Egypt - Wanted fertility rate

Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)

The value for Wanted fertility rate (births per woman) in Egypt was 2.80 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.00 in 1988 and a minimum value of 2.30 in 2005.

Definition: Wanted fertility rate is an estimate of what the total fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys.

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1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
Year Value
1988 3.00
1992 2.70
1995 2.60
2000 2.90
2003 2.50
2005 2.30
2008 2.40
2014 2.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health