rose · fell
  • 27unchanged

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 2020.

  • 160 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 60.0. 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 (2020). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2020

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07Questions

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest modern contraceptive use in Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020?

Finland, at 73.9, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020 cover?

196.

Where can I download Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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