Egypt - 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 Egypt was 12.60 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.90 in 1993 and a minimum value of 11.60 in 2008.

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
1992 22.90
1993 22.90
1995 20.20
1996 20.20
1997 17.80
1998 17.80
2000 13.70
2003 11.80
2005 12.30
2008 11.60
2014 12.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health