Indonesia - 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 Indonesia was 10.60 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 10.60 in 2017.

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 16.00
1991 17.00
1994 15.30
1997 13.60
2003 13.20
2008 13.10
2012 11.40
2016 16.20
2017 10.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health