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

APPENDIX 2. Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR), mCPR Changes, Quintile Gaps, and Changes in Quintile Gaps Between Initial and Latest Survey, 46 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Lowest Quintile Highest Quintile
Country, Survey Year mCPR mCPR Rise mCPR mCPR Rise Gap Gap Change
sub-Saharan Africa
Benin 2006 2.4 1.1 13.2 4.2 10.8 −3.1
Benin 1996 1.3 9.0 7.7
Burkina Faso 2010 7.1 6.3 33.6 17.2 26.5 −10.9
Burkina Faso 1998–99 0.8 16.4 15.6
Cameroon 2011 2.4 1.7 25.7 13.2 23.3 −11.5
Cameroon 1991 0.7 12.5 11.8
Chad 2004 0.0 −0.1 7.3 2.5 7.3 −2.6
Chad 1996–97 0.1 4.8 4.7
Côte d'Ivoire 2011–12 7.4 6.3 19.6 7.1 12.2 −0.8
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 1.1 12.5 11.4
Eritrea 2002 1.4 1.1 17.9 −1.0 16.5 2.1
Eritrea 1995 0.3 18.9 18.6
Ethiopia 2011 13.0 10.3 48.2 25.3 35.2 −15.0
Ethiopia 2000 2.7 22.9 20.2
Gabon 2012 11.9 6.3 21.9 3.7 10.0 2.6
Gabon 2000 5.6 18.2 12.6
Ghana 2008 11.6 6.2 20.6 1.5 9.0 4.7
Ghana 1993 5.4 19.1 13.7
Guinea 2005 2.7 1.7 12.7 3.5 10.0 −1.8
Guinea 1999 1.0 9.2 8.2
Kenya 2008–09 16.9 6.6 47.9 2.8 31.0 3.8
Kenya 1993 10.3 45.1 34.8
Lesotho 2009 28.6 13.2 60.9 7.7 32.3 5.5
Lesotho 2004 15.4 53.2 37.8
Madagascar 2008–09 17.6 15.3 36.4 12.6 18.8 2.7
Madagascar 1997 2.3 23.8 21.5
Malawi 2010 34.9 31.0 48.4 31.2 13.5 −0.2
Malawi 1992 3.9 17.2 13.3
Mali 2006 2.8 2.3 16.4 1.1 13.6 1.2
Mali 1995–96 0.5 15.3 14.8
Mozambique 2011 2.9 2.0 29.5 12.6 26.6 −10.6
Mozambique 1997 0.9 16.9 16.0
Namibia 2006–07 29.6 24.2 68.4 11.5 38.8 12.7
Namibia 1992 5.4 56.9 51.5
Niger 2006 2.3 1.5 15.8 −2.3 13.5 3.8
Niger 1998 0.8 18.1 17.3
Nigeria 2008 2.5 2.0 22.3 10.1 19.8 −8.1
Nigeria 1990 0.5 12.2 11.7
Rwanda 2010 38.5 26.7 49.6 31.5 11.1 −4.8
Rwanda 1992 11.8 18.1 6.3
Senegal 2010–11 4.4 3.4 22.9 −0.7 18.5 4.1
Senegal 1997 1.0 23.6 22.6
Tanzania 2010 19.2 14.3 37.7 8.8 18.5 5.5
Tanzania 1996 4.9 28.9 24.0
Uganda 2011 12.7 10.6 39.1 13.3 26.4 −2.7
Uganda 1995 2.1 25.8 23.7
Zambia 2007 30.6 25.2 48.3 17.0 17.7 8.2
Zambia 1996 5.4 31.3 25.9
Zimbabwe 2010–11 52.4 21.2 63.6 7.8 11.2 13.4
Zimbabwe 1994 31.2 55.8 24.6
MEAN CHANGES 9.6 9.7 −0.1
North Africa/West Asia
Armenia 2010 21.4 5.9 37.7 8.5 16.3 −2.6
Armenia 2000 15.5 29.2 13.7
Egypt 2008 51.9 23.7 62.3 4.9 10.4 18.8
Egypt 1995 28.2 57.4 29.2
Jordan 2009 36.6 21.5 49.2 11.3 12.6 10.2
Jordan 1990 15.1 37.9 22.8
Morocco 2003–04 51.4 33.5 56.8 8.5 5.4 25.0
Morocco 1992 17.9 48.3 30.4
MEAN CHANGES 21.2 8.3 12.9
Central Asia
Kazakhstan 1999 48.9 5.1 55.1 5.5 6.2 −0.4
Kazakhstan 1995 43.8 49.6 5.8
South & Southeast Asia
Bangladesh 2011 52.9 18.4 51.1 8.4 −1.8 10.0
Bangladesh 1993–94 34.5 42.7 8.2
Cambodia 2010 35.2 22.7 31.4 6.0 −3.8 16.7
Cambodia 2000 12.5 25.4 12.9
India 2005–06 34.6 9.7 58.0 7.4 23.4 2.3
India 1992–93 24.9 50.6 25.7
Indonesia 2012 53.0 6.8 55.4 −1.5 2.4 8.3
Indonesia 1997 46.2 56.9 10.7
Nepal 2011 35.6 19.9 48.9 4.0 13.3 15.9
Nepal 1996 15.7 44.9 29.2
Pakistan 2012–13 18.1 16.9 31.6 8.4 13.5 8.5
Pakistan 1990–91 1.2 23.2 22.0
Philippines 2008 25.9 10.2 33.1 1.7 7.2 8.5
Philippines 1993 15.7 31.4 15.7
Viet Nam 2002 57.9 10.9 51.6 −3.9 −6.3 14.8
Viet Nam 1997 47.0 55.5 8.5
MEAN CHANGES 14.4 3.8 10.6
Latin America & Caribbean
Bolivia 2008 22.6 21.0 46.5 5.0 23.9 16.0
Bolivia 1994 1.6 41.5 39.9
Colombia 2010 68.5 30.8 74.9 9.8 6.4 21.0
Colombia 1990 37.7 65.1 27.4
Dominican Rep. 2007 66.5 15.3 69.3 5.6 2.8 9.7
Dominican Rep. 1996 51.2 63.7 12.5
Guatemala 1998–99 5.4 0.0 59.7 2.6 54.3 −2.6
Guatemala 1995 5.4 57.1 51.7
Haiti 2012 29.7 24.8 27.5 6.6 −2.2 18.2
Haiti 1994–95 4.9 20.9 16.0
Honduras 2011–12 55.1 14.0 67.4 2.8 12.3 11.2
Honduras 2005–06 41.1 64.6 23.5
Nicaragua 2001 50.2 10.0 71.0 6.8 20.8 3.2
Nicaragua 1998 40.2 64.2 24.0
Peru 2012 40.5 30.0 58.1 9.8 17.6 20.2
Peru 1991–92 10.5 48.3 37.8
MEAN CHANGES 18.2 6.1 12.1
OVERALL MEAN CHANGES 12.9 7.8 5.0