Burundi - 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 Burundi was 29.70 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.40 in 2011 and a minimum value of 25.10 in 1987.

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
1987 25.10
2002 29.00
2010 32.40
2011 32.40
2016 29.70
2017 29.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health