Family Planning
The Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development affirmed the basic right of couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information, education and means to do so. Information about contraceptive use and the demand for family planning are key to understanding fertility levels and trends. The Population Division monitors progress in ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, as called for in the Sustainable Development Goals. Various methodological and technical improvements in this work have been supported by a grant from the , as part of the Making Family Planning Count initiative. The Division produces global data sets and analytical studies on contraceptive use and family planning on a regular basis.
Data and facts
- World Contraceptive Use
- Family Planning Indicators
- Women of Reproductive Age Who Are Married or in a Union 2024, Dataset
- World Marriage 2019, Dataset
- Contraceptive Use by Method 2019, Data Booklet
- Family Planning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2019, Data Booklet
- Global progress in satisfying the need for family planning, Population Facts No. 2019/3
- Tracking global progress in family planning, Population Facts No. 2017/11
- World Contraceptive Patterns 2015, Infochart
Publications
- World Family Planning 2022
- World Family Planning 2020
- World Family Planning 2020 Highlights
- World Fertility and Family Planning 2020
- World Fertility and Family Planning 2020 Highlights
- Methods for estimating and projecting key family planning indicators among all women of reproductive age, Technical Paper No. 2018/2
- Who collects what on the current use of contraception? Technical Paper No. 2017/12
- Sexual activity by marital status and age, Technical Paper No. 2017/11
- World Family Planning 2017 Highlights
- Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015 Report