India - 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 India was 12.90 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.10 in 2003 and a minimum value of 12.90 in 2016.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 20.30 |
| 1999 | 16.10 |
| 2003 | 21.10 |
| 2006 | 13.90 |
| 2008 | 20.50 |
| 2016 | 12.90 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
