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Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) - modelled estimates by country

Countries reporting
183
Highest
94.1%
China
Lowest
7.8%
Somalia
Median
71.2%
Years covered
27
2000–2026
Data points
5,307

What the numbers show

Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) - modelled estimates is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 94.1% in China; the lowest is 7.8% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 71.2%, and the mean is 66.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 173 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 271.4%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 6.4%).

Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 94.1% 2026 up 0.1% flat
2 Canada 92.4% 2026 unchanged flat
3 France 91.6% 2026 up 0.1% flat
4 Nicaragua 90.1% 2026 up 0.9% rising
5 Brazil 89.7% 2026 up 1.0% rising
5 Uruguay 89.7% 2026 up 0.3% flat
7 Finland 89.5% 2026 up 0.7% rising
8 Norway 89.4% 2026 up 0.6% flat
9 Thailand 89.0% 2026 down 0.8% flat
10 Belgium 88.9% 2026 down 0.3% flat
11 Netherlands 88.3% 2026 up 0.3% flat
12 Austria 88.1% 2026 up 2.3% rising
13 Germany 88.0% 2026 down 2.0% flat
14 Denmark 87.6% 2026 up 0.7% flat
15 Colombia 87.5% 2026 up 1.7% rising
16 Zimbabwe 87.2% 2026 up 2.1% rising
17 New Zealand 87.1% 2026 up 0.2% flat
18 Botswana 86.7% 2026 up 1.6% rising
19 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 86.5% 2026 up 0.3% rising
20 Sweden 86.2% 2026 up 0.2% flat
21 Switzerland 85.7% 2026 up 0.2% flat
22 Czechia 85.6% 2026 up 2.3% rising
23 Costa Rica 85.5% 2026 down 0.2% flat
24 Dominican Republic 85.0% 2026 up 1.4% rising
25 Chile 84.9% 2026 up 2.0% rising
26 Ecuador 84.8% 2026 up 3.3% rising
27 Spain 84.5% 2026 up 4.3% flat
28 Ireland 84.3% 2026 up 1.0% rising
29 Paraguay 83.8% 2026 up 1.7% rising
30 Mexico 83.7% 2026 up 1.3% rising
30 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 83.7% 2026 up 1.9% rising
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 83.6% 2026 up 1.3% flat
33 Argentina 83.5% 2026 up 2.0% rising
34 Kenya 83.4% 2026 up 6.5% rising
35 El Salvador 83.1% 2026 up 2.1% rising
36 Lesotho 82.8% 2026 up 6.2% rising
37 Australia 82.7% 2026 up 0.6% flat
38 Malawi 82.4% 2026 up 10.0% rising
39 Bahamas 82.3% 2026 up 1.7% rising
40 United States of America 82.2% 2026 up 1.7% flat
41 Egypt 81.9% 2026 up 2.2% flat
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.6% 2026 up 1.9% rising
43 Bhutan 81.5% 2026 up 5.4% rising
44 Uzbekistan 81.3% 2026 up 0.2% flat
45 Honduras 80.9% 2026 up 2.8% rising
45 South Africa 80.9% 2026 up 2.5% flat
47 Cuba 80.8% 2026 down 6.4% falling
48 Namibia 80.5% 2026 up 4.7% rising
49 Hungary 80.3% 2026 up 2.9% rising
50 Dominica 80.2% 2026 up 2.0% rising
51 Myanmar 80.1% 2026 up 7.2% rising
52 Jamaica 79.5% 2026 down 0.9% flat
