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Health Statistics > Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Haiti: 39.6 %   2000 ...
#2   Yemen: 38.6 %   1997 ...
#3   Rwanda: 35.6 %   2000 ...
#4   Ethiopia: 35.2 %   2000 ...
#5   Senegal: 34.8 %   1997 ...
#6   Comoros: 34.6 %   1996 ...
#7   Uganda: 34.6 %   2001 ...
#8   Ghana: 34 %   2003 ...
#9   Togo: 32.3 %   1998 ...
#10   Pakistan: 31.8 %   1991 ...
#11   Mauritania: 31.6 %   2001 ...
#12   Malawi: 29.7 %   2000 ...
#13   Cambodia: 29.7 %   2000 ...
#14   Burkina Faso: 28.8 %   2003 ...
#15   Mali: 28.5 %   2001 ...
#16   Gabon: 28 %   2000 ...
#17   Nepal: 27.8 %   2001 ...
#18   Côte d'Ivoire: 27.7 %   1999 ...
#19   Zambia: 27.4 %   2002 ...
#20   Benin: 27.2 %   2001 ...
#21   Eritrea: 27 %   2002 ...
#22   Kenya: 24.5 %   2003 ...
#23   Guinea: 24.2 %   1999 ...
#24   Madagascar: 23.6 %   2004 ...
#25   Guatemala: 23.1 %   1999 ...
#26   Bolivia: 22.7 %   2003 ...
#27   Namibia: 22.1 %   2000 ...
#28   Tanzania: 21.8 %   2004 ...
#29   Chad: 20.7 %   2004 ...
#30   Cameroon: 20.2 %   2004 ...
#31   Mozambique: 18.4 %   2003 ...
#32   Philippines: 17.3 %   2003 ...
#33   Nigeria: 16.9 %   2003 ...
#34   Niger: 16.6 %   1998 ...
#35   Central African Republic: 16.2 %   1995 ...
#36   India: 15.8 %   1999 ...
#37   Paraguay: 15 %   1990 ...
#38   South Africa: 15 %   1998 ...
#39   Nicaragua: 14.6 %   2001 ...
#40   Uzbekistan: 13.7 %   1996 ...
#41   Armenia: 11.8 %   2000 ...
#42   Kyrgyzstan: 11.6 %   1997 ...
#43   Bangladesh: 11.2 %   2004 ...
#44   Jordan: 11 %   2002 ...
#45   Dominican Republic: 10.9 %   2002 ...
#46   Egypt: 10.7 %   2000 ...
#47   Peru: 10.2 %   2000 ...
#48   Turkey: 10.1 %   1998 ...
#49   Turkmenistan: 10.1 %   2000 ...
#50   Morocco: 10 %   2004 ...
#51   Kazakhstan: 8.7 %   1999 ...
#52   Indonesia: 8.6 %   2003 ...
#53   Brazil: 7.3 %   1996 ...
#54   Colombia: 5.8 %   2005 ...
#55   Vietnam: 4.8 %   2002 ...
Weighted average: 21.3 %   


DEFINITION: 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: World Development Indicators database

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