Share of married/partnered women whose need for family planning is satisfied with modern methods (% ages 15–49)
Percent of married or in-union women (15–49) whose demand for family planning is met with modern contraceptive methods, latest available 2019–2024.
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Key Insights
- •Large gaps persist: in several countries, fewer than 1 in 3 married/in-union women with family-planning need are using modern methods.
- •Many high-income countries cluster in the 80%+ range, reflecting broad access to modern contraception.
- •Several low-income and conflict-affected countries remain below 25%, indicating major access and service-delivery constraints.
- •The indicator highlights actionable health-system differences (availability, affordability, and outreach) rather than only demographic outcomes like fertility rates.
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Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 62.2%)
About This Statistic
This statistic measures the share of women ages 15–49 who are married or in a union and who want to avoid pregnancy (i.e., have a “need for family planning”) and whose need is met by modern contraceptive methods. It is a widely used indicator of access to and effective use of reproductive health services.
Higher values generally indicate better access to modern contraception and stronger reproductive health systems, though interpretation can vary by country context (fertility preferences, service quality, rights-based access, and data source differences). The indicator is compiled by the UN and partners from household surveys and modelled estimates to improve comparability over time and across countries.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 87.0% |
| 2 | Canada | 86.0% |
| 3 | South Korea | 86.0% |
| 4 | New Zealand | 86.0% |
| 5 | Denmark | 84.0% |
| 6 | France | 84.0% |
| 7 | Norway | 84.0% |
| 8 | Sweden | 84.0% |
| 9 | People's Republic of China | 83.0% |
| 10 | Finland | 83.0% |
| 11 | Iceland | 83.0% |
| 12 | Israel | 83.0% |
| 13 | Netherlands | 83.0% |
| 14 | Switzerland | 83.0% |
| 15 | Germany | 82.0% |
| 16 | Italy | 82.0% |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 82.0% |
| 18 | Belgium | 82.0% |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 81.0% |
| 20 | Belarus | 80.0% |
| 21 | Ireland | 80.0% |
| 22 | Portugal | 80.0% |
| 23 | Spain | 80.0% |
| 24 | Uruguay | 80.0% |
| 25 | Australia | 80.0% |
| 26 | Estonia | 79.0% |
| 27 | Latvia | 79.0% |
| 28 | Lithuania | 79.0% |
| 29 | Qatar | 79.0% |
| 30 | Singapore | 79.0% |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 79.0% |
| 32 | Chile | 78.0% |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 78.0% |
| 34 | Cyprus | 78.0% |
| 35 | Slovenia | 78.0% |
| 36 | Thailand | 78.0% |
| 37 | United States of America | 78.0% |
| 38 | Argentina | 78.0% |
| 39 | Belize | 78.0% |
| 40 | Kuwait | 77.0% |
| 41 | Mauritius | 76.0% |
| 42 | Algeria | 76.0% |
| 43 | Barbados | 76.0% |
| 44 | Czech Republic | 75.0% |
| 45 | Ecuador | 75.0% |
| 46 | Paraguay | 75.0% |
| 47 | Comoros | 74.0% |
| 48 | Hungary | 74.0% |
| 49 | Indonesia | 74.0% |
| 50 | Oman | 74.0% |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 74.0% |
| 52 | Croatia | 73.0% |
| 53 | India | 73.0% |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 73.0% |
| 55 | Mexico | 73.0% |
| 56 | Poland | 73.0% |
| 57 | Russian Federation | 73.0% |
| 58 | Slovakia | 73.0% |
| 59 | Ukraine | 73.0% |
| 60 | Bahrain | 73.0% |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 73.0% |
| 62 | Brazil | 73.0% |
| 63 | Greece | 72.0% |
| 64 | Jamaica | 72.0% |
| 65 | Country 532 | 72.0% |
| 66 | Peru | 72.0% |
| 67 | Tunisia | 72.0% |
| 68 | Albania | 72.0% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 71.0% |
| 70 | Georgia | 71.0% |
