Uganda - 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 Uganda was 26.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 26.00 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 |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 30.00 |
| 2001 | 35.00 |
| 2006 | 38.00 |
| 2011 | 34.30 |
| 2014 | 34.70 |
| 2015 | 31.80 |
| 2016 | 28.40 |
| 2017 | 29.35 |
| 2018 | 26.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
