EC Status and Availability
EC knowledge and ever use among women of reproductive age, by country
Data on EC ever use and EC knowledge is only available for some countries.
Country | EC ever use among women of reproductive age | EC knowledge among women of reproductive age |
---|---|---|
Albania | 2.4% (DHS 2008-09) | 28.2% (DHS 2008-09) |
Armenia | 0.9% (DHS 2005) | 26.8% (DHS 2010) |
Austria | 18% (Österr. Verhütungsreport 2012) | |
Azerbaijan | 0.4% (DHS 2006) | 4.6% (DHS 2006) |
Benin | 0.9% (DHS 2006) | 18.9% (DHS 2011-12) |
Bolivia | 1.6% (DHS 2008) | 28.3% (DHS 2008) |
Bulgaria | 38% (2012) | |
Burkina Faso | 11.6% (DHS 2010) | |
Burundi | 22.9% (DHS 2010) | |
Cambodia | 9.7% (DHS 2010) | |
Cameroon | 2.6% (DHS 2004) | 32.5% (DHS 2011) |
Cape Verde | 1.3% (DHS 2005) | 28.7% (DHS 2005) |
Chad | 5.7% (DHS 2014-15) | |
Colombia | 3.2% (DHS 2005) | 40.8% (DHS 2005) |
Congo, Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) | 1.1% (DHS 2007) | 18.8% (DHS 2013-14) |
Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) | 12.0% (DHS 2005) | 37.1% (DHS 2011-12) |
Denmark | 20% (Undersøgelse om uønskede graviditeter og valg af abort blandt kvinder under 25 år. Sundhedsstyrelsen. 2010.) | |
Dominican Republic | 2.7% (DHS 2007) | 45.3% (DHS 2007) |
East Timor | 0.0% (DHS 2009) | 3.2% (DHS 2009) |
Egypt | 0.1% (DHS 2008, among currently married women) | 5.6% (DHS 2008, among currently married women) |
Equatorial Guinea | 30.6% (DHS 2011) | |
Eritrea | 0.4% (DHS 2002) | 10.4% (DHS 2002) |
Estonia | 21% (Part K, Laanpere M, Rahu K, Haldre K, Rahu M, Karro H. Estonian Women’s Health: sexual and reproductive health, behavior, attitudes and use of health care services. 2007) | |
Ethiopia | 19.0% (DHS 2011) | |
France | 22% (2010) | |
Gabon | 48.7% (DHS 2012) | |
Georgia | 0.3% (Georgia Reproductive Health Survey 2010) | 5.2% (Georgia Reproductive Health Survey 2010) |
Germany | 13% (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung BzgA. Contraceptive Behaviour of Adults 2011.) | |
Ghana | 2.9% (DHS 2008) | 35.4% (DHS 2008) |
Guinea-Conakry | 0.2% (DHS 2005) | 16.3% (DHS 2012) |
Guyana | 0.9% (DHS 2009) | 29.7 (DHS 2009) |
Haiti | 0.3% (DHS 2005-06) | 19.3% (DHS 2012) |
Honduras | 1.2% (DHS 2005-06) | 53.5% (DHS 2011-12) |
India | 10.8% (DHS 2005-06) | |
Indonesia | 0.3% (DHS 2007, among ever married women)* | 11% (DHS 2012) |
Ivory Coast | 23.0% (DHS 2011-12) | |
Jordan | 0.5% (DHS 2009, among ever married women) | 15.3% (DHS 2012, among ever married women) |
Kazakhstan | 2.2% (DHS 1999) | 33.4% (DHS 1999) |
Kenya | 1.7% (DHS 2008-09) | 40.2% (DHS 2008-09) |
Kyrgyzstan | 27.7% (DHS 2012) | |
Lesotho | 31.5% (DHS 2009-10) | |
Liberia | 3.1% (DHS 2007) | 12.9% (DHS 2007) |
Madagascar | 0.5% (DHS 2008-09) | 10.1% (DHS 2008-09) |
Malawi | 0.7% (DHS 2010) | 35.1% (DHS 2010) |
Maldives | 0.6% (DHS 2009, among ever married women) | 29.0% (DHS 2009, among ever married women) |
Mali | 0.2% (DHS 2006) | 19.0% (DHS 2012-2013) |
Mauritania | 4.6% (DHS 2000-01) | |
Mexico | 5.8% (ENADID 2009) | 75.8% (ENADID 2009) |
Moldova | 3.0% (DHS 2005) | 38.1% (DHS 2005) |
Mozambique | 9.5% (DHS 2011) | |
Namibia | 1.6% (DHS 2006-07) | 20.7% (DHS 2006-07) |
Nepal | 0.1% (DHS 2006) | 28.8% (DHS 2011) |
Netherlands | 21.0% (Seksuele gezondheid in Nederland 2009. Rutgers Nisso Groep.) | |
Nicaragua | 1.2% (DHS 2001) | 21.4% (DHS 2001) |
Niger | 4.4% (DHS 2012) | |
Nigeria | 2.8% (DHS 2008) | 30.3% (DHS 2013) |
Pakistan | 1.0% (DHS 2012-13, among currently married women) | 24.1% (DHS 2012-13, among currently married women) |
Peru | 11.7% (DHS 2011) | 72.7% (DHS 2011) |
Philippines | 0.3% (DHS 2008) | 9.7% (DHS 2008) |
Rwanda | 23.0% (DHS 2010) | |
Samoa | 0.1% (DHS 2009) | 4.7% (DHS 2009) |
Sao Tome | 0.5% (DHS 2008-09) | 17.5% (DHS 2008-09) |
Senegal | 0.2% (DHS 2005) | 13.0% (DHS 2010-11) |
Sierra Leone | 1.1% (DHS 2008) | 6.2% (DHS 2008) |
South Africa | 0.5% (DHS 2003) | 19.6% (DHS 2003) |
Spain | 14.7% (Spanish Society of Contraception 2013) | 98.7% (Spanish Society of Contraception 2013) |
Swaziland | 2.6% (DHS 2006-07) | 25.7% (DHS 2006-07) |
Sweden | 59% (Estimates based on local survey among women seeking induced abortion and women visiting youth clinics, 2011.) | |
Tajikistan | 16.5% (DHS 2012) | |
Tanzania | 0.2% (DHS 2004-05) | 11.8% (DHS 2010) |
Turkey | 2.3% (DHS 2008, among ever married women) | 29.1% (DHS 2008, among ever married women) |
Turkmenistan | 0.2% (DHS 2000) | 7.7% (DHS 2000) |
Uganda | 0.3% (DHS 2006) | 30.7% (DHS 2011) |
Ukraine | 4.9% (DHS 2007) | 48.5% (DHS 2007) |
United Kingdom | 61% (Cameron ST, Gordon R, Glasier A. The effect on use of making emergency contraception available free of charge. Contraception 28 March 2012.) | |
United States of America | 11% (CDC 2006-2010, ever use among women of reproductive age) | |
Zambia | 0.5% (DHS 2007) | 9.3% (DHS 2007) |
Zimbabwe | 19.6% (DHS 2010-11) |