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

Key figures

Closest to Nigeria in the 2021 ranking

• Japan — 3rd of 6: 52.82%
• El Salvador — 4th of 6: 52.1%
• Ethiopia — 5th of 6: 34.62%

What this measures

Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. 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.

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 13 values

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

• Burkina Faso — 31.25% (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 25.15% (2022)
• Ethiopia — 34.62% (2021)
• Ghana — 27.8% (2022)
• Kenya — 56.9% (2022)
• Lesotho — 65.3% (2024)
• Malawi — 64.73% (2020)
• Niger — 13.86% (2023)

More health data for Nigeria

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.4% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.42% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 47.42 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.41% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 48.82 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 40.62% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 96.25 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.52% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.33% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

18.2% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1982?

It is up 17.3 percentage points from 0.9% in 1982. The highest value was 18.2% in 2021 and the lowest 0.9% in 1982.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.CONM.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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