Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 27, Number 3, September 2001

 

The Family Planning Program Effort Index: 1999 Cycle
TABLES

 

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

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Figure 1. Family planning program effort scores as percentage of maximum possible score, by component, according to region, 1999

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Figure 2. Mean family planning program effort score, by area and item, according to strength of program

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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.

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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

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Figure 3. Family planning program effort score as a percentage of the maximum, by year, according to effort rating in 1972

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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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