Madagascar - 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 Madagascar was 18.40 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.30 in 1992 and a minimum value of 16.40 in 2017.

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 32.30
1997 27.70
2004 24.50
2009 19.00
2017 16.40
2018 18.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health