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

Key figures

Over five years it is up 1.96 percentage points from 41.04% in 2017. Since 1989 it is up 38.1 percentage points from 4.9% in 1989. The World Bank has no value for 20 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2014 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 8 observed years.

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

Closest to Uganda in the 2022 ranking

• Kenya — 3rd of 9: 62.5%
• Philippines — 4th of 9: 58.3%
• Nepal — 5th of 9: 57.2%
• Ghana — 7th of 9: 36.3%
• Burkina Faso — 8th of 9: 33.96%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 9th of 9: 31.97%

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 14 values

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

• Burkina Faso — 33.96% (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 31.97% (2022)
• Ethiopia — 36.07% (2021)
• Ghana — 36.3% (2022)
• Kenya — 62.5% (2022)
• Lesotho — 67.4% (2024)
• Madagascar — 49.7% (2021)
• Malawi — 65.61% (2020)
• Niger

More health data for Uganda

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 15.61% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 16.2% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 10.98 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 42.42% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 11.17 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 43.82% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 22.15 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 43.11% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 14.06% (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

43% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1989?

It is up 38.1 percentage points from 4.9% in 1989. The highest value was 51.53% in 2021 and the lowest 4.9% in 1989.

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.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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