53 Slovenia 79.3% 2026 up 5.2% rising
54 Slovakia 79.2% 2026 up 4.8% rising
55 Republic of Korea 79.1% 2026 up 3.3% flat
56 Antigua and Barbuda 78.8% 2026 up 2.5% rising
56 Cape Verde 78.8% 2026 up 4.8% rising
58 Rwanda 78.7% 2026 up 17.1% rising
59 Viet Nam 78.5% 2026 up 0.8% rising
60 Eswatini 78.3% 2026 up 1.8% rising
61 Portugal 78.2% 2026 up 2.6% rising
62 Barbados 77.9% 2026 up 3.2% rising
62 Indonesia 77.9% 2026 down 3.6% flat
64 Grenada 77.6% 2026 up 3.1% rising
64 Singapore 77.6% 2026 up 2.6% rising
66 Estonia 77.4% 2026 up 3.9% rising
67 Latvia 77.2% 2026 up 3.5% rising
68 India 77.1% 2026 up 7.1% rising
69 Turkmenistan 77.0% 2026 up 2.8% rising
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 76.6% 2026 up 3.2% rising
71 Saint Lucia 76.3% 2026 up 3.0% rising
72 Morocco 76.2% 2026 up 3.4% rising
73 Russian Federation 75.7% 2026 up 4.4% rising
74 Kazakhstan 75.5% 2026 up 1.1% flat
74 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75.5% 2026 up 3.7% rising
76 Bangladesh 75.2% 2026 up 3.2% rising
77 Romania 75.1% 2026 up 10.0% rising
78 Sri Lanka 74.4% 2026 up 2.3% rising
79 Malta 74.3% 2026 up 5.7% rising
80 Lao People's Democratic Republic 74.0% 2026 up 8.7% rising
81 Panama 73.9% 2026 up 3.9% flat
82 Zambia 73.6% 2026 up 11.5% rising
83 Algeria 73.5% 2026 up 1.9% flat
84 Belarus 73.0% 2026 up 1.8% rising
84 Lithuania 73.0% 2026 up 5.3% rising
86 Belize 72.9% 2026 up 5.7% rising
87 Marshall Islands 72.8% 2026 up 1.0% rising
88 Ukraine 72.7% 2026 up 6.6% rising
89 Mongolia 72.4% 2026 up 5.2% flat
89 Poland 72.4% 2026 up 9.4% rising
91 Guatemala 71.6% 2026 up 6.4% rising
92 Peru 71.2% 2026 up 10.2% rising
93 Tunisia 70.8% 2026 up 1.3% flat
94 Madagascar 70.5% 2026 up 15.6% rising
95 Japan 70.4% 2026 up 21.2% rising
96 Bulgaria 70.0% 2026 up 16.3% rising
97 Israel 69.9% 2026 up 2.9% rising
98 Italy 69.6% 2026 up 6.4% rising
99 Kuwait 68.2% 2026 up 4.3% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 67.7% 2026 up 5.8% falling
101 Burkina Faso 66.7% 2026 up 30.3% rising
102 Cook Islands 66.6% 2026 up 3.7% rising
103 Qatar 65.5% 2026 up 4.8% rising
104 Uganda 65.2% 2026 up 31.2% rising
105 Greece 64.7% 2026 up 11.2% rising
106 Ethiopia 64.6% 2026 up 5.2% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 63.9% 2026 up 17.0% rising
108 Republic of Moldova 63.6% 2026 up 5.8% rising
109 Cambodia 63.4% 2026 up 9.1% rising
110 Lebanon 63.3% 2026 up 4.5% rising
111 Syrian Arab Republic 63.0% 2026 up 5.7% rising
112 Türkiye 62.3% 2026 up 4.2% rising
113 Philippines 61.9% 2026 up 12.5% rising
114 United Arab Emirates 61.8% 2026 up 8.2% rising
115 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 61.6% 2026 up 14.3% rising
115 Mauritius 61.6% 2026 up 17.1% rising
115 Nepal 61.6% 2026 up 6.6% rising
118 Vanuatu 61.5% 2026 up 6.4% rising
119 Croatia 60.5% 2026 up 16.1% rising
120 Bahrain 60.2% 2026 up 7.7% rising
