Burkina Faso - 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 Burkina Faso was 26.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 22.80 in 2018.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 24.60 |
| 1999 | 30.30 |
| 2003 | 29.80 |
| 2010 | 24.50 |
| 2011 | 24.50 |
| 2014 | 33.00 |
| 2015 | 33.00 |
| 2016 | 29.30 |
| 2017 | 29.05 |
| 2018 | 22.80 |
| 2019 | 23.30 |
| 2020 | 26.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
