Contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, any method (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators

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Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women married or in-union aged 15 to 49 who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is using, at least one method of contraception, regardless of the method used. Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys by UNICEF
Contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, any method (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1South Africa (2003)60.3
2Zimbabwe (2006)57.9
3Egypt (2008)57.6
4Namibia (2007)53.5
5North Africa (2000)53.06
6Algeria (2006)52
7Morocco (2004)52
8Tunisia (2006)51.5
9Swaziland (2007)46.8
10Cape Verde (1998)46
11Botswana (2000)42.1
12Mauritius (2002)39.3
13Malawi (2006)38.4
14Lesotho (2004)35.2
15Kenya (2003)31.5
16Sao Tome and Principe (2000)27.4
17Zambia (2007)26.5
18Rwanda (2008)26.1
19Libya (1995)25.6
20Tanzania (2005)19.5
21Comoros (2000)19.3
22Uganda (2006)17.9
23Djibouti (2006)17.1
24Madagascar (2004)16.7
25Ghana (2008)16.6
26Ethiopia (2005)13.7
27Burkina Faso (2006)13.3
28Gambia (2001)12.7
29Republic of the Congo (2005)12.7
30Cameroon (2006)12
31Gabon (2000)11.8
32Mozambique (2004)11.7
33Togo (2006)11.1
34Liberia (2007)10.3
35Senegal (2005)10
36Nigeria (2007)9.1
37Central African Republic (2006)8.6
38Burundi (2002)8.5
39Ivory Coast (2006)8
40Mauritania (2007)8
41Mali (2006)6.3
42Guinea-Bissau (2006)6.1
43Equatorial Guinea (2000)6.1
44Sierra Leone (2008)6
45Benin (2006)5.9
46Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)5.8
47Sudan (2006)5.7
48Eritrea (2002)5.1
49Niger (2006)5
50Angola (2001)4.5
51Guinea (2005)4
52Chad (2004)1.7
53Somalia (2006)1.2
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