Ghana - Wanted fertility rate
Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)
The value for Wanted fertility rate (births per woman) in Ghana was 3.60 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.30 in 1988 and a minimum value of 3.50 in 2008.
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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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 5.30 |
| 1993 | 4.20 |
| 1998 | 3.60 |
| 2003 | 3.70 |
| 2008 | 3.50 |
| 2014 | 3.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
