Women making their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

Proportion of women ages 15-49 years (married or in union) who make their own decision on all three selected areas i.e. can say no to sexual intercourse with their husband or partner if they do not want; decide on use of contraception; and decide on their own health care. Only women who provide a “yes” answer to all three components are considered as women who “make her own decisions regarding sexual and reproductive”.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
81
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    United Nations

    Demographic and Health Surveys compiled by United Nations Population Fund, United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/UNSDGAPIV5/swagger/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: SH_FPL_INFM; Indicator name from the original source: Proportion of women aged 15–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care, publisher: UN Statistics Division, type: API, date accessed: 2026-06-17, date published: 2026-03-27

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Kazakhstan202472.90percent
Lesotho202468.60percent
Malawi202442.30percent
Nigeria202428.80percent
Zambia202450.20percent
Angola202343.30percent
Austria202396.10percent
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the202324.10percent
Croatia202395.40percent
France202395.80percent

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