Zambia - 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 Zambia was 19.70 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.00 in 1992 and a minimum value of 19.70 in 2018.
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 | 30.00 |
| 1996 | 25.20 |
| 1997 | 25.20 |
| 2002 | 27.50 |
| 2007 | 26.60 |
| 2014 | 21.10 |
| 2018 | 19.70 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health
