Mali - 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 Mali was 23.90 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.70 in 2015 and a minimum value of 22.90 in 1987.

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
1987 22.90
1996 27.50
2001 29.60
2006 27.60
2013 26.00
2015 30.70
2018 23.90

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health