Zimbabwe - 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 Zimbabwe was 10.40 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.10 in 1994 and a minimum value of 10.40 in 2014.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 14.10 |
| 1994 | 19.10 |
| 1999 | 16.70 |
| 2006 | 15.50 |
| 2011 | 14.60 |
| 2014 | 10.40 |
| 2015 | 10.40 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
