Contraceptive use — all countries

Contraceptive use — East Asia & Pacific

Contraceptive use in East Asia & Pacific in 2000 — 77.3%.

2000 77.3%
World rank
Period maximum 77.3%2000
Period minimum 77.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2000 · % of women aged 15–49

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2000

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 77.3%
World 60.5%
Contraceptive use — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2000 77.3

About the indicator

The share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union and use any method of contraception. The indicator explains fertility better than income or education taken separately: in most countries the fall in fertility followed the rise of this share rather than the other way around. All methods are counted, including traditional ones, so the value is higher than the share using modern means.

Important: Only women in a marriage or a union — unmarried women are not in the denominator, and in countries where marriage comes late this noticeably changes the picture. The data come from household surveys, and the years are intermittent.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.