Paraguay - 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 Paraguay was 12.10 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.90 in 1987 and a minimum value of 4.70 in 2008.
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 | 32.90 |
| 1990 | 17.40 |
| 1996 | 19.20 |
| 1998 | 17.30 |
| 2004 | 6.60 |
| 2008 | 4.70 |
| 2016 | 12.10 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
