Family Planning Perspectives | |
The Family Planning Program Effort Index: 1999 Cycle |
Table 1. Family planning program effort scores as percentage of maximum possible score, by component, according to region and country, 1999 | |||||
Region/country | Total | Policy | Services | Evalation | Method availability |
Grand average | 54 | 55 | 51 | 57 | 55 |
East Asia | 64 | 60 | 57 | 64 | 86 |
China | 86 | 89 | 87 | 70 | 88 |
Korea, Rep. of | 55 | 45 | 39 | 63 | 97 |
Mongolia | 38 | 31 | 35 | 26 | 58 |
Taiwan | 79 | 74 | 67 | 96 | 100 |
South/Southeast Asia | 60 | 62 | 58 | 60 | 63 |
Bangladesh | 74 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 81 |
Cambodia | 46 | 56 | 45 | 50 | 32 |
Hong Kong | 57 | 63 | 41 | 32 | 100 |
India | 65 | 72 | 58 | 60 | 72 |
Indonesia | 82 | 84 | 86 | 81 | 72 |
Laos | 39 | 51 | 41 | 36 | 18 |
Malaysia | 69 | 72 | 61 | 86 | 72 |
Myanmar | 37 | 34 | 38 | 59 | 27 |
Nepal | 57 | 61 | 56 | 67 | 49 |
Pakistan | 57 | 59 | 57 | 52 | 57 |
Philippines | 57 | 56 | 50 | 66 | 67 |
Singapore | 44 | 41 | 44 | 29 | 54 |
Sri Lanka | 69 | 67 | 71 | 49 | 76 |
Thailand | 75 | 61 | 72 | 95 | 89 |
Vietnam | 76 | 82 | 74 | 66 | 79 |
North Africa and Middle East | 58 | 61 | 54 | 66 | 61 |
Algeria | 64 | 81 | 55 | 65 | 60 |
Egypt | 57 | 63 | 58 | 60 | 46 |
Iran | 71 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 94 |
Jordan | 47 | 47 | 45 | 53 | 48 |
Lebanon | 60 | 49 | 63 | 74 | 61 |
Morocco | 57 | 57 | 51 | 76 | 61 |
Oman | 53 | 41 | 45 | 59 | 81 |
Syria | 66 | 52 | 74 | 88 | 56 |
Tunisia | 71 | 80 | 71 | 88 | 52 |
Turkey | 59 | 71 | 44 | 61 | 76 |
Yemen | 37 | 56 | 27 | 33 | 36 |
Anglophone Africa | 54 | 57 | 53 | 59 | 47 |
Ethiopia | 44 | 48 | 49 | 43 | 28 |
Ghana | 63 | 68 | 61 | 72 | 58 |
Kenya | 62 | 55 | 64 | 63 | 67 |
Lesotho | 62 | 62 | 58 | 77 | 61 |
Malawi | 50 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 23 |
Mauritius | 71 | 67 | 67 | 91 | 75 |
Mozambique | 43 | 49 | 37 | 52 | 40 |
Namibia | 54 | 66 | 30 | 63 | 84 |
Nigeria | 45 | 47 | 49 | 38 | 38 |
South Africa | 54 | 62 | 45 | 46 | 65 |
Sudan | 35 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 12 |
Tanzania | 55 | 64 | 65 | 46 | 27 |
Uganda | 54 | 62 | 57 | 60 | 34 |
Zambia | 50 | 42 | 57 | 62 | 39 |
Zimbabwe | 61 | 61 | 63 | 79 | 49 |
Region/country | Total | Policy | Services | Evaluation | Method availability |
Francophone Africa | 49 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 29 |
Benin | 45 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 30 |
Burkina Faso | 54 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 33 |
Cameroon | 44 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 10 |
Central African Rep | 50 | 66 | 57 | 50 | 13 |
Chad | 43 | 67 | 44 | 52 | 4 |
Congo | 35 | 56 | 26 | 29 | 27 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 50 | 56 | 52 | 71 | 27 |
Gabon | 35 | 27 | 37 | 40 | 40 |
Guinea | 60 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 48 |
Madagascar | 42 | 44 | 48 | 44 | 26 |
Mali | 58 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 31 |
Mauritania | 37 | 35 | 39 | 55 | 25 |
Niger | 47 | 59 | 50 | 61 | 16 |
Rwanda | 62 | 77 | 60 | 66 | 44 |
Senegal | 55 | 58 | 54 | 64 | 46 |
Togo | 63 | 64 | 67 | 75 | 45 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 50 | 48 | 44 | 51 | 65 |
Argentina | 30 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 40 |
Bolivia | 49 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 64 |
Brazil | 59 | 50 | 46 | 59 | 100 |
Chile | 61 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 86 |
