Ghana - 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 Ghana was 33.60 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.20 in 2013 and a minimum value of 26.40 in 2011.

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
1988 35.20
1993 36.90
1994 36.90
1998 34.70
1999 34.70
2003 34.50
2008 35.70
2011 26.40
2013 37.20
2014 29.90
2015 29.60
2016 32.28
2018 33.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health