Mexico: New data on EC use

ByCristina Puig

May 2025. The use of emergency contraception (EC) among women in Mexico has increased, according to the 2023 National Survey on Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), published by the National Institute for Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, INEGI) last October. EC pills have been available in Mexico without a prescription for over two decades. 

The report reveals that 18.4% of women of reproductive age (over 6 million women) have used EC pills at some point in their lives, nearly doubling the figure from 2018, when it stood at 10.8%. Of these, 27% used EC within the past 12 months: this equals nearly 1.650.000 doses per year. The highest rates of lifetime EC use were observed among women aged 20 to 29.

The full report is available from INEGI here. ECEC thanks Dr. Raffaela Schiavon for sharing this information and assisting us in contextualizing the data.

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