Table 1 Modern contraceptives use, unmet need, demand satisfied, and attainability of 75% demand satisfied across Cameroon

Percentage (%)

Numbers (‘000)

CAMEROON

16.4 (13.1–20.2)

22.9 (10.9–40.2)

30.0 (25.8–34.9)

27.1 (18.6–37.5)

35.3 (29.1–41.9)

45.5 (26.5–65.1)

..

21.4 (4.0–37.4)

1429.7 (569.7–2243.2)

 Adamawa

8.5 (6.7–10.5)

9.4 (4.0–20.1)

26.9 (23.2–31.3)

26.8 (19.0–36.6)

23.9 (19.2–28.9)

25.9 (12.6–44.8)

..

21.0 (9.9–32.9)

63.0 (33.8–95.0)

  Djerem

9.7 (7.6–12.4)

17.0 (8.1–31.9)

26.3 (22.4–30.6)

30.1 (21.5–40.1)

27.0 (21.6–33.0)

36.0 (19.8–55.6)

..

23.4 (8.8–37.5)

6.0 (2.6–9.4)

  Faro et Déo

1.5 (1.1–2.1)

0.2 (0.1–0.5)

21.2 (17.6–25.1)

23.9 (16.2–33.6)

6.5 (4.6–9.1)

0.8 (0.3–2.2)

..

18.0 (12.1–25.3)

2.3 (1.6–3.3)

  Mayo Banyo

3.3 (2.5–4.3)

3.5 (1.5–8.0)

20.7 (17.1–24.6)

23.6 (16.0–33.0)

13.7 (10.5–17.8)

13.0 (5.5–26.6)

..

17.9 (10.6–26.4)

9.2 (5.6–13.3)

  Mbéré

3.3 (2.5–4.3)

4.8 (2.1–11.2)

28.3 (24.1–32.8)

25.3 (17.8–34.9)

10.4 (7.9–13.7)

16.0 (6.9–31.5)

..

19.6 (11.6–29.3)

9.7 (5.9–14.3)

  Vina

10.4 (8.0–13.3)

12.6 (5.5–25.0)

28.3 (23.9–32.9)

29.6 (21.1–39.7)

26.8 (21.4–33.3)

30.0 (14.9–49.0)

..

22.9 (10.1–35.8)

37.2 (20.3–54.7)

 Centre

26.1 (21.6–31.2)

33.7 (17.7–52.7)

32.3 (27.9–37.1)

25.2 (16.3–34.6)

44.7 (37.8–51.4)

56.8 (36.9–75.3)

3.0

17.9 (− 1.7–34.9)

358.4 (143.1–545.4)

  Haute Sanaga

17.6 (14.1–21.7)

22.9 (11.4–40.6)

41.5 (36.9–46.7)

33.5 (23.8–44.3)

29.7 (24.3–35.6)

40.4 (23.2–61.2)

..

26.1 (9.7–40.6)

3.7 (1.5–5.7)

  Lekié

25.5 (20.9–30.8)

33.0 (17.7–51.9)

29.7 (25.8–34.1)

22.8 (14.7–31.6)

46.2 (39.3–53.0)

58.8 (39.1–76.8)

4.0

15.7 (− 3.1–32.4)

5.1 (− 1.1–10.5)

  Mbam et Inoubou

30.7 (25.5–36.5)

40.2 (22.9–59.8)

28.2 (24.1–32.7)

19.7 (11.6–29.0)

52.2 (45.1–59.1)

66.9 (46.2–83.3)

18.0

12.2 (− 7.5–29.9)

4.3 (− 0.8–8.8)

  Mbam et Kim

22.4 (18.0–27.8)

35.1 (19.2–53.7)

30.3 (26.0–35.2)

24.4 (16.0–34.6)

42.5 (35.3–50.1)

58.6 (38.6–76.0)

3.0

17.6 (− 2.1–34.8)

2.7 (− 0.3–5.2)

  Mefou et Afamba

31.6 (26.1–37.7)

37.2 (21.0–56.8)

28.2 (24.1–32.7)

24.7 (15.9–34.8)

52.8 (45.8–60.3)

59.8 (40.0–77.6)

5.0

16.4 (− 3.1–33.2)

4.1 (0.5–7.2)

  Mefou et Akono

28.1 (22.9–33.6)

