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Algeria | |
Angola | |
Benin | |
Botswana | |
Burkina Faso | |
Burundi | |
Cameroon | |
Cape Verde | |
Central African Republic | |
Chad | |
Comoros | |
Congo | |
Côte d’Ivoire | |
Djibouti | |
DRC | |
Egypt | |
Equatorial Guinea | |
Eritrea | |
Eswatini | |
Ethiopia | |
Gabon | |
Gambia | |
Ghana | |
Guinea | |
Guinea-Bissau | |
Kenya | |
Lesotho | |
Liberia | |
Libya | |
Madagascar | |
Malawi | |
Mali | |
Mauritania | |
Mauritius | |
Morocco | |
Mozambique | |
Namibia | |
Niger | |
Nigeria | |
Rwanda | |
SADR | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Senegal | |
Seychelles | |
Sierra Leone | |
Somalia | |
South Africa | |
South Sudan | |
Sudan | |
Tanzania | |
Togo | |
Tunisia | |
Uganda | |
Zambia | |
Zimbabwe |
Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | |
Life expectancy at birth | |
Maternal mortality ratio | |
Stillbirth rate | |
Neonatal mortality rate | |
Infant mortality rate | |
Under 5 mortality rate | |
Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits | |
Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits | |
Births attended by skilled health personnel | |
Postpartum care coverage for mothers | |
Postnatal care coverage for newborns | |
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months | |
Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination | |
Stunting - short height for age under age 5 | |
Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 | |
Overweight - heavy for height under 5 | |
Sexual and Reproductive Health | |
Child marriage before age 15 | |
Child marriage before age 18 | |
Female genital mutilation | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - female | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - male | |
Very early child bearing under age 16 | |
Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 | |
Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women | |
Demand satisfied for modern contraception | |
Communicable Diseases | |
New HIV infections | |
Antiretroviral treatment coverage | |
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV | |
Condom use | |
New TB infections | |
New malaria infections | |
Non-Communicable Diseases | |
Mortality from non-communicable diseases | |
Suicide mortality rate | |
Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over | |
Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over | |
Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over | |
Health Financing | |
External health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % GDP | |
Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure | |
Government health expenditure per capita | |
Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure | |
Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health | |
Health systems and policies | |
Density of health workers - physicians | |
Density of health workers - nurses and midwives | |
Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff | |
Qualified obstetricians | |
Birth registration | |
At least basic drinking water | |
At least basic sanitation services | |
Open defecation | |
Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
Full Name: | Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern methods (mCPR): survey-based estimates of the percentage of all women of reproductive age who are using a modern contraceptive method at a particular point in time. |
Full Unit: | Percentage, % |
Year-range of Data: | 2005 - 2018 |
Source: | UN Population Division |
Link to Source: | https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/dataset/contraception/wcu2019.asp |
Date Source Published: | February 2018 |
Date Source Accessed: | 26th May 2019 |
The following countries had no data: |
Contraceptive prevalence is the proportion of all women of reproductive age, typically 15 - 49 years, who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is currently using, at least one method of modern contraception.
This indicator is useful for global monitoring of progress in achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including family planning, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals indicator 3.7.1. It is reported as a percentage of all women of reproductive age, typically 15-49 years.
The data presented here have been estimated using data from nationally-representative household surveys. Information was obtained from multi-country survey programmes that routinely ask women of reproductive age about their current use of all types of contraceptive methods. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the implant, injectables, oral contraceptive pills, male and female condoms, vaginal barrier methods (including the diaphragm, cervical cap and spermicidal foam, jelly, cream and sponge), the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM), emergency contraception and other modern methods not reported separately (e.g. the contraceptive patch or vaginal ring).
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More about indicator and sources
The data set,' World Contraceptive Use 2019', includes country-specific survey-based observations of key family planning indicators, based on survey data available as of February 2019. This new data set was used to generate Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2019 providing national, regional and global estimates and projections of family planning indicators. The data for each country have been estimated using data from nationally-representative household surveys. Information was obtained from multi-country survey programmes that routinely collect the necessary data, including the Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys (CPS), the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the Fertility and Family Surveys (FFS), the Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS), the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 surveys (PMA), and the World Fertility Surveys (WFS). Additional information was provided by other international survey programmes and national surveys.
Differences in survey design and implementation, and in the representativeness of the sample, can affect the comparability of survey-based estimates over time and between countries. For this reason, we show only the latest value for each country. For all values from each country, visit the link shown above for the data source.
For Botswana, the 2008 value shown from the 2008 MICS (51.2%) is the figure for 'all women', which in this survey included girls and women from age 12y to 49y; this is different from all other surveys which define 'all women' as being age 15-49y.
Other data are available through the FP2020 web portal - these data are modelled to show trends for FP2020 countries over time. FP2020 is a global partnership to empower women and girls by investing in rights-based family planning. By making a commitment to FP2020, partners join the global community of leaders, experts, advocates, and implementers who are working together to address the most challenging barriers to expanding access to contraceptives. Many member states are among the committment makers and you can read more about national level committments from the FP2020 website including the FP2020 data portal at this URL: https://www.familyplanning2020.org/
More information on calculations
Generally, there is no discrepancy between the estimates presented in World Contraceptive Use 2019 and those published in national survey reports. However, in some cases the estimates published by the United Nations have been adjusted to improve comparability. Notes included in the data set indicate when adjustments were made and where the survey data differed from standard definitions.
You can read more details on the methodology used for these estimates from this link: https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/dataset/contraception/wcu2019.asp