TABLE 3.

Average Equity Scores in 2017 and 2021 Rounds of NCIFP Survey

	Policies, %	Providers, %	CBD, %	LAPMs, %	STMs, %
2017	55.5	71.7	42.2	44.2	74.7
2021	56.6	71.3	48.7	50.4	77.2
Change (%)	1.1 (1.9)	−0.3 (−0.5)	6.4 (15.2)	6.3 (14.2)	2.5 (3.4)
How many countries showed an improvement?
No. (%)	35 (56.5)	30 (48.4)	45 (72.6)	48 (77.4)	35 (56.5)

Abbreviations: CBD, community-based distribution; NCIFP, National Composite Index for Family Planning; STM, short-term method; LAPM, long-acting and permanent method.