Contraceptive use and demand for family planning in 2015

Contraceptives are used by the majority of married or in-union women in almost all regions of the world. In 2015, 64 per cent of married or in-union women of reproductive age worldwide were using some form of contraception (figure 3, dark bars). However, contraceptive use was much lower in the least developed countries1 (40 per cent) and was particularly low in Africa (33 per cent). Among the other major geographic areas, contraceptive use was much higher in 2015, ranging from 59 per cent in Oceania to 75 per cent in Northern America.

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