Kenya - 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 Kenya was 15.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 13.80 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 |
|---|---|
| 1989 | 38.00 |
| 1993 | 35.30 |
| 1998 | 28.00 |
| 2003 | 27.40 |
| 2009 | 25.60 |
| 2014 | 17.50 |
| 2015 | 15.90 |
| 2016 | 15.60 |
| 2017 | 14.89 |
| 2018 | 13.80 |
| 2019 | 15.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
