Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15-49 who are married or in union. 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.

Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Finland 81.60 2015
2 Germany 80.20 2011
3 Czech Republic 77.60 2008
4 France 72.70 2011
5 United Kingdom 71.10 2012
6 Ireland 70.90 2010
7 Netherlands 70.00 2013
8 Norway 69.20 1989
9 Sweden 68.10 2017
10 Switzerland 67.30 2017
11 Belgium 65.40 2018
12 Slovenia 63.20 1995
13 Austria 63.00 2013
14 Denmark 59.90 1975
14 Spain 59.90 2018
16 Belarus 59.30 2017
17 Estonia 57.90 2005
18 Latvia 55.60 1995
19 Hungary 54.10 2009
20 Italy 51.80 2013
21 Lithuania 51.40 2009
22 Poland 50.70 2014
23 Romania 50.50 2005
24 Turkey 48.90 2018
25 Ukraine 47.60 2012
26 Malta 46.00 1993
27 Moldova 43.90 2020
28 Bulgaria 39.60 2007
29 Portugal 37.70 1980
30 Greece 33.60 1999
31 Serbia 21.30 2019
32 North Macedonia 14.00 2019
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.10 2012
34 Montenegro 11.60 2018
35 Albania 3.70 2018

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual