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Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49)

Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49) in Belgium was 65.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 74.30 in 1992, while its lowest value was 10.80 in 1966.

Definition: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15-49 who are married or in union. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception.

Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.

Year	Value
1966	10.80
1976	47.90
1983	63.20
1992	74.30
2009	72.80
2013	65.90
2018	65.40

Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15-49)

Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15-49) in Belgium was 66.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 87.00 in 1976, while its lowest value was 66.70 in 2018.

Definition: Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15-49 who are married or in union.

Source: UNICEF's State of the World's Children and Childinfo, United Nations Population Division's World Contraceptive Use, household surveys including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.

Year	Value
1966	72.00
1976	87.00
1983	81.00
1992	78.40
2009	73.70
2013	66.80
2018	66.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health