Indonesia: Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)

Key figures

Since 1973 it is up 44 percentage points from 8.6% in 1973. The World Bank has no value for 15 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Indonesia's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) rose 0.2 percentage points on 2022 (from 52.4% to 52.6%).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2022), the average change was +0.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.1 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.8 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.27 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Indonesia in the 2023 ranking

• Mexico — 2nd of 7: 71.85%
• Jordan — 3rd of 7: 60.1%
• Tunisia — 4th of 7: 54%
• Senegal — 6th of 7: 26.5%
• Niger — 7th of 7: 15.26%

What this measures

Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.

Limitations: While the data availability on contraceptive use has increased, in many countries the contraceptive use data are available only for married women. The time frame used to assess contraceptive prevalence may vary. In many surveys, it is left to the respondent to determine what is meant by “currently using” a method of contraception.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) in nearby economies

• Hong Kong SAR, China — 66.7% (2017)
• Japan — 58.34% (2021)
• Korea, Rep. — 84.22% (2021)
• Philippines — 58.3% (2022)
• Thailand — 72.8% (2022)
• Viet Nam — 72.8% (2021)

More health data for Indonesia

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.56% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.91% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 33.72 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.71% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 35.56 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.78% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 69.28 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.25% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.82% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Indonesia's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)?

52.6% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1973?

It is up 44 percentage points from 8.6% in 1973. The highest value was 63.6% in 2017 and the lowest 8.6% in 1973.

Is the latest change in contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) unusual for Indonesia?

In 2023, Indonesia's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) rose 0.2 percentage points on 2022 (from 52.4% to 52.6%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2022), the average change was +0.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.CONU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Household surveys, United Nations (UN), note: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division., publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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