TABLE 1.

All 59 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Included in Analyses of Contraceptive Security Indicator Survey Data on mCPRa,b

CountryWorld Bank Region2021 World Bank Classification by Income StatusmCPR
201020112012201320142015201720192021
AfghanistanSAlow1615.915.716.317.318.320.021.423.2
AlbaniaECAupper-middle10.39.18.07.06.15.34.04.34.9
AngolaSSAlow-middle11.812.112.312.512.612.813.414.215.2
ArgentinaLACupper-middle65.665.565.666.066.266.466.567.567.4
ArmeniaECAupper-middle30.029.429.630.632.433.630.029.930.5
AzerbaijanECAupper-middle15.015.215.816.527.427.728.729.931.1
BangladeshSAlow-middle51.052.253.254.054.254.353.453.854.5
BeninSSAlow-middle7.47.88.28.99.710.511.813.014.4
BoliviaLAClow-middle37.939.140.241.542.743.9045.847.248.7
Burkina FasoSSAlow15.116.217.619.120.822.626.729.230.6
BurundiSSAlow18.620.622.823.323.323.123.425.227.4
CameroonSSAlow-middle14.414.615.015.515.715.715.415.616.6
Cape VerdeSSAlow-middle56.556.556.456.256.256.055.655.556.2
Côte d’IvoireSSAlow-middle11.912.312.713.514.315.618.020.120.3
Dominican RepublicLACupper-middle47.347.746.147.744.345.242.241.965.3
DRCSSAlow6.66.97.37.58.39.311.813.815.2
EcuadorLACupper-middle67.268.168.9696969.570.773.072.3
El SalvadorLAClow-middle65.66666.466.767.167.367.868.268.6
EthiopiaSSAlow25.127.830.533.135.236.036.438.140.5
GambiaSSAlow9.49.19.09.19.810.713.215.817.8
GeorgiaECAupper-middle28.32929.529.930.230.531.332.133.1
GhanaSSAlow-middle18.618.618.618.618.618.618.618.618.6
GuatemalaLACupper-middle44.845.846.947.848.749.550.952.153.2
GuineaSSAlow5.25.25.35.76.47.19.010.812.1
HaitiLAClow29.330.230.931.231.431.632.133.334.7
HondurasLAClow-middle62.063.264.264.865.365.666.266.867.3
IndiaSAlow-middle48.148.047.947.847.747.848.449.350.3
IndonesiaEAPlow-middle58.959.459.760.059.959.558.558.959.6
KenyaSSAlow-middle44.447.450.453.356.359.159.858.158.2
Kyrgyz RepublicECAlow-middle36.335.234.534.735.335.736.737.838.9
Lao PDREAPlow-middle41.342.543.945.246.547.850.151.753.0
LiberiaSSAlow14.315.717.218.820.221.623.324.425.5
MadagascarSSAlow30.932.233.434.735.937.139.64244.2
MalawiSSAlow42.645.748.951.954.757.059.861.763.1
MaliSSAlow9.09.610.311.112.213.315.417.218.8
MauritaniaSSAlow-middle9.49.910.312.413.314.211.511.411.8
MexicoLACupper-middle67.667.867.96868.168.368.969.669.9
MozambiqueSSAlow12.512.512.512.512.512.512.512.512.5
NepalSAlow-middle43.843.643.843.944.244.144.445.546.7
NicaraguaLAClow-middle75.676.577.177.477.777.978.278.578.7
NigerSSAlow11.211.712.112.613.213.213.213.213.2
NigeriaSSAlow-middle1010.110.19.910.310.811.713.114.6
PakistanSAlow-middle23.824.625.325.825.725.625.326.428.0
ParaguayLACupper-middle65.565.765.865.865.966.066.366.767.2
PeruLACupper-middle51.151.952.251.752.153.054.355.757.0
PhilippinesEAPlow-middle35.436.237.137.938.539.040.141.242.3
RwandaSSAlow40.944.245.746.446.847.249.151.153.1
SenegalSSAlow-middle12.213.315.117.219.421.325.025.827.3
Sierra LeoneSSAlow9.711.413.215.216.617.820.221.823.6
South AfricaSSAupper-middle59.058.357.656.956.155.655.556.257.2
South SudanSSAlow4.85.35.45.45.35.35.76.36.9
TanzaniaSSAlow-middle27.428.429.330.131.031.934.036.338.7
TogoSSAlow14.615.215.916.817.618.520.522.223.9
UgandaSSAlow23.825.126.127.128.530.934.937.840.5
UkraineECAlow-middle49.249.750.150.751.151.652.553.454.5
VietnamEAPlow-middle67.166.966.466.065.665.665.765.465.2
YemenMENAlow22.022.923.925.025.826.628.430.031.7
ZambiaSSAlow-middle38.640.542.243.844.945.646.747.949.5
ZimbabweSSAlow-middle58.058.860.462.364.165.667.067.768.3
Average mCPR35.333.333.132.534.635.934.339.337.2
Average mCPR (low income)22.921.321.023.222.723.627.026.828.5
Average mCPR (middle income)41.240.542.639.242.744.039.146.643.6
Population composition
Geographic distributionEAP: n=4, 6%ECA: n=7, 11%LAC: n=13, 21%

MENA: n=1, 2%

SA: n=6, 10%

SSA: n=32, 51%

Income distributionLow: n=19, 30%Low-middle: n=29, 46%Upper-middle: n=14, 22%High: n=1, 2%
  • Abbreviations: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; ECA, European and Central Asia; EAP, East Asia and Pacific; LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean; mCPR, modern contraceptive prevalence rate; MENA, Middle East and North Africa; PDR, People’s Democratic Republic; SA, South Asia; SSA, sub-Saharan Africa.

  • a mCPR data for women aged 15–49 years, married or in a union, estimates and projections compiled by United Nations Population Fund.

  • b mCPR data in italics indicates the Contraceptive Security Indicators Survey was not implemented in the country for that year (country/year excluded from models).