Mexico - 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 Mexico was 13.00 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.10 in 1987 and a minimum value of 9.80 in 2009.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 24.10 |
| 1995 | 16.10 |
| 1997 | 12.10 |
| 2003 | 9.90 |
| 2006 | 12.00 |
| 2009 | 9.80 |
| 2014 | 11.40 |
| 2015 | 13.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