| 71 | North Korea | 71.0% |
| 72 | Malaysia | 71.0% |
| 73 | Nepal | 71.0% |
| 74 | Colombia | 70.0% |
| 75 | Cuba | 70.0% |
| 76 | Mongolia | 70.0% |
| 77 | Romania | 70.0% |
| 78 | Suriname | 70.0% |
| 79 | Türkiye | 70.0% |
| 80 | Venezuela | 70.0% |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.0% |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 69.0% |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.0% |
| 84 | American Samoa | 69.0% |
| 85 | Virgin Islands, British | 69.0% |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 68.0% |
| 87 | Morocco | 68.0% |
| 88 | Serbia | 68.0% |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 67.0% |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 67.0% |
| 91 | Panama | 67.0% |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 67.0% |
| 93 | Bhutan | 67.0% |
| 94 | Bolivia | 67.0% |
| 95 | El Salvador | 66.0% |
| 96 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 66.0% |
| 97 | Moldova, Republic of | 66.0% |
| 98 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 66.0% |
| 99 | Jordan | 65.0% |
| 100 | Egypt | 65.0% |
| 101 | Lebanon | 64.0% |
| 102 | Libya | 63.0% |
| 103 | Rwanda | 63.0% |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 63.0% |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 63.0% |
| 106 | Guyana | 62.0% |
| 107 | Vietnam | 62.0% |
| 108 | South Africa | 62.0% |
| 109 | Benin | 61.0% |
| 110 | Guatemala | 61.0% |
| 111 | Honduras | 61.0% |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 61.0% |
| 113 | Botswana | 61.0% |
| 114 | Myanmar | 60.0% |
| 115 | Iraq | 60.0% |
| 116 | Montenegro | 60.0% |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 60.0% |
| 118 | Bahamas | 60.0% |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 58.0% |
| 120 | State of Palestine | 58.0% |
| 121 | Kenya | 58.0% |
| 122 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.0% |
| 123 | Zambia | 58.0% |
| 124 | Pakistan | 57.0% |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 56.0% |
| 126 | Malawi | 55.0% |
| 127 | Namibia | 55.0% |
| 128 | Philippines | 53.0% |
| 129 | Armenia | 53.0% |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 53.0% |
| 131 | Cambodia | 51.0% |
| 132 | Cayman Islands | 50.0% |
| 133 | Uganda | 50.0% |
| 134 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48.0% |
| 135 | Timor-Leste | 46.0% |
| 136 | United Republic of Tanzania | 46.0% |
| 137 | Angola | 46.0% |
| 138 | Ghana | 45.0% |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 45.0% |
| 140 | Lesotho | 43.0% |
| 141 | Madagascar | 42.0% |
| 142 | Andorra | 42.0% |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 41.0% |
| 144 | Burundi | 40.0% |
| 145 | Mozambique | 40.0% |
| 146 | Austria | 40.0% |
| 147 | Cameroon | 39.0% |
| 148 | Gabon | 37.0% |
| 149 | Republic of The Gambia | 36.0% |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 36.0% |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 35.0% |
| 152 | Liberia | 35.0% |
| 153 | Sudan | 35.0% |
| 154 | Haiti | 34.0% |
| 155 | Republic of the Congo | 33.0% |
| 156 | Mauritania | 33.0% |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.0% |
| 158 | Guinea | 32.0% |
| 159 | Yemen | 32.0% |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.0% |
| 161 | Senegal | 29.0% |
| 162 | Togo | 28.0% |
| 163 | Nigeria | 24.0% |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 22.0% |
| 165 | Mali | 21.0% |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 21.0% |
| 167 | Djibouti | 20.0% |
| 168 | Niger | 18.0% |
| 169 | Eritrea | 17.0% |
| 170 | Chad | 15.0% |
| 171 | Somalia | 13.0% |
| 172 | South Sudan | 12.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from UN Population Division (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) (2023).
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