Senegal - 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 Senegal was 21.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.40 in 1986 and a minimum value of 20.60 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 |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 37.40 |
| 1993 | 28.80 |
| 1997 | 35.00 |
| 2005 | 32.00 |
| 2011 | 30.10 |
| 2013 | 29.30 |
| 2014 | 25.10 |
| 2015 | 25.20 |
| 2016 | 23.60 |
| 2017 | 21.90 |
| 2018 | 20.60 |
| 2019 | 21.70 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
