Morocco - 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 Morocco was 11.30 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.50 in 1992 and a minimum value of 10.90 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
1987 22.10
1992 23.50
1995 16.10
2004 11.90
2011 10.90
2018 11.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health