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06Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1997-2005 1 2
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada 75 3
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden 78 3 4
7 Switzerland 82 3
8 Japan 56
9 Netherlands 79 3
10 France 75 3
11 Finland ..
12 United States 76 3
13 Spain 81 3
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria 51 3
16 United Kingdom 84
17 Belgium 78 3
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand 75 3
20 Italy 60 3
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany 75 3
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore 62
26 Korea (Republic of) 81
27 Slovenia 74 3
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 55
32 Czech Republic 72
33 Kuwait 50 3
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar 43
36 Hungary 77 3
37 Poland 49 3
38 Argentina ..
39 United Arab Emirates 28 3
40 Chile 56 3
41 Bahrain 62 3
42 Slovakia 74 3
43 Lithuania 47 3
44 Estonia 70 3
45 Latvia 48 3
46 Uruguay 84
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 80
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 73
52 Mexico 74
53 Bulgaria 42
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 41
55 Tonga 33
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 45 3
57 Antigua and Barbuda 53
58 Oman 32
59 Trinidad and Tobago 38
60 Romania 70
61 Saudi Arabia 32 3
62 Panama ..
63 Malaysia 55 3
64 Belarus 50 3
65 Mauritius 76
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania 75
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 77 3
71 Dominica 50
72 Saint Lucia 47
73 Kazakhstan 66
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77
75 Colombia 78
76 Ukraine 68
77 Samoa 30 3
78 Thailand 79
79 Dominican Republic 70
80 Belize 56
81 China 87
82 Grenada 54
83 Armenia 53
84 Turkey 71
85 Suriname 42
86 Jordan 56
87 Peru 71
88 Lebanon 58
89 Ecuador 73
90 Philippines 49
91 Tunisia 66
92 Fiji 44
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 74
95 Paraguay 73
96 Georgia 47
97 Guyana 37
98 Azerbaijan 55
99 Sri Lanka 70
100 Maldives 39
101 Jamaica 69
102 Cape Verde 53
103 El Salvador 67
104 Algeria 57
105 Viet Nam 77
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 51
107 Indonesia 57
108 Syrian Arab Republic 48
109 Turkmenistan 62
110 Nicaragua 69
111 Moldova 68
112 Egypt 59
113 Uzbekistan 68
114 Mongolia 69
115 Honduras 62
116 Kyrgyzstan 60
117 Bolivia 58
118 Guatemala 43
119 Gabon 33
120 Vanuatu 28
121 South Africa 60
122 Tajikistan 34
123 Sao Tome and Principe 29
124 Botswana 48
125 Namibia 44
126 Morocco 63
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 47
129 Solomon Islands 11 3
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 32
131 Cambodia 24
132 Myanmar 34
133 Bhutan 31
134 Comoros 26
135 Ghana 25
136 Pakistan 28
137 Mauritania 8
138 Lesotho 37
139 Congo 44
140 Bangladesh 58
141 Swaziland 48
142 Nepal 38
143 Madagascar 27
144 Cameroon 26
145 Papua New Guinea 26 3
146 Haiti 28
147 Sudan 7
148 Kenya 39
149 Djibouti 9
150 Timor-Leste 10
151 Zimbabwe 54
152 Togo 26
153 Yemen 23
154 Uganda 20
155 Gambia 18
156 Senegal 12
157 Eritrea 8
158 Nigeria 13
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 26
160 Guinea 7
161 Rwanda 17
162 Angola 6
163 Benin 19
164 Malawi 33
165 Zambia 34
166 Côte d'Ivoire 15
167 Burundi 16
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 31
169 Ethiopia 15
170 Chad 3
171 Central African Republic 28
172 Mozambique 17
173 Mali 8
174 Niger 14
175 Guinea-Bissau 8
176 Burkina Faso 14
177 Sierra Leone 4

Notes :
1 - Data usually refer to women aged 15-49 who are married or in union; the actual age range covered may vary across countries.
2 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
3 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
4 - UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). 2005. State of the World's Children 2006. New York.

Source :
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). 2006. State of the World's Children 2007. New York.