United Nations ACC Task Force on Basic Social Services for All AFRICA Population Total with access to Contraceptive population health services prevalence (thousands) (%) (%) 1996 1985-1995 ----------- --------------- ------------- Algeria 28,784 98 52 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Angola 11,185 30 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benin 5,563 18 9 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Botswana 1,484 89 33 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burkina Faso 10,780 90 8 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Burundi 6,221 80 9 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameroon 13,560 70 16 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cape Verde 396 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central African Republic 3,344 45 15 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chad 6,515 30 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comoros 632 .. 21 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congo 2,668 83 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cote d'Ivoire 14,015 30 11 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Djibouti 617 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Egypt 63,271 99 47 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equatorial Guinea 410 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eritrea 3,280 .. 5 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopia 58,243 46 4 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabon 1,106 90 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gambia 1,141 93 12 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ghana 17,832 60 20 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea 7,518 80 2 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guinea-Bissau 1,091 40 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenya 27,799 77 33 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesotho 2,078 80 23 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberia 2,245 39 6 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5,593 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Madagascar 15,353 65 17 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Malawi 9,845 80 13 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mali 11,134 30 7 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritania 2,333 63 3 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauritius (1) 1,129 100 75 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morocco 27,021 70 50 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mozambique 17,796 39 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Namibia 1,575 62 29 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Niger 9,465 32 4 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigeria 115,020 66 6 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reunion 664 .. 67 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rwanda 5,397 80 21 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senegal 8,532 40 7 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sierra Leone 4,297 38 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Somalia 9,822 27 .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Africa 42,393 .. 50 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sudan 27,291 70 8 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swaziland 881 .. 20 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Togo 4,201 61 12 B -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tunisia 9,156 90 60 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uganda 20,256 49 15 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Rep. of Tanzania 30,799 80 20 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Sahara 256 .. .. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zaire 46,812 26 8 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zambia 8,275 75 15 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zimbabwe 11,439 85 48 A -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: Data are shown only for countries or areas with population size of 150,000 or more in 1995 as estimated by Population Division of Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat (Population Division/DESIPA). Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available. (1) Including Agalesa, Rodrigues and St. Brandon. Total population The mid-year population estimated by the Population Division/DESIPA. This indicator was included as a background indicator that approximates demand or need for basic social services. From World Population Prospects: the 1996 Revision (United Nations publication, forthcoming). Percentage of population with access to health services The percentage of the population that can reach appropriate local health services by the local means of transport in no more than one hour. From The State of the World's Children 1996 (UNICEF). Contraceptive prevalence The percentage currently using contraception, both traditional and modern methods, among currently married women of reproductive age, including, where possible, those in consensual unions. Letters next to the numbers indicate reference years. A refers to a year 1990 or later B refers to 1985 to 1989 C refers to 1975 to 1984 Contraceptive prevalence is affected by availability and accessibility of family planning services and information, which are given substantial emphasis in the Programme of Action of ICPD. From Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 1994 (United Nations publication, ST/ESA/SER.A/146) and World Population Monitoring, 1996 (United Nations publication, forthcoming) and files maintained by the Population Division/DESIPA. United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/160) Copyright (C) United Nations 1997