Ecuador - 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 Ecuador was 8.80 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.60 in 1989 and a minimum value of 7.40 in 2004.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 24.20 |
| 1989 | 24.60 |
| 1994 | 15.20 |
| 1999 | 10.00 |
| 2004 | 7.40 |
| 2012 | 8.80 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
