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) |