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Unmet need for contraception percentage of married women ages 15 to 49

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:
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Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)Year
1
Libya
40.2%
2014
2
Haiti
38%
2016
3
Angola
38%
2016
4
Samoa
34.8%
2014
5
Solomon Islands
34.7%
2015
6
Equatorial Guinea
33.8%
2011
7
São Tomé and Príncipe
33.7%
2014
8
Mauritania
33.6%
2015
9
Togo
33.6%
2014
10
Benin
32.3%
2018
11
Comoros
31.6%
2012
12
Liberia
31.1%
2013
13
Bulgaria
29.7%
1998
14
Burundi
29.7%
2016
15
Yemen
28.7%
2013
16
Maldives
28.6%
2009
17
Kiribati
28%
2009
18
Guyana
28%
2014
19
Democratic Republic Of Congo
27.7%
2014
20
Guinea
27.6%
2016
21
Eritrea
27.4%
2010
22
Papua New Guinea
27.4%
2006
23
Central African Republic
27%
2010
24
Sudan
26.6%
2014
25
Ivory Coast
26.5%
2018
26
Gabon
26.5%
2012
27
South Sudan
26.3%
2010
28
Ghana
26.3%
2017
29
Sierra Leone
26.3%
2017
30
Uganda
26%
2018
31
East Timor
25.3%
2016
32
Tonga
25.2%
2012
33
Gambia
24.9%
2013
34
Afghanistan
24.5%
2015
35
Trinidad and Tobago
24.3%
2011
36
Vanuatu
24.2%
2013
37
Tuvalu
24.2%
2007
38
Nepal
23.7%
2016
39
Nauru
23.5%
2007
40
Bolivia
23.2%
2016
41
Mozambique
23.1%
2015
42
Nigeria
23.06%
2018
43
Chad
22.9%
2015
44
Burkina Faso
22.8%
2018
45
Guinea-Bissau
22.3%
2014
46
Belize
22.2%
2016
47
Tanzania
22.1%
2016
48
Senegal
21.9%
2017
49
Montenegro
21.8%
2013
50
Zambia
21.1%
2014
51
Ethiopia
20.6%
2018
52
Barbados
19.9%
2012
53
Kyrgyzstan
19.1%
2014
54
Venezuela
18.9%
1998
55
Rwanda
18.9%
2015
56
Malawi
18.7%
2016
57
Lesotho
18.4%
2014
58
Lithuania
18%
1995
59
Cameroon
18%
2014
60
Republic of the Congo
17.9%
2015
61
Oman
17.8%
2014
62
Namibia
17.5%
2013
63
Pakistan
17.3%
2017
64
Mali
17.2%
2015
65
Republic of Macedonia
17.2%
2011
66
Saint Lucia
17%
2012
67
Suriname
16.9%
2010
68
Latvia
16.8%
1995
69
Cape Verde
16.7%
2005
70
Philippines
16.7%
2017
71
Tajikistan
16.5%
2017
72
Madagascar
16.4%
2017
73
Panama
16.4%
2013
74
Syria
16.4%
2010
75
Myanmar
16.2%
2016
76
Mongolia
16%
2013
77
Azerbaijan
15.4%
2006
78
Swaziland
15.2%
2014
79
Albania
15.1%
2018
80
Niger
15%
2017
81
South Africa
14.9%
2016
82
Serbia
14.9%
2014
83
Kenya
14.89%
2017
84
Indonesia
14.83%
2017
85
Laos
14.3%
2017
86
Jordan
14.2%
2017
87
Guatemala
13.9%
2015
88
Morocco
13.8%
2018
89
Uzbekistan
13.7%
1996
90
Iraq
13.3%
2018
91
Mexico
13%
2015
92
India
12.9%
2016
93
Egypt
12.6%
2014
94
Cambodia
12.5%
2014
95
Armenia
12.5%
2016
96
Mauritius
12.5%
2014
97
Qatar
12.4%
2012
98
Georgia
12.3%
2010
99
Paraguay
12.1%
2016
100
Turkmenistan
12.1%
2015
101
Bangladesh
12%
2014
102
Romania
11.9%
2004
103
Italy
11.8%
1996
104
Spain
11.8%
1995
105
Bhutan
11.7%
2010
106
Dominican Republic
11.4%
2014
107
El Salvador
11.1%
2014
108
Honduras
10.7%
2012
109
Kazakhstan
10.6%
2018
110
Zimbabwe
10.4%
2015
111
Jamaica
10%
2008
112
Botswana
9.6%
2007
113
Moldova
9.5%
2012
114
Slovenia
9.2%
1995
115
United States
9%
2014
116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9%
2012
117
Ecuador
8.8%
2012
118
Marshall Islands
8.1%
2007
119
Russia
8%
2011
120
Cuba
8%
2014
121
Costa Rica
7.6%
2011
122
Sri Lanka
7.5%
2016
123
North Korea
7%
2014
124
Hungary
7%
1993
125
Algeria
7%
2013
126
Tunisia
7%
2012
127
Belarus
7%
2012
128
Colombia
6.7%
2015
129
Peru
6.5%
2017
130
Thailand
6.2%
2016
131
Vietnam
6.1%
2014
132
Brazil
6%
2007
133
Turkey
5.9%
2013
134
Nicaragua
5.8%
2012
135
Iran
5.7%
2011
136
Ukraine
4.9%
2012
137
Czech Republic
4.3%
2008
138
Puerto Rico
4%
1996
139
Belgium
3.4%
1992
140
China
2.3%
2001
141
France
1.7%
2005
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