Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Reproductive health - Health - World 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.
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) - Reproductive health - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Uganda (2006)40.6
2Yemen (1997)38.6
3Rwanda (2005)37.9
4Haiti (2005)37.5
5Liberia (2007)35.6
6Comoros (1996)34.6
7Macedonia (2006)34
8Ghana (2003)34
9Ethiopia (2005)33.8
10Togo (1998)32.3
11Mauritania (2001)31.6
12Senegal (2005)31.6
13Mali (2006)31.2
14Lesotho (2004)31
15Benin (2006)29.9
16Ivory Coast (2006)29
17Burkina Faso (2003)28.8
18Serbia (2005)28.5
19Gabon (2000)28
20Malawi (2004)27.6
21Eritrea (2002)27
22Zambia (2007)26.5
23Cambodia (2005)25.1
24Pakistan (2007)24.9
25Nepal (2006)24.6
26Kenya (2003)24.5
27Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)24.4
28Swaziland (2006)24
29Sub-Saharan Africa (2000)23.79
30Madagascar (2004)23.6
31Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)23.3
32Guatemala (1999)23.1
33Azerbaijan (2006)22.7
34Bolivia (2003)22.7
35Philippines (2008)22
36Djibouti (2006)22
37Tanzania (2004)21.8
38Guinea (2005)21.2
39Chad (2004)20.7
40Cameroon (2004)20.2
41Mozambique (2003)18.4
42Bangladesh (2007)17.1
43Honduras (2005)16.9
44Nigeria (2003)16.9
45Central African Republic (1995)16.2
46Republic of the Congo (2005)16.2
47Niger (2006)15.8
48South Africa (1998)15
49Paraguay (1990)15
50Mongolia (2005)13.7
51Armenia (2005)13.3
52South Asia (2006)13.09
53Zimbabwe (2006)12.8
54India (2006)12.8
55Jordan (2007)11.9
56Dominican Republic (2007)11.4
57Egypt (2005)10.3
58Ukraine (2007)10.3
59Turkey (1998)10.1
60Turkmenistan (2000)10.1
61Morocco (2004)10
62Indonesia (2007)9.1
63Kazakhstan (1999)8.7
64Peru (2006)8.1
65Uzbekistan (2006)7.8
66Cuba (2006)7.7
67Nicaragua (2007)7.5
68Brazil (1996)7.3
69Moldova (2005)6.7
70Namibia (2007)6.7
71Colombia (2005)5.8
72Sudan (2006)5.7
73Vietnam (2002)4.8
74Kyrgyzstan (2006)1.1
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