Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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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. Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys by UNICEF.
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Uganda (2006)40.6
2Rwanda (2005)37.9
3Liberia (2007)35.6
4Comoros (1996)34.6
5Ghana (2003)34
6Ethiopia (2005)33.8
7Togo (1998)32.3
8Senegal (2005)31.6
9Mauritania (2001)31.6
10Mali (2006)31.2
11Lesotho (2004)30.9
12Benin (2006)29.9
13Burundi (2002)29
14Burkina Faso (2003)28.8
15Gabon (2000)28
16Ivory Coast (1999)27.7
17Malawi (2004)27.6
18Eritrea (2002)27
19Zambia (2007)26.5
20Sudan (1993)26
21Kenya (2003)24.5
22Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)24.4
23Swaziland (2007)24
24Madagascar (2004)23.6
25Chad (2004)23.3
26Djibouti (2006)22
27Tanzania (2005)21.8
28Guinea (2005)21.2
29Cameroon (2004)20.2
30Mozambique (2004)18.4
31Nigeria (2003)16.9
32Cape Verde (2005)16.7
33Republic of the Congo (2005)16.2
34Central African Republic (1995)16.2
35North Africa (1995)16.03
36Niger (2006)15.8
37South Africa (1998)15
38Zimbabwe (2006)12.8
39Tunisia (2001)12.1
40Egypt (2005)10.3
41Morocco (2004)10
42Namibia (2007)6.7
43Mauritius (2002)3.5
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