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Country% of women aged 15–49 not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 a% of women aged 15–19 not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 a% of urban women aged 15–49 not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 a% of rural women aged 15–49 not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aAmong women aged 15–49 in union, % not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aAmong women aged 15–49 formerly in union, % not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aAmong women aged 15–49 never in union, % not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aAmong women aged 15–49 in the poorest wealth quintile, % not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aAmong women aged 15–49 in the richest wealth quintile, % not wanting to avoid pregnancy, 2019 aNo. of women aged 15–49 who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bNo. of women aged 15–19 who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bNo. of urban women aged 15–49 who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bNo. of rural women aged 15–49 who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bAmong women aged 15–49 in union, no. who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bAmong women aged 15–49 formerly in union, no. who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bAmong women aged 15–49 never in union, no. who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bAmong women aged 15–49 in the poorest wealth quintile, no. who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 bAmong women aged 15–49 in the richest wealth quintile, no. who want to avoid pregnancy, 2019 b
Afghanistan65 93 64 66 52 88 98 67 59 3,100,000 140,000 920,000 2,200,000 3,000,000 18,000 56,000 560,000 740,000
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Notes

  1. The categories of women who do not want to avoid pregnancy are those who are infecund, who are unmarried and not sexually active, who want to have a child in the next two years, who are experiencing a pregnancy they identify as intended or who are experiencing postpartum amenorrhea following an intended pregnancy. These women are considered to have no need for contraception.
  2. Women who want to avoid a pregnancy are considered to be in need of contraception. They are women who are married or who are unmarried and sexually active, who are able to become pregnant and who do not want a child in the next two years; women who are pregnant and identify their pregnancy as unintended; and women experiencing postpartum amenorrhea after an unintended pregnancy.
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  4. n/a = not applicable

Sources

  1. Sully EA et al., Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2020, https://www.guttmacher.org/report/adding-it-up-investing-in-sexual-reproductive-health-2019.
  2. Sully EA et al., Adding It Up all women dataset, Open Science Framework, 2021, https://osf.io/m85s9/.