Rwanda - 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 Rwanda was 18.90 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.50 in 2005 and a minimum value of 18.90 in 2015.

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 38.20
2000 36.40
2005 38.50
2008 34.40
2010 20.80
2011 20.80
2015 18.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health