Colombia | 64 | 44 | 66 | 78 | 80 |
Costa Rica | 32 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 57 |
Dominican Republic | 50 | 43 | 52 | 44 | 58 |
Ecuador | 46 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 50 |
El Salvador | 46 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 46 |
Guatemala | 37 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 51 |
Guyana | 46 | 42 | 44 | 56 | 51 |
Haiti | 51 | 59 | 50 | 39 | 51 |
Honduras | 44 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 52 |
Jamaica | 62 | 71 | 59 | 63 | 58 |
Mexico | 75 | 79 | 62 | 84 | 90 |
Nicaragua | 49 | 35 | 53 | 60 | 55 |
Panama | 49 | 61 | 34 | 60 | 61 |
Paraguay | 56 | 56 | 43 | 59 | 81 |
Peru | 59 | 65 | 42 | 60 | 85 |
Puerto Rico | 62 | 49 | 53 | 66 | 97 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 59 | 55 | 59 | 62 | 63 |
Uruguay | 34 | 22 | 30 | 54 | 47 |
Venezuela | 29 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 71 |
Central Asian Republics | 52 | 51 | 48 | 53 | 60 |
Kazakhstan | 42 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 51 |
Kyrgyzstan | 49 | 45 | 43 | 54 | 64 |
Tajikistan | 54 | 58 | 48 | 68 | 55 |
Turkmenistan | 59 | 49 | 59 | 65 | 68 |
Uzbekistan | 55 | 69 | 48 | 41 | 60 |
Figure 1. Family planning program effort scores as percentage of maximum possible score, by component, according to region, 1999 |
Figure 2. Mean family planning program effort score, by area and item, according to strength of program |
Table 2. Program effort scores as a percentage of the maximum, by country and region, according to year of survey | |||||
Region/country | 1972 | 1982 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 |
Overall average | 20 | 29 | 45 | 48 | 54 |
East Asia | 49 | 58 | 76 | 68 | 64 |
China | 83 | 84 | 87 | 92 | 86 |
Korea, PDR | 0 | 50 | 54 | 63 | u |
Korea, Rep. of | 80 | 79 | 81 | 71 | 55 |
Mongolia | 0 | 0 | u | 38 | 38 |
Taiwan | 80 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 79 |
South/Southeast Asia | 33 | 45 | 50 | 54 | 60 |
Afghanistan | 10 | 11 | 36 | u | u |
Bangladesh | 10 | 57 | 72 | 69 | 74 |
Bhutan | 0 | u | 22 | 36 | u |
Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 46 |
Fiji | u | 50 | u | u | u |
Hong Kong | 77 | 69 | u | 61 | 57 |
India | 63 | 66 | 72 | 68 | 65 |
Indonesia | 47 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 82 |
Laos | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 39 |
Malaysia | 60 | 51 | 66 | 54 | 69 |
Myanmar | 0 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 37 |
Nepal | 20 | 37 | 59 | 51 | 57 |
Pakistan | 27 | 40 | 48 | 48 | 57 |
Papua New Guinea | 0 | 26 | 26 | 28 | u |
Philippines | 53 | 56 | 49 | 60 | 57 |
Singapore | 87 | 79 | 63 | 63 | 44 |
Sri Lanka | 40 | 67 | 80 | 69 | 69 |
Thailand | 37 | 61 | 80 | 75 | 75 |
Vietnam | 67 | 53 | 68 | 67 | 76 |
North Africa/Middle East | 12 | 19 | 41 | 43 | 58 |
Algeria | 10 | 25 | 46 | 44 | 64 |
Cyprus | u | 25 | u | u | u |
Egypt | 27 | 40 | 66 | 59 | 57 |
Iran | 47 | 11 | 57 | 61 | 71 |
Iraq | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | u |
Jordan | 0 | 16 | 31 | 40 | 47 |
Kuwait | 0 | 5 | u | 23 | u |
Lebanon | 0 | 33 | 49 | 33 | 60 |
Morocco | 13 | 35 | 57 | 63 | 57 |
Oman | u | 1 | 5 | 45 | 53 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | u | 5 | u |
Syria | 0 | 11 | 44 | 48 | 66 |
Tunisia | 40 | 59 | 69 | 82 | 71 |
Turkey | 20 | 29 | 46 | 54 | 59 |
United Arab Emirates | u | 1 | 33 | 14 | u |
Yemen | 0 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 37 |
