Pakistan - 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 Pakistan was 17.30 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.50 in 1997 and a minimum value of 17.30 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 |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 30.50 |
| 1997 | 37.50 |
| 2001 | 33.00 |
| 2007 | 25.20 |
| 2013 | 20.10 |
| 2017 | 17.30 |
| 2018 | 17.30 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
