Turkey - 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 Turkey was 11.60 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.60 in 1993 and a minimum value of 5.90 in 2013.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 14.60 |
| 1998 | 14.00 |
| 2003 | 6.50 |
| 2004 | 9.50 |
| 2008 | 8.60 |
| 2013 | 5.90 |
| 2014 | 5.90 |
| 2018 | 11.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
