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. 2015 Sep 7;3(3):419–445. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00124

TABLE 4. Initial and Latest Gaps (in Percentage Points) Between Richest and Poorest Quintiles and Gap Changes Between Initial and Latest Survey, for the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) and Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR), 46 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

CPR mCPR
Country, Latest Survey Year Gap at Initial Survey Gap at Latest Survey Gap Change Gap at Initial Survey Gap at Latest Survey Gap Change
sub-Saharan Africa
Benin, 2006 17.0 25.9 −8.9 7.7 10.8 −3.1
Burkina Faso, 2010 16.7 30.0 −13.3 14.3 26.5 −12.2
Cameroon, 2011 31.2 38.3 −7.1 11.8 23.3 −11.5
Chad, 2004 6.6 10.3 −3.7 4.7 7.3 −2.6
Côte d'Ivoire, 2011–12 24.5 16.3 8.2 11.4 12.2 −0.8
Eritrea, 2002 23.0 18.7 4.3 18.6 16.5 2.1
Ethiopia, 2011 24.8 38.5 −13.7 20.2 35.2 −15.0
Gabon, 2012 23.1 14.9 8.2 12.6 10.0 2.6
Ghana, 2008 22.4 17.2 5.2 13.7 9.0 4.7
Guinea, 2005 13.4 11.8 1.6 8.2 10.0 −1.8
Kenya, 2008–09 37.0 34.6 2.4 34.8 31.0 3.8
Lesotho, 2009 36.9 31.6 5.3 37.8 32.3 5.5
Madagascar, 2008–09 39.9 37.4 2.5 21.5 18.8 2.7
Malawi, 2010 15.9 14.3 1.6 13.3 13.5 −0.2
Mali, 2006 19.2 15.4 3.8 14.8 13.6 1.2
Mozambique, 2011 16.8 27.4 −10.6 16.0 26.6 −10.6
Namibia, 2006–07 48.6 39.2 9.4 51.5 38.8 12.7
Niger, 2006 18.9 10.0 8.9 17.3 13.5 3.8
Nigeria, 2008 18.9 31.8 −12.9 11.7 19.8 −8.1
Rwanda, 2010 8.8 14.0 −5.2 6.3 11.1 −4.8
Senegal, 2010–11 20.6 19.7 0.9 22.6 18.5 4.1
Tanzania, 2010 26.3 27.7 −1.4 24.0 18.5 5.5
Uganda, 2011 22.3 31.5 −9.2 23.7 26.4 −2.7
Zambia, 2007 20.5 13.7 6.8 25.9 17.7 8.2
Zimbabwe, 2010–11 19.5 10.3 9.2 24.6 11.2 13.4
Mean 22.9 23.2 −0.3 18.8 18.9 −0.1
North Africa/West Asia
Armenia, 2010 −2.4 9.2 −11.6 13.7 16.3 −2.6
Egypt, 2008 30.7 10.0 20.7 29.2 10.4 18.8
Jordan, 2009 30.0 11.8 18.2 22.8 12.6 10.2
Morocco, 2003–04 40.4 11.6 28.8 30.4 5.4 25.0
Mean 24.7 10.7 14.0 24.0 11.2 12.9
Central Asia
Kazakhstan, 1999 12.8 4.5 8.3 5.8 6.2 −0.4
South & Southeast Asia
Bangladesh, 2011 13.3 −0.7 14.0 8.2 −1.8 10.0
Cambodia, 2010 23.1 10.8 12.3 12.9 −3.8 16.7
India, 2005–06 29.7 25.3 4.4 25.7 23.4 2.3
Indonesia, 2012 13.7 5.1 8.6 10.7 2.4 8.3
Nepal, 2011 31.4 19.2 12.2 29.2 13.3 15.9
Pakistan, 2012–13 30.2 25.0 5.2 22.0 13.5 8.5
Philippines, 2008 17.4 9.2 8.2 15.7 7.2 8.5
Viet Nam, 2002 16.9 3.2 13.7 8.5 −6.3 14.8
Mean 22.0 12.1 9.8 16.6 6.0 10.6
Latin America & Caribbean
Bolivia, 2008 45.7 24.6 21.1 39.9 23.9 16.0
Colombia, 2010 30.9 4.5 26.4 27.4 6.4 21.0
Dominican Rep., 2007 13.8 5.6 8.2 12.5 2.8 9.7
Guatemala, 1998–99 60.1 64.5 −4.4 51.7 54.3 −2.6
Haiti, 2012 23.6 1.3 22.3 16.0 −2.2 18.2
Honduras, 2011–12 20.0 8.8 11.2 23.5 12.3 11.2
Nicaragua, 2001 27.0 22.0 5.0 24.0 20.8 3.2
Peru, 2012 36.5 1.0 35.5 37.8 17.6 20.2
Mean 32.2 16.5 15.7 29.1 17.0 12.1
Overall Mean 24.3 18.6 5.7 20.4 15.4 5.0