World Bank · Health
Nigeria: Unmet need for contraception
23.85percent · 2021
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. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1990 to 2021.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23.852 | |
| 2018 | 18.9 | |
| 2017 | 27.6 | |
| 2016 | 27.616 | |
| 2013 | 16.1 | |
| 2011 | 19.4 | |
| 2008 | 20.2 | |
| 2003 | 17.5 | |
| 1999 | 19.905 | |
| 1990 | 21.5 |
Source
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- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
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- Bangladesh
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- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Central African Republic
- Chad
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- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
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- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
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- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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