Madagascar - 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 Madagascar was 18.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.30 in 1992 and a minimum value of 16.40 in 2017.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 32.30 |
| 1997 | 27.70 |
| 2004 | 24.50 |
| 2009 | 19.00 |
| 2017 | 16.40 |
| 2018 | 18.40 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
