Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Unmet need for contraception is the percentage of fertile, married women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Papua New Guinea (1996)45.9
2Uganda (2006)40.6
3Togo (2006)40.6
4Rwanda (2005)37.9
5Haiti (2005)37.5
6Liberia (2007)35.6
7Ghana (2008)35.3
8Comoros (1996)34.6
9Macedonia (2006)34
10Ethiopia (2005)33.8
11Guyana (2007)32.4
12Senegal (2005)31.6
13Mali (2006)31.2
14Burkina Faso (2006)31.1
15Lesotho (2004)31
16Benin (2006)29.9
17Ivory Coast (2006)28.9
18Serbia (2005)28.5
19Maldives (2009)28.1
20Gabon (2000)28
21Malawi (2004)27.6
22Eritrea (2002)27
23Trinidad and Tobago (2006)26.7
24Zambia (2007)26.5
25Montenegro (2006)26.4
26Somalia (2006)26.2
27Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)25.6
28Cambodia (2005)25.1
29Guinea-Bissau (2006)25
30Low income (2009)24.93
31Pakistan (2007)24.9
32Mauritania (2007)24.6
33Nepal (2006)24.6
34Kenya (2003)24.5
35Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)24.4
36Tuvalu (2007)24.2
37Swaziland (2006)24
38Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)23.9
39Tajikistan (2005)23.7
40Madagascar (2004)23.6
41Yemen (2006)23.6
42Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2008)23.57
43Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)23.57
44Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)23.3
45Guatemala (1999)23.1
46Azerbaijan (2006)22.7
47Bolivia (2003)22.7
48Philippines (2008)22
49Djibouti (2006)22
50Tanzania (2004)21.8
51Guinea (2005)21.2
52Chad (2004)20.7
53Mozambique (2003)18.4
54Turkey (2008)17.6
55Bangladesh (2007)17.1
56Honduras (2005)16.9
57Nigeria (2003)16.9
58Central African Republic (1995)16.2
59Republic of the Congo (2005)16.2
60Niger (2006)15.8
61South Africa (1998)15
62Paraguay (1990)15
63South Asia (2009)14.83
64Mongolia (2005)13.7
65Armenia (2005)13.3
66India (2006)12.8
67Zimbabwe (2006)12.8
68Dominican Republic (2007)11.4
69Jordan (2009)11.2
70Arab World (2009)11.17
71Solomon Islands (2007)11.1
72Syria (2006)11
73Algeria (2006)10.8
74Ukraine (2007)10.3
75Turkmenistan (2000)10.1
76Morocco (2004)10
77Egypt (2008)9.2
78Indonesia (2007)9.1
79Kazakhstan (1999)8.7
80Marshall Islands (2007)8.1
81Peru (2006)8.1
82Uzbekistan (2006)7.8
83Cuba (2006)7.7
84Nicaragua (2007)7.5
85Brazil (1996)7.3
86Namibia (2007)6.7
87Moldova (2005)6.7
88Colombia (2005)5.8
89Sudan (2006)5.7
90Vietnam (2002)4.8
91Cameroon (2006)2.8
92Kyrgyzstan (2006)1.1
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