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DEFINITION:
Percentage of sexually active women who are able to but do not want to reproduce without access to family planning services.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Samoa | 47.7% | 2009 | ||
2 | Yemen | 40% | 1997 | ||
3 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.6% | 2009 | ||
4 | Haiti | 37.3% | 2006 | ||
5 | Togo | 37.2% | 2010 | ||
=6 | Ghana | 35.7% | 2008 | ||
=6 | Liberia | 35.7% | 2007 | ||
8 | Comoros | 35.6% | 1996 | ||
9 | Uganda | 34.3% | 2011 | ||
10 | Burundi | 32.4% | 2011 | ||
11 | Mauritania | 32.1% | 2001 | ||
12 | East Timor | 31.5% | 2010 | ||
13 | Senegal | 30.1% | 2011 | ||
14 | Bulgaria | 29.7% | 1998 | ||
=15 | Sudan | 28.9% | 2010 | ||
=15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.9% | 1999 | ||
17 | Maldives | 28.6% | 2009 | ||
=18 | Guyana | 28.5% | 2009 | ||
=18 | Eritrea | 28.5% | 2002 | ||
20 | Chad | 28.3% | 2010 | ||
21 | Kiribati | 28% | 2009 | ||
22 | Gabon | 27.9% | 2000 | ||
=23 | Mali | 27.6% | 2006 | ||
=23 | Guatemala | 27.6% | 2002 | ||
25 | Nepal | 27.5% | 2011 | ||
=26 | Sierra Leone | 27.4% | 2010 | ||
=26 | Papua New Guinea | 27.4% | 2007 | ||
=28 | Benin | 27.3% | 2006 | ||
=28 | Laos | 27.3% | 2005 | ||
30 | Zambia | 26.6% | 2007 | ||
31 | Ethiopia | 26.3% | 2011 | ||
32 | Malawi | 26.1% | 2010 | ||
33 | Kenya | 25.6% | 2009 | ||
34 | Tanzania | 25.3% | 2010 | ||
35 | Pakistan | 25.2% | 2007 | ||
36 | Burkina Faso | 24.5% | 2011 | ||
=37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24.2% | 2010 | ||
=37 | Tuvalu | 24.2% | 2007 | ||
=39 | Cameroon | 23.5% | 2011 | ||
=39 | Nauru | 23.5% | 2007 | ||
41 | Lesotho | 23.3% | 2010 | ||
=42 | Mongolia | 22% | 2010 | ||
=42 | Philippines | 22% | 2008 | ||
44 | Guinea | 21.9% | 2005 | ||
45 | Gambia | 21.5% | 2010 | ||
46 | Rwanda | 20.8% | 2011 | ||
47 | Namibia | 20.7% | 2007 | ||
48 | India | 20.5% | 2008 | ||
49 | Bolivia | 20.1% | 2008 | ||
=50 | Burma | 19.1% | 2001 | ||
=50 | Central African Republic | 19.1% | 1995 | ||
52 | Madagascar | 19% | 2009 | ||
=53 | Nigeria | 18.9% | 2011 | ||
=53 | Mozambique | 18.9% | 2004 | ||
=53 | Venezuela | 18.9% | 1998 | ||
56 | Lithuania | 18% | 1995 | ||
57 | Cambodia | 16.9% | 2011 | ||
=58 | Honduras | 16.8% | 2006 | ||
=58 | Latvia | 16.8% | 1995 | ||
60 | Cape Verde | 16.7% | 2005 | ||
61 | Niger | 16.1% | 2006 | ||
62 | Belize | 15.9% | 2011 | ||
63 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% | 2006 | ||
64 | Zimbabwe | 14.6% | 2011 | ||
65 | South Africa | 13.8% | 2004 | ||
66 | Uzbekistan | 13.7% | 1996 | ||
=67 | Bangladesh | 13.5% | 2011 | ||
=67 | Armenia | 13.5% | 2010 | ||
69 | Jordan | 13.4% | 2009 | ||
70 | Turkmenistan | 13.1% | 2000 | ||
71 | Swaziland | 13% | 2010 | ||
72 | Albania | 12.9% | 2009 | ||
73 | Georgia | 12.3% | 2010 | ||
74 | Mexico | 12% | 2006 | ||
=75 | Morocco | 11.9% | 2011 | ||
=75 | Romania | 11.9% | 2004 | ||
=77 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.8% | 1997 | ||
=77 | Italy | 11.8% | 1996 | ||
=77 | Spain | 11.8% | 1995 | ||
=80 | Bhutan | 11.7% | 2010 | ||
=80 | Jamaica | 11.7% | 2003 | ||
=82 | Kazakhstan | 11.6% | 2011 | ||
=82 | Egypt | 11.6% | 2008 | ||
=84 | Indonesia | 11.4% | 2012 | ||
=84 | Moldova | 11.4% | 2005 | ||
=86 | Solomon Islands | 11.1% | 2007 | ||
=86 | Dominican Republic | 11.1% | 2007 | ||
88 | Nicaragua | 10.7% | 2007 | ||
89 | Ukraine | 10.1% | 2007 | ||
90 | Slovenia | 9.2% | 1995 | ||
91 | Cuba | 9.1% | 2011 | ||
92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9% | 2012 | ||
93 | El Salvador | 8.9% | 2003 | ||
94 | Marshall Islands | 8.1% | 2007 | ||
=95 | Iraq | 8% | 2011 | ||
=95 | United States | 8% | 2010 | ||
=95 | Colombia | 8% | 2010 | ||
98 | Ecuador | 7.4% | 2004 | ||
99 | Sri Lanka | 7.3% | 2007 | ||
=100 | Tunisia | 7% | 2012 | ||
=100 | Hungary | 7% | 1993 | ||
102 | Serbia | 6.6% | 2010 | ||
103 | Turkey | 6.2% | 2008 | ||
104 | Peru | 6.1% | 2011 | ||
=105 | Guinea-Bissau | 6% | 2010 | ||
=105 | Brazil | 6% | 2006 | ||
107 | Costa Rica | 5% | 1993 | ||
108 | Paraguay | 4.7% | 2008 | ||
=109 | Vietnam | 4.3% | 2011 | ||
=109 | Czech Republic | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
111 | Puerto Rico | 4% | 1996 | ||
112 | Mauritius | 3.5% | 2002 | ||
113 | Belgium | 3.4% | 1992 | ||
114 | Thailand | 3.1% | 2006 | ||
115 | China | 2.3% | 2001 | ||
116 | France | 1.7% | 2005 |
Citation
Interesting observations about People > Marriage, divorce and children > Women denied family planning
- France has ranked last for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1994.
- Uganda has ranked in the top 2 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1995.
- Haiti has ranked in the top 2 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1995.
- Burundi has ranked in the top 2 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 2002.
- Senegal has ranked in the top 4 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1993.
- Zambia has ranked in the top 4 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1992.
- Eritrea has ranked in the top 3 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1995.
- Cote d'Ivoire has ranked in the top 3 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1994.
- Philippines has ranked in the top 5 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1993.
- Pakistan has ranked in the top 5 for marriage, divorce and children > women denied family planning since 1991.