Unmet need for family planning

Column B – indicator = % women of reproductive age with unmet need for contraception

The standard definition of unmet need is a woman who is married or in a consensual union and is of reproductive age (15-45)

• Is capable of getting pregnant
• Wants no more children or to postpone childbearing by at least two year and
• Is using neither a tradition nor a modern method of contraception

Women  who are pregnant or who have recently given birth are considered to have an unmet neef if their pregnancy or most recent birth was unintended

Column C

Data source:  UN STATS Millenium Development Indicator Database 2014 (most recent data 1995 – 2014)