Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)

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About this dataset

Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2024Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2024Africa Western and Central
ARB2024Arab World
CSS2024Caribbean small states
CEB2024Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2024Early-demographic dividend
EAS2024East Asia & Pacific
EAP2024East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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