TABLE 2 Use of Contraception Among Women of Reproductive Age,a by Type of Method
CountryNoneTraditionalShort-actingLAPMsN
sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi78%4%14%4%5,660
Cameroon69%10%20%1%11,940
Ethiopia71%1%23%4%11,280
Kenya58%5%29%7%6,414
Lesotho56%1%39%4%6,156
Madagascar60%11%26%3%13,872
Malawi54%4%31%11%17,701
Namibia41%1%50%7%7,679
Nigeria80%7%12%1%25,244
Rwanda55%6%33%7%8,591
Senegal86%1%11%2%10,761
Swaziland51%2%42%5%3,837
Tanzania62%7%25%6%7,403
Zambia61%7%30%2%5,440
Zimbabwe44%1%50%4%6,765
Asia and the Middle East
Bangladesh39%9%44%8%16,654
Cambodia51%15%28%6%11,912
Egypt38%3%21%39%14,950
India41%8%9%43%88,075
Indonesia39%4%46%11%30,910
Jordan36%19%18%27%8,851
Nepal48%7%18%27%9,228
Pakistan62%10%16%12%12,063
Philippines50%17%21%13%8,889
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia44%23%19%13%12,697
Colombia28%5%26%41%42,242
Dominican Republic31%3%26%39%7,524
Guyana57%3%30%11%4,008
Haiti69%7%21%3%7,861
Peru36%20%30%13%31,261
  • Abbreviation: LAPMs, long-acting and permanent methods.

  • a Unit of analysis is women of reproductive (15–49 years old) who have ever been sexually active and who were not currently pregnant.

  • Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (various years).