Egypt - 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 Egypt was 12.60 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.90 in 1993 and a minimum value of 11.60 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 |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 22.90 |
| 1993 | 22.90 |
| 1995 | 20.20 |
| 1996 | 20.20 |
| 1997 | 17.80 |
| 1998 | 17.80 |
| 2000 | 13.70 |
| 2003 | 11.80 |
| 2005 | 12.30 |
| 2008 | 11.60 |
| 2014 | 12.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
