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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0.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00
35.00
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