33.5 (18.0–53.7)

30.4 (26.2–35.1)

23.3 (14.4–33.5)

48.0 (40.9–54.9)

58.6 (38.0–78.0)

5.0

16.2 (− 3.2–33.2)

0.6 (− 0.3–1.3)

  Mfoundi

25.2 (20.6–29.8)

33.0 (17.9–51.2)

32.1 (27.5–36.9)

25.5 (17.0–35.5)

43.9 (37.3–50.7)

56.1 (36.6–73.8)

2.0

18.1 (− 0.7–34.4)

320.3 (148.0–471.3)

  Nyong et Kéllé

22.5 (18.1–27.5)

25.2 (12.7–43.3)

48.4 (43.6–53.4)

40.2 (29.1–51.2)

31.6 (25.9–38.1)

38.2 (21.6–58.2)

..

30.4 (13.8–44.7)

7.2 (3.7–10.2)

  Nyong et Mfoumou

15.2 (12.0–19.0)

24.0 (11.6–41.9)

29.6 (25.4–34.1)

31.3 (22.2–41.2)

33.8 (28.0–40.7)

43.1 (24.9–63.4)

..

23.4 (6.6–38.7)

4.1 (1.4–6.6)

  Nyong et So'o

32.6 (26.8–38.9)

38.8 (21.3–58.0)

26.3 (22.3–30.7)

18.7 (10.8–28.0)

55.3 (48.2–62.6)

67.2 (45.7–83.9)

21.0

11.3 (− 8.5–29.2)

6.9 (1.0–12.4)

 East

19.6 (15.6–24.2)

38.4 (21.5–57.3)

31.6 (26.5–37.3)

23.8 (14.4–37.4)

38.2 (30.9–46.0)

61.4 (39.8–79.1)

7.0

16.6 (− 3.4–34.4)

35.7 (3.9–64.0)

  Boumba et Ngoko

17.3 (12.9–21.8)

66.1 (48.1–80.5)

40.3 (34.2–46.7)

12.6 (6.2–22.4)

30.1 (23.0–37.0)

83.9 (69.3–92.7)

90.0

4.6 (− 13.6–21.0)

2.6 (− 1.6–6.3)

  Haut Nyong

15.8 (12.5–19.9)

36.1 (20.3–56.1)

27.0 (22.9–31.0)

18.9 (11.5– 27.8)

36.9 (30.5–43.9)

65.4 (44.8–82.0)

15.0

13.6 (− 5.9–31.0)

3.6 (− 1.2–8.0)

  Kadey

17.3 (13.6–21.8)

42.8 (25.7–60.6)

29.7 (24.8–34.8)

23.2 (14.0–36.2)

36.9 (30.0–44.1)

64.5 (44.5–80.5)

11.0

16.0 (− 5.0–33.6)

9.0 (0.2–16.5)

  Lom et Djerem

19.2 (14.8–24.1)

34.0 (19.0–53.0)

30.6 (25.6–37.0)

24.2 (15.5–37.8)

38.5 (30.3–46.4)

57.9 (37.2–76.0)

4.0

17.7 (− 2.3–35.2)

17.5 (3.8–29.5)

  Far North

5.1 (4.0–6.5)

10.8 (4.8–22.5)

23.1 (19.5–27.2)

23.2 (15.9–32.4)

18.0 (14.2–22.7)

31.8 (16.5–52.2)

..

18.2 (6.9–30.4)

164.3 (73.5–263.0)

  Diamaré

8.8 (6.9–11.2)

13.6 (6.2–26.6)

27.4 (23.1–32.0)

23.8 (16.7–32.9)

24.4 (19.4–30.1)

36.2 (19.7–55.8)

..

18.7 (6.1–31.8)

33.5 (13.6–54.5)

  Logone et Chari

4.9 (3.8–6.3)

14.9 (6.5–29.5)

22.9 (19.2–27.1)

22.3 (15.1–31.5)

17.6 (13.5–22.5)

39.9 (21.0–60.9)

..

18.8 (6.1–32.5)

44.1 (20.4–70.7)

  Mayo Danay

2.9 (2.2–3.8)

7.0 (3.0–14.8)

20.4 (16.9–24.3)

20.5 (13.9–29.4)

12.4 (9.2–16.4)

25.3 (12.2–44.5)

..