Anglophone Africa | 8 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 54 |
Angola | 0 | u | 39 | 24 | u |
Botswana | u | 27 | 75 | 66 | u |
Ethiopia | 0 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 44 |
Gambia | u | 26 | u | u | u |
Ghana | 10 | 18 | 52 | 53 | 63 |
Guinea-Bissau | u | 14 | 28 | 36 | u |
Kenya | 20 | 28 | 58 | 56 | 62 |
Lesotho | 0 | 14 | 45 | 43 | 62 |
Liberia | 10 | 22 | 3 | u | u |
Malawi | 0 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 50 |
Mauritius | 67 | 68 | 69 | 74 | 71 |
Mozambique | 0 | 16 | 27 | 33 | 43 |
Namibia | u | u | 11 | 43 | 54 |
Nigeria | 7 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 45 |
Sierra Leone | 0 | 16 | 35 | 47 | u |
Somalia | 0 | 10 | 1 | u | u |
South Africa | u | u | 62 | 56 | 54 |
Sudan | 10 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 35 |
Tanzania | 10 | 22 | 42 | 48 | 55 |
Uganda | 0 | 17 | 12 | 44 | 54 |
Zambia | 0 | 16 | 49 | 41 | 50 |
Zimbabwe | 10 | 27 | 56 | 68 | 61 |
Francophone Africa | 1 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 49 |
Benin | 10 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 45 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 4 | 45 | u | 54 |
Cameroon | 0 | 8 | 34 | 49 | 44 |
Central African Rep. | 0 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 50 |
Chad | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 43 |
Congo | 0 | 15 | 36 | 28 | 35 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 6 | 55 | 38 | 50 |
Gabon | u | u | u | u | 35 |
Guinea | 0 | 5 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
Madagascar | 0 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 42 |
Mali | 0 | 11 | 38 | 45 | 58 |
Mauritania | 0 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 37 |
Niger | 0 | 5 | 38 | 46 | 47 |
Rwanda | 0 | 23 | 43 | u | 62 |
Senegal | 0 | 23 | 44 | 51 | 55 |
Togo | 0 | 14 | 30 | u | 63 |
Zaire | 10 | 13 | 28 | u | u |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 30 | 39 | 51 | 50 | 50 |
Argentina | u | u | 21 | 21 | 30 |
Bolivia | 0 | 8 | 23 | 49 | 49 |
Brazil | 0 | 43 | 32 | 43 | 59 |
Chile | 53 | 44 | 58 | 55 | 61 |
Colombia | 53 | 71 | 62 | 66 | 64 |
Costa Rica | 70 | 33 | 16 | 46 | 32 |
Cuba | 50 | 52 | 65 | 54 | u |
Dominican Republic | 47 | 55 | 54 | 67 | 50 |
Ecuador | 20 | 35 | 58 | 53 | 46 |
El Salvador | 43 | 63 | 68 | 58 | 46 |
Guatemala | 30 | 28 | 53 | 58 | 37 |
Guyana | 0 | 26 | 55 | 26 | 46 |
Haiti | 10 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 51 |
Honduras | 23 | 25 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
Jamaica | 77 | 56 | 66 | 65 | 62 |
Mexico | 13 | 66 | 77 | 74 | 75 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 20 | u | 53 | 49 |
Panama | 63 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 49 |
Paraguay | 10 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 56 |
Peru | 0 | 22 | 51 | 59 | 59 |
Puerto Rico | u | u | u | 53 | 62 |
Trinidad & Tobago | 50 | 47 | 66 | 50 | 59 |
Uruguay | u | u | 42 | 39 | 34 |
Venezuela | 23 | 31 | 54 | 38 | 29 |
Central Asian Republics | na | na | na | 39 | 52 |
Kazakhstan | u | u | u | 34 | 42 |
Kyrgyzstan | u | u | u | 36 | 49 |
Tajikistan | u | u | u | u | 54 |
Turkmenistan | u | u | u | 33 | 59 |
Uzbekistan | u | u | u | 54 | 55 |
Note: A "0" entry means that the score when rounded equaled zero. u=unavailable, because the country was omitted that year. na=not applicable, because averages could not be computed. Entries lacking data can affect the regional averages in each year. |
