Table 8. Unmet Need for Family Planninga

Percentage Among Currently Married Women Ages 15-49, 1990-2001

Region, Country & Year For
Spacing
For
Limiting
Total
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 1996 17 9 26
Benin 2001 18 10 27
Burkina Faso 1993 18 6 25
Burkina Faso 1998-99 19 7 26
Cameroon 1991 17 5 22
Cameroon 1998 13 6 20
Cape Verde 1998b,c 4 10 14
Central African Rep. 1994-95 12 5 16
Chad 1996-97 7 3 10
Comoros 1996 22 13 35
Côte d'Ivoire 1994 20 7 27
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 20 8 28
Eritrea 1995 21 6 28
Ethiopia 2000 22 14 36
Gabon 2000 20 8 28
Ghana 1993 25 13 39
Ghana 1998 11 12 23
Guinea 1999 16 8 24
Kenya 1993 22 15 36
Kenya 1998 14 10 24
Madagascar 1992 17 16 32
Madagascar 1997 14 11 26
Malawi 1992 24 12 36
Malawi 1996 NA NA NA
Malawi 2000 17 13 30
Mali 1995-96 20 6 26
Mali 2001 21 8 29
Mauritius 1991b,c,d 1 5 6
Mozambique 1997 17 6 23
Namibia 1992 15 7 22
Niger 1992 16 3 19
Niger 1998 14 3 17
Nigeria 1990 16 5 21
Rwanda 1992 21 18 39
Rwanda 2000 24 12 36
Senegal 1992-93 22 7 29
Senegal 1997 26 9 35
South Africa 1998 5 10 15
Tanzania 1991-92 19 9 28
Tanzania 1996 15 8 24
Tanzania 1999 14 8 22
Togo 1998 21 11 32
Uganda 1995 18 11 29
Uganda 2000-01 21 14 35
Zambia 1992 22 9 31
Zambia 1996 19 8 27
Zimbabwe 1994 9 6 15
Zimbabwe 1999 7 6 13
NORTH AFRICA & NEAR EAST
Egypt 1992 7 13 20
Egypt 1995 5 11 16
Egypt 2000 3 8 11
Jordan 1990 9 14 22
Jordan 1997 7 7 14
Mauritania 2000-01 23 9 32
Morocco 1992 9 11 20
Turkey 1993 4 8 11
Turkey 1998 4 6 10
Yemen 1991-92 NA NA NA
Yemen 1997 17 21 39
ASIA
Bangladesh 1993-94e 9 9 18
Bangladesh 1996-97e 8 8 16
Bangladesh 1999-2000e 8 7 15
Cambodia 2000 17 15 33
India 1992-93f 9 8 17
India 1998-99 8 8 16
Indonesia 1991 8 6 14
Indonesia 1994 5 6 11
Indonesia 1997 4 5 9
Nepal 1996 14 17 31
Nepal 2001 11 16 28
Pakistan 1990-91 16 15 32
Philippines 1993 12 14 26
Philippines 1998 8 11 19
Vietnam 1997 4 4 7
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991b 9 10 19
Belize 1999b NA NA 21
Bolivia 1994 6 18 23
Bolivia 1998 7 19 26
Brazil 1996 3 5 7
Colombia 1990 4 7 11
Colombia 1995 3 5 8
Colombia 2000 3 4 6
Costa Rica 1993b 2 3 5
Dominican Rep. 1991 9 9 17
Dominican Rep. 1996 7 5 13
Ecuador 1994b 14 16 30
Ecuador 1999b 13 6 19
El Salvador 1993b 13 13 26
El Salvador 1998b 11 12 23
Guatemala 1995 12 12 24
Guatemala 1998-99 12 11 23
Haiti 1994-95 18 26 45
Haiti 2000 16 24 40
Honduras 1996 14 15 29
Honduras 2001b NA NA 11
Jamaica 1993b 6 7 13
Jamaica 1997b 7 7 14
Nicaragua 1992-93b 6 10 16
Nicaragua 1998 6 8 15
Nicaragua 2001 6 9 15
Paraguay 1990 9 6 15
Paraguay 1995-96b 7 2 9
Paraguay 1998b,d 9 8 17
Peru 1991-92 4 11 16
Peru 1996 4 9 12
Peru 2000 4 7 10
Puerto Rico 1996b 2 2 4
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Armenia 2000 3 9 12
Azerbaijan 2001b,d 3 9 12
Czech Republic 1993b,d 4 11 15
Georgia 1999b,d 6 17 23
Kazakhstan 1995 4 12 16
Kazakhstan 1999 4 5 9
Kyrgyz Republic 1997 5 7 12
Moldova 1997b,d 3 3 6
Romania 1993b,d NA NA 8
Romania 1999b,d 2 4 6
Turkmenistan 2000 5 5 10
Ukraine 1999b,d 5 12 17
Uzbekistan 1996 7 7 14
NA = Not available
Rows may not add due to rounding.
a Unmet need is defined as fecund, sexually active married women who are not using
contraception but who say that they want to limit or space their births; women who are
pregnant but whose pregnancies are unwanted or mistimed; and postpartum women who
are not yet menstruating and whose pregnancies were unintended.
b Unmet need defined as fecund, sexually active married women who are not using
contraception but who say they want to limit or space their births.
c Unmet needs for spacing and limiting are indirect estimates based on a declared desire
for additional children or not.
d Data for women ages 15-44.
e Data for women ages 10-49.
f Data for women ages 13-49.

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