Bolivia - 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 Bolivia was 23.20 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.70 in 1989 and a minimum value of 20.10 in 2008.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1989 | 35.70 |
| 1994 | 28.90 |
| 1998 | 26.60 |
| 2003 | 22.80 |
| 2004 | 22.80 |
| 2008 | 20.10 |
| 2016 | 23.20 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
