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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Finland is highest, at 73.9; Somalia is lowest, at 1.8. The middle country reads 34.9. Against 2021, 175 values changed (159 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Modern Contraceptive Prevalence · Data for 2022

HighestFinland

73.9

LowestSomalia

1.8

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe73.958.583.2Projection
CanadaCANNorthern America70.248.886.1Projection
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.456.577.5Projection
ChinaCHNEastern Asia65.256.378.7Projection
BrazilBRASouth America65.155.374.4Projection
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe64.746.479.1Projection
FranceFRAWestern Europe64.147.078.6Projection
NorwayNORNorthern Europe63.142.484.2Projection
AustriaAUTWestern Europe62.850.074.6Projection
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe62.641.878.6Projection
CubaCUBCaribbean62.355.368.4Interpolation
SpainESPSouthern Europe61.052.368.7Interpolation
ChileCHLSouth America60.347.872.2Projection
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe60.244.074.3Projection
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand60.144.777.9Projection
BelgiumBELWestern Europe59.950.169.1Projection
ColombiaCOLSouth America59.148.969.6Projection
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe58.833.283.7Projection
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia57.846.372.4Projection
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe56.639.375.1Projection
NicaraguaNICCentral America56.644.968.5Projection
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa56.141.973.1Projection
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand56.040.868.7Projection
ArgentinaARGSouth America55.946.565.2Projection
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.538.576.2Projection

02In 2022

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. Switzerland68.4
  4. China65.2
  5. Brazil65.1

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.8
  2. South Sudan5.8
  3. Chad6.6
  4. Eritrea7.7
  5. Comoros8.7

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Lower bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestFinland58.5

    LowestSomalia0.7

    Middle country: 23.8

  • Upper bound (95% uncertainty interval)

    HighestCanada86.1

    LowestSomalia5.9

    Middle country: 45.8

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 175values changed, of 196 in both
  • 159 · 16rose · fell
  • 21unchanged

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 2022.

  • 164 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 44.9. 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 (2022). Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/modern-contraceptive-prevalence/2022

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Other years

07Questions

Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest modern contraceptive use in Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022?

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

What year does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022 cover?

196.

Where can I download Modern Contraceptive Prevalence, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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