121 Iraq 59.8% 2026 up 7.2% rising
122 Palau 59.4% 2026 up 5.7% rising
123 Senegal 58.1% 2026 up 22.6% rising
124 Jordan 58.0% 2026 up 3.9% flat
125 Guyana 57.6% 2026 up 8.9% rising
125 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.6% 2026 up 9.3% rising
127 Trinidad and Tobago 57.5% 2026 up 1.8% flat
128 Tajikistan 57.4% 2026 up 10.8% flat
129 Timor-Leste 57.2% 2026 up 23.3% rising
130 Guinea-Bissau 56.3% 2026 up 21.9% rising
131 Djibouti 55.9% 2026 up 29.7% rising
132 Pakistan 55.6% 2026 up 14.6% rising
133 Saudi Arabia 55.5% 2026 up 32.1% rising
134 Fiji 55.4% 2026 up 3.2% flat
135 Sierra Leone 55.1% 2026 up 29.3% rising
136 Malaysia 54.2% 2026 up 6.9% rising
137 Georgia 54.0% 2026 up 10.4% rising
138 Solomon Islands 53.9% 2026 up 4.3% falling
139 Mozambique 52.9% 2026 up 17.3% rising
139 Naoero 52.9% 2026 up 9.3% rising
141 Burundi 52.7% 2026 up 30.1% rising
142 Yemen 52.3% 2026 up 21.6% rising
143 Papua New Guinea 52.0% 2026 up 9.2% rising
144 Ghana 51.8% 2026 up 21.9% rising
144 Haiti 51.8% 2026 up 17.2% rising
146 Afghanistan 50.9% 2026 up 26.3% rising
147 Côte d'Ivoire 50.6% 2026 up 42.9% rising
148 Tonga 49.9% 2026 up 4.2% rising
149 Kiribati 49.4% 2026 up 14.1% rising
150 Liberia 48.9% 2026 up 19.9% rising
151 Mali 48.4% 2026 up 33.7% rising
152 Congo 48.3% 2026 up 32.3% rising
153 Togo 47.1% 2026 up 33.1% rising
154 Armenia 46.9% 2026 up 16.7% rising
155 Gambia 45.7% 2026 up 44.6% rising
156 Serbia 44.4% 2026 up 29.1% rising
157 Tuvalu 44.3% 2026 up 4.7% rising
158 Nigeria 44.2% 2026 up 33.5% rising
159 Oman 43.4% 2026 up 25.8% rising
160 Cameroon 42.9% 2026 up 21.2% rising
161 Libya 42.0% 2026 up 28.4% rising
162 Niger 41.7% 2026 down 1.9% rising
163 Central African Republic 39.7% 2026 up 28.1% rising
164 Guinea 39.0% 2026 up 54.2% rising
165 Maldives 37.8% 2026 up 20.4% falling
166 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.5% 2026 up 38.9% rising
166 Sudan 37.5% 2026 up 28.0% rising
168 Benin 37.1% 2026 up 58.5% rising
169 Azerbaijan 36.0% 2026 up 32.4% rising
170 Gabon 35.6% 2026 up 10.9% rising
171 Albania 35.4% 2026 up 48.7% rising
171 Montenegro 35.4% 2026 up 16.1% falling
173 Eritrea 34.1% 2026 up 38.1% rising
174 Mauritania 34.0% 2026 up 23.2% rising
175 North Macedonia 33.5% 2026 up 45.7% rising
176 Angola 33.1% 2026 up 30.8% rising
177 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.8% 2026 up 56.9% rising
177 Equatorial Guinea 32.8% 2026 up 32.8% rising
179 Samoa 32.7% 2026 down 0.3% falling
180 Comoros 28.1% 2026 up 6.8% falling
181 Chad 24.7% 2026 up 30.7% rising
182 South Sudan 22.2% 2026 up 43.2% rising
183 Somalia 7.8% 2026 up 271.4% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) - modelled estimates
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
197 places, 5,307 data points, 2000–2026
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