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Contraceptive Prevalence by African country

67.4%Lesotho · highest shown · 2024

Lesotho has the highest reported contraceptive prevalence among women 15-49 among the 5 countries shown, at 67.4% (2024).

Share of women ages 15-49, married or in union, using any method of contraception. 5 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

Latest available year varies by country (20232024). Only observations within 2 years of the freshest result are included, and each row shows its period.

#1 vs #54.4×Lesotho vs Niger
Median26.5%Senegal
Lowest15.3%Niger

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
Southern Africa67.4%
1 countries shown · highest value: Lesotho
North Africa54%
1 countries shown · highest value: Tunisia
East Africa26.4%
1 countries shown · highest value: Mozambique
West Africa20.9%
2 countries shown · highest value: Senegal

Full ranking

5 of 54 countries
#CountryContraceptive PrevalencePeriod
1Lesotho
67.4%2024
2Tunisia
54%2023
3Senegal
26.5%2023
4Mozambique
26.4%2023
5Niger
15.3%2023

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GET /v1/data

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curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=contraceptive_prevalence_pct&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 5 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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