Table 1.

Modern contraceptive prevalence among married women 15–49 years by world region and African sub-region and period

World region	# of countries	# of surveys	% using modern method	Sub-Saharan African region	# of countries	# of surveys	% using modern method
Americas	2	18	67.8	Sub-Saharan Africa (48)
1960–1979	1	6	56.7	1960–1979	6	6	7.3
1980–1994	2	4	68.1	1980–1994	35	54	12.0
1995–2004	2	5	71.5	1995–2004	45	85	17.5
2005–2015	1	3	70.7	2005–2015	45	121	22.9
Europe	37	162	47.6	Northern Africa (6)
1960–1979	21	35	26.5	1960–1979	2	2	16.8
1980–1994	22	35	56.4	1980–1994	12	21	17.1
1995–2004	26	50	52.2	1995–2004	17	36	20.2
2005–2015	23	42	53.1	2005–2015	17	44	27.1
Asia	47	374	36.6	West Africa (16)
1960–1979	21	54	20.2	1960–1979	2	2	3.1
1980–1994	35	88	34.1	1980–1994	15	22	4.4
1995–2004	46	116	39.4	1995–2004	15	25	9.9
2005–2015	41	116	43.8	2005–2015	16	51	14.6
Latin America and Caribbean	39	200	48.2	Eastern Africa (18)
1960–1979	18	31	30.8	1960–1979	2	2	16.8
1980–1994	33	68	44.7	1980–1994	12	21	17.1
1995–2004	27	49	54.5	1995–2004	17	36	20.2
2005–2015	25	52	58.3	2005–2015	17	44	27.1
Oceania	16	32	36.1	Middle Africa (9)
1960–1979	4	4	32.7	1960–1979	1	1	0.6
1980–1994	3	3	37.5	1980–1994	3	4	3.7
1995–2004	9	11	42.6	1995–2004	8	13	11.0
2005–2015	10	14	31.2	2005–2015	8	18	15.0
All Africa	54	311	19.7	Southern Africa (5)
1960–1979	10	10	11.1	1960–1979	1	1	3.4
1980–1994	40	69	14.3	1980–1994	5	7	27.7
1995–2004	51	100	20.1	1995–2004	5	11	41.4
2005–2015	51	132	25.1	2005–2015	4	8	54.3

Source: United Nations World Contraceptive Use 2015

Modern contraceptive prevalence averages are unweighted.