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DEFINITION:
Percentage of sexually active women who are able to but do not want to reproduce without access to family planning services.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa | 47.7% | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Yemen | 40% | 1997 | ||
| 3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.6% | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Haiti | 37.3% | 2006 | ||
| 5 | Togo | 37.2% | 2010 | ||
| =6 | Ghana | 35.7% | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Liberia | 35.7% | 2007 | ||
| 8 | Comoros | 35.6% | 1996 | ||
| 9 | Uganda | 34.3% | 2011 | ||
| 10 | Burundi | 32.4% | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Mauritania | 32.1% | 2001 | ||
| 12 | East Timor | 31.5% | 2010 | ||
| 13 | Senegal | 30.1% | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Bulgaria | 29.7% | 1998 | ||
| =15 | Sudan | 28.9% | 2010 | ||
| =15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.9% | 1999 | ||
| 17 | Maldives | 28.6% | 2009 | ||
| =18 | Guyana | 28.5% | 2009 | ||
| =18 | Eritrea | 28.5% | 2002 | ||
| 20 | Chad | 28.3% | 2010 | ||
| 21 | Kiribati | 28% | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Gabon | 27.9% | 2000 | ||
| =23 | Mali | 27.6% | 2006 | ||
| =23 | Guatemala | 27.6% | 2002 | ||
| 25 | Nepal | 27.5% | 2011 | ||
| =26 | Sierra Leone | 27.4% | 2010 | ||
| =26 | Papua New Guinea | 27.4% | 2007 | ||
| =28 | Benin | 27.3% | 2006 | ||
| =28 | Laos | 27.3% | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Zambia | 26.6% | 2007 | ||
| 31 | Ethiopia | 26.3% | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Malawi | 26.1% | 2010 | ||
| 33 | Kenya | 25.6% | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Tanzania | 25.3% | 2010 | ||
| 35 | Pakistan | 25.2% | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 24.5% | 2011 | ||
| =37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24.2% | 2010 | ||
| =37 | Tuvalu | 24.2% | 2007 | ||
| =39 | Cameroon | 23.5% | 2011 | ||
| =39 | Nauru | 23.5% | 2007 | ||
| 41 | Lesotho | 23.3% | 2010 | ||
| =42 | Mongolia | 22% | 2010 | ||
| =42 | Philippines | 22% | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Guinea | 21.9% | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Gambia | 21.5% | 2010 | ||
| 46 | Rwanda | 20.8% | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Namibia | 20.7% | 2007 | ||
| 48 | India | 20.5% | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Bolivia | 20.1% | 2008 | ||
| =50 | Burma | 19.1% | 2001 | ||
| =50 | Central African Republic | 19.1% | 1995 | ||
| 52 | Madagascar | 19% | 2009 | ||
| =53 | Nigeria | 18.9% | 2011 | ||
| =53 | Mozambique | 18.9% | 2004 | ||
| =53 | Venezuela | 18.9% | 1998 | ||
| 56 | Lithuania | 18% | 1995 | ||
| 57 | Cambodia | 16.9% | 2011 | ||
| =58 | Honduras | 16.8% | 2006 | ||
| =58 | Latvia | 16.8% | 1995 | ||
| 60 | Cape Verde | 16.7% | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Niger | 16.1% | 2006 | ||
| 62 | Belize | 15.9% | 2011 | ||
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% | 2006 | ||
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 14.6% | 2011 | ||
| 65 | South Africa | 13.8% | 2004 | ||
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 13.7% | 1996 | ||
| =67 | Bangladesh | 13.5% | 2011 | ||
| =67 | Armenia | 13.5% | 2010 | ||
| 69 | Jordan | 13.4% | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 13.1% | 2000 | ||
| 71 | Swaziland | 13% | 2010 | ||
| 72 | Albania | 12.9% | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Georgia | 12.3% | 2010 | ||
| 74 | Mexico | 12% | 2006 | ||
| =75 | Morocco | 11.9% | 2011 | ||
| =75 | Romania | 11.9% | 2004 | ||
| =77 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.8% | 1997 | ||
| =77 | Italy | 11.8% | 1996 | ||
| =77 | Spain | 11.8% | 1995 | ||
| =80 | Bhutan | 11.7% | 2010 | ||
| =80 | Jamaica | 11.7% | 2003 | ||
| =82 | Kazakhstan | 11.6% | 2011 | ||
| =82 | Egypt | 11.6% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Indonesia | 11.4% | 2012 | ||
| =84 | Moldova | 11.4% | 2005 | ||
| =86 | Solomon Islands | 11.1% | 2007 | ||
| =86 | Dominican Republic | 11.1% | 2007 | ||
| 88 | Nicaragua | 10.7% | 2007 | ||
| 89 | Ukraine | 10.1% | 2007 | ||
| 90 | Slovenia | 9.2% | 1995 | ||
| 91 | Cuba | 9.1% | 2011 | ||
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9% | 2012 | ||
| 93 | El Salvador | 8.9% | 2003 | ||
| 94 | Marshall Islands | 8.1% | 2007 | ||
| =95 | Iraq | 8% | 2011 | ||
| =95 | United States | 8% | 2010 | ||
| =95 | Colombia | 8% | 2010 | ||
| 98 | Ecuador | 7.4% | 2004 | ||
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 7.3% | 2007 | ||
| =100 | Tunisia | 7% | 2012 | ||
| =100 | Hungary | 7% | 1993 | ||
| 102 | Serbia | 6.6% | 2010 | ||
| 103 | Turkey | 6.2% | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Peru | 6.1% | 2011 | ||
| =105 | Guinea-Bissau | 6% | 2010 | ||
| =105 | Brazil | 6% | 2006 | ||
| 107 | Costa Rica | 5% | 1993 | ||
| 108 | Paraguay | 4.7% | 2008 | ||
| =109 | Vietnam | 4.3% | 2011 | ||
| =109 | Czech Republic | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 4% | 1996 | ||
| 112 | Mauritius | 3.5% | 2002 | ||
| 113 | Belgium | 3.4% | 1992 | ||
| 114 | Thailand | 3.1% | 2006 | ||
| 115 | China | 2.3% | 2001 | ||
| 116 | France | 1.7% | 2005 |
