Lesotho - 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 Lesotho was 16.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 16.00 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.
See also:
Year | Value |
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2004 | 31.00 |
2005 | 31.00 |
2009 | 23.30 |
2010 | 23.30 |
2014 | 18.40 |
2018 | 16.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Reproductive health