Thailand - Contraceptive prevalence

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

Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49) in Thailand was 71.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 77.40 in 2009, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 1970.

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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Year Value
1970 14.80
1973 25.70
1975 30.00
1978 49.30
1981 56.30
1984 62.00
1987 63.60
1989 64.20
1993 72.20
1996 72.20
1997 69.80
2001 76.10
2006 75.40
2009 77.40
2012 77.00
2016 75.50
2019 71.30

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

Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15-49) in Thailand was 73.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 79.60 in 2009, while its lowest value was 14.80 in 1970.

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

Source: UNICEF's State of the World's Children and Childinfo, United Nations Population Division's World Contraceptive Use, household surveys including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.

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Year Value
1970 14.80
1973 26.30
1975 33.30
1978 53.40
1979 53.40
1981 58.20
1984 62.20
1987 65.50
1989 66.20
1993 73.90
1996 73.60
1997 72.20
2000 79.20
2001 77.80
2005 71.50
2006 76.70
2009 79.60
2012 79.30
2016 78.30
2019 73.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health