European Health
Information
Gateway

Home
Gateway
Country profiles
Data
Indicators Explorer
Databases
European Health for All database (HFA-DB) European Programme of Work Digital Health Rehabilitation Health-enhancing physical activity European mortality database (MDB) European database on human and technical resources for health (HlthRes-DB) Environment and Health Information System (ENHIS) Financial protection in the European Region
Monitoring
Child and adolescent health Seasonal influenza vaccination policies and coverage
Reporting
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Maternal nutrition, physical activity and weight gain during pregnancy Antimicrobial resistance Global nutrition policy survey Status of child and adolescent health policies in Europe
Archive
Health 2020 indicators Global eHealth survey 2015 Joint Monitoring Framework (JMF)

Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method

Indicator full name: Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method

Unit: %

Dimensions:

  • Country/Area (COUNTRY/AREA)
  • Supranational group of countries (COUNTRY_GRP)
  • Sex (SEX)
  • Year of measure (YEAR)

Years data is available: 1959—2020

Indicator is part of data set(s):

Last updated: 07 October 2024

Export to:
Countries with no data (9): 
  • Andorra
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Israel
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • San Marino
(Sub)regional averages available for: 
  • WHO European Region
  • Members of the European Union
  • Members of the EU before May 2004 (EU15)
  • Members of the EU after May 2004 (EU13)
  • Members of the EU before Feb 2020
  • Nordic countries
  • Small countries
View in Indicators Explorer

Explore this indicator's data in a specialized tool

Related indicators in HFA-DB
You might be interested in as well
Datasets
Back to preview
  • Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method (Line chart)
  • Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method (Bar chart)
  • Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method (Map)
  • Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method (Boxplot chart)
See full graph
Back to preview
Data set notes
European Health for All database

Indicators: 565
Updated: 18 October 2024

The following abbreviations are used in the indicator titles:
•    SDR: age-standardized death rates (see HFA-DB user manual/Technical notes, page 13, for details)
•    FTE: full-time equivalent
•    PP: physical persons
•    PPP$: purchasing power parities expressed in US $, an internationally comparable scale reflecting the relative domestic purchasing powers of currencies.

Indicator notes
Contraceptive use among currently married women aged 15–49 (%), any method
Indicator code: E080140.T

Percentage of women of reproductive age (15-49) who are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method at a particular point in time. Denominator is the number of women aged 15-49 who are in a marital or consensual union.

Contraceptive methods include female and male sterilisation, injectable and oral hormones, intrauterine devices, diaphragms, spermicides and condoms, natural family planning and lactational amenorrhoea where cited as a method.

Sources:

World contraceptive use 2010. United Nations, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (POP/DB/CP/Rev2010)

Country/Area notes
No information