Bangladesh - Unmet need for contraception
Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)
The value for Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) in Bangladesh was 13.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.60 in 1994 and a minimum value of 12.00 in 2014.
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: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 21.60 |
| 1997 | 19.70 |
| 2000 | 18.20 |
| 2004 | 15.00 |
| 2007 | 16.80 |
| 2011 | 13.50 |
| 2013 | 13.90 |
| 2014 | 12.00 |
| 2019 | 13.70 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
