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