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Table 2 Overall description (countries information, prevalence of demand for contraception not satisfied and 95% CI)

From: Reasons for nonuse of contraceptive methods by women with demand for contraception not satisfied: an assessment of low and middle-income countries using demographic and health surveys

Country

Year

ISO

Region

Income group

Demand for contraception not satisfied % (95% CI)

Prevalence of demand for contraception not satisfied <ā€‰30.0%

Colombia

2015

COL

Latin America and Caribbean

Upper-middle income

8.6 (8.1ā€“9.2)

Honduras

2011

HND

Latin America and Caribbean

Lower-middle income

12.8 (12.1ā€“13.5)

Zimbabwe

2015

ZWE

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

14.0 (12.8ā€“15.4)

Dominican Republic

2013

DOM

Latin America and Caribbean

Upper-middle income

14.6 (13.0ā€“16.3)

Indonesia

2012

IDN

East Asia and the Pacific

Lower-middle income

15.6 (14.8ā€“16.4)

Armenia

2015

ARM

Europe and Central Asia

Lower-middle income

17.9 (16.2ā€“19.6)

Cambodia

2014

KHM

East Asia and the Pacific

Low income

18.2 (16.9ā€“19.6)

Guatemala

2014

GTM

Latin America and Caribbean

Lower-middle income

18.7 (17.7ā€“19.8)

India

2015

IND

South Asia

Lower-middle income

19.4 (19.1ā€“19.6)

Namibia

2013

NAM

Eastern and Southern Africa

Upper-middle income

20.8 (19.2ā€“22.4)

Lesotho

2014

LSO

Eastern and Southern Africa

Lower-middle income

23.1 (21.3ā€“25.1)

Kenya

2014

KEN

Eastern and Southern Africa

Lower-middle income

23.6 (22.3ā€“25.0)

Myanmar

2015

MMR

East Asia and the Pacific

Lower-middle income

23.8 (22.3ā€“25.3)

Philippines

2017

PHL

East Asia and the Pacific

Lower-middle income

24.3 (23.0ā€“25.6)

Malawi

2015

MWI

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

25.2 (24.2ā€“26.3)

Congo Brazzaville

2011

COG

West and Central Africa

Lower-middle income

26.2 (24.2ā€“28.2)

Rwanda

2014

RWA

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

27.7 (26.2ā€“29.3)

Prevalence of demand for contraception not satisfied 30.0ā€“50.0%

Nepal

2016

NPL

South Asia

Low income

31.1 (29.6ā€“32.5)

Zambia

2013

ZMB

Eastern and Southern Africa

Lower-middle income

32.3 (30.8ā€“33.8)

Kyrgyzstan

2012

KGZ

Europe and Central Asia

Low income

33.7 (31.3ā€“36.1)

Tanzania

2015

TZA

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

35.9 (34.0ā€“37.8)

Ethiopia

2016

ETH

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

38.1 (35.1ā€“41.3)

Gabon

2012

GAB

West and Central Africa

Upper-middle income

41.5 (38.0ā€“45.0)

Uganda

2016

UGA

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

41.8 (40.2ā€“43.4)

Senegal

2017

SEN

West and Central Africa

Low income

44.1 (41.9ā€“46.3)

Mozambique

2015

MOZ

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

44.6 (41.7ā€“47.5)

Tajikistan

2012

TJK

Europe and Central Asia

Low income

45.0 (42.7ā€“47.4)

Cameroon

2011

CMR

West and Central Africa

Lower-middle income

46.4 (44.4ā€“48.5)

Nigeria

2013

NGA

West and Central Africa

Lower-middle income

47.7 (45.8ā€“49.6)

Timor-Leste

2016

TLS

East Asia and the Pacific

Lower-middle income

49.7 (47.0ā€“52.4)

Prevalence of demand for contraception not satisfied >ā€‰50.0%

Burundi

2016

BDI

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

50.9 (49.1ā€“52.7)

Sierra Leone

2013

SLE

West and Central Africa

Low income

52.0 (48.9ā€“55.1)

Ghana

2014

GHA

West and Central Africa

Lower-middle income

52.1 (49.6ā€“54.7)

Niger

2012

NER

West and Central Africa

Low income

53.5 (50.6ā€“56.5)

Haiti

2016

HTI

Latin America and Caribbean

Low income

53.9 (52.0ā€“55.7)

Congo Democratic Republic

2013

COD

West and Central Africa

Low income

56.4 (53.0ā€“59.7)

CĆ“te dā€™Ivoire

2011

CIV

West and Central Africa

Lower-middle income

58.0 (55.0ā€“61.0)

Burkina Faso

2010

BFA

West and Central Africa

Low income

58.8 (56.8ā€“60.8)

Liberia

2013

LBR

West and Central Africa

Low income

59.0 (55.3ā€“62.7)

Togo

2013

TGO

West and Central Africa

Low income

60.8 (58.5ā€“63.1)

Comoros

2012

COM

Eastern and Southern Africa

Low income

61.2 (57.7ā€“64.6)

Benin

2011

BEN

West and Central Africa

Low income

69.6 (68.0ā€“71.2)

Angola

2015

AGO

Eastern and Southern Africa

Upper-middle income

70.7 (67.6ā€“73.7)

Mali

2012

MLI

West and Central Africa

Low income

71.0 (68.6ā€“73.3)

Gambia

2013

GMB

West and Central Africa

Low income

72.9 (69.4ā€“76.1)

Guinea

2012

GIN

West and Central Africa

Low income

75.7 (73.0ā€“78.2)

Chad

2014

TCD

West and Central Africa

Low income

79.7 (77.2ā€“82.1)