Table 2 Extent of unmet needs per outcome measures in countries in review

Unmet need for contraception (% of married, fecund or in union women not using contraception; but intends to space or limit births)

Ghana (2008)

35.3 %

1,2,7,11,17,18,21,68,72-78

Senegal (2005)

31.6 %

30,77,78

Mali (2006)

31.2 %

32,42,60,69,77,78

Benin (2006)

29.9 %

67,77,78

Burkina Faso (2003)

28.8 %

37,51,57,51,66,77,78

Sierra Leone (2008)

27.6 %

31,77,78

Nigeria (2008)

20.2 %

77,78

Contraceptive prevalence rate for modern contraceptive (% of women married or in union of reproductive age using modern method of contraception)

Ghana (2008)

16.6 %

1,2,7,11,17,18,21,68,72-78

Burkina Faso (2006)

13.3 %

30,77,78

Senegal (2005)

10.0 %

32,42,60,69,77,78

Nigeria (2008)

8.1 %

67,77,78

Mali (2006)

6.3 %

37,51,57,51,66,77,78

Sierra Leone (2008)

6.0 %

31,77,78

Benin (2006)

5.9 %

77,78

Adolescent birth rates per 1000 girls (number of births per 1000 girls between the ages 15 and 19 years)

Mali (2001–2006)

185 to 188

1,2,7,11,17,18,21,68,72-78

Sierra Leone (2006)

143

30,77,78

Burkina Faso (1999–2003)

131 to 119

32,42,60,69,77,78

Nigeria (2003–2008)

126 to 121

67,77,78

Benin (2001–2006)

109 to 112

37,51,57,51,66,77,78

Senegal (1997–2005)

103 to 101

31,77,78

Ghana (2003–2008)

74 to 66

77,78