16.0 (7.5–25.9)

18.6 (9.2–29.6)

  Mayo Kani

3.0 (2.3–3.9)

8.4 (3.7–18.2)

23.1 (19.3–27.4)

22.4 (15.3–31.0)

11.4 (8.6–15.0)

27.5 (13.4–47.4)

..

18.0 (8.1–28.8)

14.4 (6.9–22.7)

  Mayo Sava

3.4 (2.6–4.3)

6.0 (2.6–13.3)

23.2 (19.5–27.7)

21.6 (14.5–30.5)

12.7 (9.6–16.4)

21.9 (10.2–40.6)

..

17.0 (8.8–26.7)

9.2 (4.8–14.5)

  Mayo Tsanaga

4.3 (3.3–5.7)

15.9 (7.2–30.9)

18.2 (15.0–21.8)

22.9 (15.7–32.2)

19.1 (14.8–24.4)

40.8 (21.7–62.1)

..

19.4 (6.0–33.1)

48.0 (20.0–77.3)

 Littoral

21.1 (16.6–25.9)

26.4 (13.5–44.1)

35.2 (29.9–41.0)

28.7 (19.8–40.3)

37.5 (30.1–45.0)

47.5 (28.7–66.3)

..

22.7 (4.4–39.3)

292.4 (132.2–440.2)

  Moungo

15.3 (11.6–19.4)

27.2 (14.0–44.8)

40.7 (35.5–46.4)

33.3 (23.7–44.8)

27.3 (20.9–33.6)

44.5 (26.3–63.4)

..

26.0 (7.7–41.6)

11.2 (3.2–18.0)

  Nkam

21.9 (17.4–26.9)

35.6 (19.4–54.8)

38.4 (33.4–43.6)

26.0 (16.9–35.7)

36.3 (29.8–43.4)

57.3 (37.5–75.6)

3.0

18.6 (− 0.3–35.7)

0.6 (− 0.1–1.2)

  Sanaga Maritime

18.1 (14.3–22.6)

17.3 (8.0–32.5)

33.9 (29.5–38.8)

34.6 (24.9–45.5)

34.9 (28.4–41.4)

33.1 (17.3–53.3)

..

26.0 (10.4–40.3)

6.1 (2.7–9.4)

  Wouri

22.0 (17.5–26.8)

26.2 (13.4–44.0)

32.8 (27.9–38.6)

28.1 (19.2–39.2)

40.2 (32.2–47.5)

48.0 (29.1–67.1)

..

21.7 (3.4–38.4)

268.5 (120.5–405.4)

 North

8.2 (6.5–10.3)

10.8 (4.9–22.6)

25.0 (21.0–29.1)

22.2 (15.6–30.8)

24.7 (19.9–30.1)

32.7 (17.0–52.9)

..

17.5 (6.7–29.9)

174.5 (89.5–276.1)

  Bénoué

8.1 (6.4–10.4)

14.3 (6.5–27.9)

26.8 (22.6–31.2)

24.2 (16.8–33.3)

23.4 (18.5–29.0)

36.9 (20.3–57.2)

..

19.1 (6.4–32.7)

132.2 (68.0–204.1)

  Faro

4.4 (3.4–5.7)

4.9 (2.1–10.8)

26.4 (22.3–31.2)

20.9 (13.9–29.8)

14.3 (11.0–18.4)

18.9 (8.4–36.5)

..

16.2 (8.5–25.0)

1.0 (0.5–1.6)

  Mayo Louti

3.9 (3.0–5.0)

8.0 (3.5–17.8)

21.3 (17.7–25.3)

19.0 (12.9–27.7)

15.4 (11.7–19.7)

29.3 (14.3–50.4)

..

15.4 (6.6–26.0)

27.9 (14.3–45.1)

  Mayo Rey

3.1 (2.4–4.1)

10.3 (4.5–21.2)

25.1 (21.0–29.7)

21.0 (14.3–29.6)

11.1 (8.4–14.9)

32.9 (16.8–53.2)

..

16.6 (6.5–28.0)

22.5 (10.7–36.0)

 Northwest

25.2 (20.7–30.4)

30.1 (16.0–48.6)

29.7 (25.4–34.6)

25.4 (17.1–35.1)

45.8 (38.6–53.2)

53.9 (35.2–72.5)

1.0

18.5 (0.1–35.3)

63.4 (16.4–106.6)

  Boyo

0.1 (0.1–0.3)

0.7 (0.1–2.5)

36.2 (29.4–44.0)

40.1 (27.3–56.4)

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

1.6 (0.4–5.5)

..

