China - Contraceptive prevalence

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

Contraceptive prevalence, modern methods (% of women ages 15-49) in China was 80.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 86.20 in 2001, while its lowest value was 13.50 in 1970.

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.

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Year Value
1970 13.50
1971 17.30
1972 22.50
1973 28.40
1974 34.40
1975 40.60
1976 45.20
1977 48.40
1978 50.20
1979 53.70
1980 54.60
1981 54.70
1982 58.20
1983 64.20
1984 66.30
1985 66.20
1986 65.70
1987 69.30
1988 73.20
1997 83.30
2001 86.20
2006 84.00
2017 80.50

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

Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15-49) in China was 84.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 91.10 in 1996, while its lowest value was 83.00 in 1999.

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.

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Year Value
1994 90.70
1995 90.40
1996 91.10
1997 83.80
1999 83.00
2000 83.80
2001 86.90
2006 84.60
2008 89.30
2009 89.00
2010 89.10
2011 88.60
2012 87.90
2017 84.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health