Table 3. Number of countries, total population of countries and percentage distribution of population, all by program effort level, according to year | |||||
Program effort level | 1972 | 1982 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 |
No. of countries | |||||
Very weak/none | 61 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Weak | 9 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 23 |
Moderate | 11 | 14 | 31 | 34 | 53 |
Strong | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Population (in millions) | |||||
Very weak/none | 695 | 450 | 137 | 18 | 0 |
Weak | 186 | 502 | 507 | 663 | 259 |
Moderate | 838 | 295 | 629 | 724 | 1,132 |
Strong | 961 | 2,067 | 2,260 | 2,748 | 3,018 |
% distribution of population | |||||
Very weak/none | 26 | 14 | 4 | <1 | 0 |
Weak | 7 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 6 |
Moderate | 31 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 26 |
Strong | 36 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 68 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Figure 3. Family planning program effort score as a percentage of the maximum, by year, according to effort rating in 1972 |
Figure 4. Contraceptive prevalence, by family planning effort category, according to social setting | |||||||||
Social setting | Program effort | Average prevalence | |||||||
High | Upper middle | Lower middle | Low | ||||||
Country | % | Country | % | Country | % | Country | % | ||
Total | 60 | 45 | 28 | 29 | 41 | ||||
High | Average prev. | 73 | Average prev. | 67 | na | na | Average prev. | 49 | 65 |
Hong Kong | 86 | Brazil | 77 | United Arab Emirates | 28 | ||||
Rep. of Korea | 77 | Panama | 58 | Kuwait | 35 | ||||
Jamaica | 66 | Singapore | 65 | Kazakhstan | 59 | ||||
Colombia | 72 | Trinidad & Tobago | 53 | Costa Rica | 75 | ||||
Cuba | 69 | Uzbekistan | 68 | ||||||
Mauritius | 75 | Puerto Rico | 78 | ||||||
Mexico | 65 | ||||||||
Upper middle | Average prev. | 62 | Average prev. | 57 | Average prev. | 54 | Average prev. | 38 | 53 |
Syria | 40 | Nicaragua | 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 60 | Iraq | 18 | ||
Iran | 73 | El Salvador | 60 | Jordan | 53 | Mongolia | 57 | ||
Sri Lanka | 66 | South Africa | 53 | Paraguay | 51 | ||||
Thailand | 72 | Algeria | 47 | Honduras | 50 | ||||
Tunisia | 60 | Turkey | 64 | Oman | 24 | ||||
Egypt | 55 | Namibia | 29 | ||||||
Philippines | 46 | Ecuador | 57 | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 64 | ||||||||
Peru | 64 | ||||||||
Lower middle | Average prev. | 57 | Average prev. | 23 | Average prev. | 25 | Average prev. | 36 | 36 |
Morocco | 59 | Senegal | 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11 | Papua New Guinea | 26 | ||
Zimbabwe | 48 | Lesotho | 23 | Nigeria | 15 | Congo | 8 | ||
Botswana | 33 | Pakistan | 18 | Zambia | 26 | Myanmar | 33 | ||
India | 41 | Ghana | 20 | Cameroon | 19 | Gabon | 75 | ||
Vietnam | 75 | Kenya | 39 | Guatemala | 31 | Mauritania | |||
Indonesia | 57 | Bolivia | 48 | ||||||
China | 83 | ||||||||
Low | Average prev. | 31 | Average prev. | 14 | Average prev. | 13 | Average prev. | 13 | 16 |
Rwanda | 21 | Tanzania | 18 | Ethiopia | 4 | Sudan | 10 | ||
Togo | 24 | Mali | 7 | Benin | 16 | Laos | 25 | ||
Bangladesh | 49 | Nepal | 29 | Haiti | 18 | Yemen | 21 | ||
Guinea | 2 | Central African Rep. | 15 | Chad | 4 | ||||
Niger | 8 | Cambodia | 13 | ||||||
Malawi | 22 | Bhutan | 8 | ||||||
Uganda | 15 | Madagascar | 19 | ||||||
Burkina Faso | 8 | Mozambique | 6 |
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