30.4 (20.1–43.2)

4.6 (3.0–6.5)

  Bui

21.5 (17.1 –26.5)

27.7 (14.4–46.5)

24.6 (20.9–29.0)

21.3 (14.0–29.9)

46.6 (39.1–54.0)

56.1 (36.1–75.1)

3.0

16.0 (− 1.2–32.5)

9.8 (2.0–17.5)

  Donga Mantung

9.9 (7.7–12.4)

25.7 (12.6–44.5)

29.9 (25.4–34.6)

25.1 (17.0–34.4)

24.8 (19.8–30.7)

50.2 (30.4–70.6)

1.0

21.1 (4.2–37.1)

8.7 (2.5–14.5)

  Menchum

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.4 (0.1–1.3)

28.7 (22.6–35.9)

28.6 (18.9–41.2)

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

1.2 (0.3–4.6)

..

21.6 (14.0–31.0)

5.3 (3.4–7.6)

  Mezam

32.6 (26.5–38.9)

38.7 (22.6–57.0)

27.5 (22.3–34.0)

22.5 (14.3–33.6)

54.1 (45.4–62.4)

62.8 (42.5–78.9)

8.0

14.7 (− 4.7–32.2)

28.8 (9.3–46.2)

  Momo

7.3 (4.5–11.4)

13.0 (4.6–30.5)

31.9 (25.5–38.9)

31.8 (22.1–43.3)

18.7 (12.0–27.3)

29.1 (12.3–52.3)

..

25.0 (5.1–43.4)

3.6 (0.6–6.4)

  Ngo Ketunjia

30.3 (24.9–36.1)

32.7 (17.1–52.4)

31.4 (27.0–36.1)

29.8 (19.0–40.8)

49.1 (41.8–56.2)

52.0 (32.0–72.6)

1.0

21.6 (2.7–37.5)

4.2 (0.8–7.0)

 West

20.3 (16.1–24.9)

25.9 (13.0–43.5)

32.0 (26.8–37.8)

28.0 (19.1–39.7)

38.9 (31.6–46.4)

47.9 (28.9–66.4)

..

21.9 (3.5–38.5)

74.5 (21.0–123.3)

  Bamboutos

28.1 (22.6–34.6)

38.6 (22.1–57.0)

33.3 (27.8–39.7)

26.9 (17.0–38.7)

45.8 (37.3–54.2)

58.8 (38.3–76.2)

4.0

18.6 (− 0.6–35.0)

8.7 (0.7–15.6)

  Haut Nkam

20.6 (15.6–26.2)

23.8 (11.8–40.5)

35.6 (29.1–43.4)

33.9 (23.5–46.5)

36.6 (27.6–45.5)

41.2 (23.4–60.8)

..

26.3 (8.2–42.6)

4.2 (1.2–6.8)

  Hauts Plateaux

1.4 (1.0–2.1)

0.3 (0.1–0.7)

36.0 (31.0–41.4)

26.1 (18.1–36.0)

3.8 (2.6–5.5)

1.0 (0.3–2.9)

..

19.7 (13.5–27.2)

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

  Koung Khi

18.0 (13.8–22.8)

21.2 (10.0–38.2)

36.2 (30.3–42.1)

30.6 (21.4–42.6)

33.2 (25.8–40.9)

40.7 (22.9–60.6)

..

24.5 (6.9–40.7)

0.6 (0.0–1.2)

  Menoua

26.3 (20.8–32.2)

34.3 (18.8–52.3)

32.9 (27.1–39.9)

27.1 (17.9–38.9)

44.5 (35.5–53.1)

55.5 (35.8–73.4)

2.0

19.9 (0.9–36.4)

5.3 (− 0.3–10.2)

  Mifi

23.6 (18.3–29.2)

35.1 (19.5–54.2)

35.6 (29.8–42.0)

25.6 (16.7–37.3)

39.8 (31.4–48.0)

57.4 (37.9–75.5)

3.0

19.9 (0.8–36.7)

24.8 (9.2–38.5)

  Ndé

16.1 (12.1–20.7)

37.4 (20.7–56.8)

28.2 (23.1–34.5)

22.5 (14.0–32.5)

36.5 (27.5–44.7)

62.3 (41.6–79.6)

9.0

17.8 (− 1.0–34.4)

2.0 (0.0–3.8)

  Noun

10.2 (7.5–13.5)

20.1 (9.7–36.2)

25.7 (21.6–30.6)

25.7 (17.7–36.5)

28.4 (21.7–35.6)

43.7 (25.5–62.6)

..

