Jordan - 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 Jordan was 14.20 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.50 in 1990 and a minimum value of 11.70 in 2012.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 26.50 |
| 1997 | 20.10 |
| 2002 | 14.90 |
| 2007 | 13.80 |
| 2009 | 13.40 |
| 2012 | 11.70 |
| 2017 | 14.20 |
| 2018 | 14.20 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
