Ethiopia - 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 Ethiopia was 20.60 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.60 in 2000 and a minimum value of 20.60 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 |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.60 |
| 2005 | 36.10 |
| 2011 | 26.30 |
| 2015 | 24.40 |
| 2016 | 22.30 |
| 2017 | 22.72 |
| 2018 | 20.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
