TABLE 2.
Percentage of Population With Ready Access to Each Contraceptive Method, by Region
| Female Sterilization, % | Male Sterilization, % | IUD, % | Implant, % | LAPMs Average, % | Pill, % | Injectable, % | Condom, % | STMs, Average, % | All Methods, Average, % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | 60.1 | 46.9 | 68.0 | 54.4 | 57.3 | 82.3 | 73.0 | 83.9 | 79.7 | 66.9 |
| EECA | 47.2 | 21.3 | 72.8 | 22.2 | 40.9 | 63.3 | 40.4 | 75.8 | 59.8 | 49.0 |
| LAC | 46.9 | 29.4 | 55.2 | 57.8 | 47.3 | 76.2 | 74.2 | 79.1 | 76.5 | 59.8 |
| MENA | 45.7 | 19.9 | 74.4 | 55.1 | 48.8 | 87.7 | 70.5 | 81.0 | 79.7 | 62.0 |
| ESA | 43.7 | 32.3 | 57.3 | 68.3 | 50.4 | 81.7 | 78.3 | 83.6 | 81.2 | 63.6 |
| CWA | 47.9 | 28.8 | 61.6 | 71.9 | 52.5 | 80.6 | 77.0 | 85.9 | 81.2 | 64.8 |
| All regions | 49.0 | 31.8 | 63.4 | 57.9 | 50.5 | 78.9 | 70.9 | 82.4 | 77.4 | 62.0 |
Abbreviations: CWA, Central and Western sub-Saharan Africa; EECA, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; ESA, East and Southern sub-Saharan Africa; LAC, Latin America and the Caribbean, LAPM, long-acting and permanent method, MENA, Middle East and North Africa; STM, short-term method.