20.5 (3.8–37.0)

24.4 (7.3–41.4)

 South

21.6 (17.8–26.1)

20.3 (9.8–37.5)

31.2 (27.1–35.4)

29.7 (21.3–39.9)

40.9 (35.0–47.2)

40.2 (22.9–60.7)

..

22.6 (6.9–37.6)

54.3 (26.1–81.6)

  Dja et Lobo

13.7 (10.8–17.3)

11.9 (5.3–24.0)

30.2 (25.9–35.1)

29.6 (20.7–39.7)

31.2 (25.5–37.5)

28.7 (14.5–48.5)

..

22.8 (10.1–35.7)

8.1 (4.0–12.4)

  Mvila

23.7 (19.3–29.0)

30.7 (15.8–50.3)

31.0 (26.8–35.7)

30.0 (19.3–41.2)

43.4 (36.6–50.5)

50.3 (30.1–71.2)

1.0

21.3 (2.8–37.0)

20.9 (9.8–30.4)

  Océan

13.3 (10.2–17.0)

12.9 (5.7–26.3)

42.4 (37.0–47.9)

40.7 (30.7–52.1)

24.0 (18.7–29.9)

24.0 (12.0–41.8)

..

32.2 (17.8–45.1)

26.7 (16.9–35.8)

  Vallée du Ntem

22.5 (18.3–27.7)

34.3 (18.3–53.7)

25.8 (22.0–30.1)

24.6 (15.6–34.7)

46.6 (39.8–53.8)

57.9 (37.7–76.5)

4.0

17.9 (− 1.1–34.5)

4.4 (0.9–7.4)

 Southwest

22.4 (17.9–27.4)

26.2 (13.4–44.3)

31.9 (27.4–37.3)

28.2 (19.5–38.9)

41.2 (33.8–48.4)

47.9 (29.8–67.4)

..

21.6 (3.2–37.8)

66.8 (21.4–106.8)

  Fako

20.1 (15.9–24.9)

22.8 (11.5–40.1)

30.6 (25.8–36.0)

29.8 (21.3–40.4)

39.5 (32.1–47.0)

43.1 (25.6–62.8)

..

22.4 (5.6–38.3)

36.0 (15.6–55.5)

  Koupé Manengouba

29.0 (19.5–39.2)

51.0 (28.7–71.6)

35.3 (26.8–47.3)

18.7 (9.2–32.4)

45.0 (30.8–58.3)

72.9 (49.5–88.4)

42.0

12.6 (− 16.4–38.1)

0.5 (− 2.4–3.1)

  Lebialem

17.3 (10.8–25.4)

35.9 (15.7–60.6)

30.0 (22.9–40.0)

17.1 (9.4–30.3)

36.5 (23.7–48.9)

67.1 (39.8–85.3)

23.0

15.0 (− 15.4–42.3)

2.7 (− 2.2–7.2)

  Manyu

30.6 (21.6–40.6)

47.4 (25.0–70.3)

32.4 (25.7–40.7)

17.5 (8.5–31.0)

48.5 (36.3–60.0)

72.7 (47.3–88.8)

41.0

10.7 (− 20.5–37.5)

6.6 (− 3.9–15.5)

  Meme

24.3 (19.4–29.7)

34.3 (18.4–53.5)

28.0 (23.8–33.2)

20.8 (13.1–30.1)

46.4 (38.6–53.7)

62.0 (41.9–79.3)

9.0

16.0 (− 2.9–32.8)

11.5 (1.3–20.6)

  Ndian

21.0 (13.5–30.0)

34.3 (15.5–57.2)

35.3 (26.8–45.7)

28.7 (16.5–46.7)

37.2 (24.6–50.5)

53.9 (28.0–76.5)

4.0

22.2 (− 8.1–46.2)

1.9 (− 1.3–4.5)