World Development Report 1984

Table 3. Contraceptive use and unmet need
(Percentage of currently married women aged 15-49)
Low-income economies
Current use of contraception Percentage Unmet need for
Condom and who want contraception
Sterili- Pill and vaginal Other no more Low High
Year zation injectables IUD methods methods Total children estimate estimate
2. Bangladesh 1983-84 7 4 1 2 5 19 50 25 28
4. Nepal 1981 5 1 (.) (.) (.) 7 41 22 27
16. Haiti 1977 (.) 4 (.) 1 14 19 50 13 30
17. Benin 1981-82 (.) (.) (.) (.) 17 17 .. .
23. Sri Lanka 1982 21 4 3 3 25 55 67 18 31
25. Ghana 1979 1 3 (.) 2 4 10 20 5 8
26. Pakistan 1975 1 1 1 1 1 5 50 17 27
27. Kenya' 1977-78 1 3 1 (.) 2 7 25 6 10 -
Middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income
35. Sudan, 1979 (.) 3 (.) (.) 1 5 27 6 9
36. Mauritania 1981 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .
39. Senegal 1978 (.) (.) (.) (.) 3 4 .. .
40. Yemen Arab Rep. 1979 (.) 1 (.) (.) 1.1 1 29 8 12
41. Lesotho 1977 1 1 (.) (.) 3 5 26 5 9
43. Indonesia 1976 (.) 15 6 2 3 26 49 10 15
45. Honduras 1981 8 12 2 1 3 27 48 9 21
46. Egypt, Arab Rep. 1980 1 17 4 1 1 24 58 12 22
47. El Salvador, 1978 18 9 3 2 2 34
48. Thailand, 1981 23 27 4 2 3 59 68 13 17
50. Philippines 1978 6 5 2 4 20 36 59 11 29
52. Nigeria 1982 .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .
53. Morocco 1980 .. .. .. .. .. 19 ..
54. Cameroon 1978 (.) (.) (.) (.) 2 2 23 1 1
56. Ivory Coast 1980-81 (.) (.) (.) (.) 2 3 12 2 3
57. Guatemala" 1978 6 7 1 1 3 18 ..
59. Costa Rica 1981 18 23 6 10 9 65 55 6 11
60. Peru 1981 5 6 4 2 24 41 75 13 41
61. Dominican Rep. 1975 12 8 2 4 6 32 56 21 12
62. Jamaica' 1979 10 35 2 7 1 55 67 21 25
63. Ecuador 1979 8 10 5 3 8 34 59 13 26
64. Turkey 1978 (.) 7 3 3 25 38 ..
65. Tunisia 1983 14 5 13 3 6 41 56 10 19
66. Colombia 1980 11 19 8 3 8 49 69 7 24
67. Paraguay 1979 2 14 5 2 12 36 39 9 17
Upper-middle-income
73. Syrian Arab Rep. 1978 (.) 12 1 2 5 20 44 7 15
74. Jordan 1976 2 12 2 1 7 25 48 7 17
75. Malaysia 1974 3 16 1 3 10 33 51 15 23
76. Korea, Rep. of' 1979 20 7 10 6 11 54 77 . 23
77. Panama' 1979-80 30 20 4 3 4 61 66 9 18
80. Mexico 1979 9 16 6 2 6 39 61 14 22
87. Venezuela' 1977 8 16 7 6 12 49 56 10 22
90. Hong Kong 1977 19 25 3 17 9 72 .. ..
92. Trinidad and Tobago 1977 6 18 3 20 6 52 58 14 19
Countries with less than one million population
Guvana 1975 9 9 6 (. 7 31 62 23 29
Fi)i 1974 16 8 5 6 5 41 55 10 15
Barbados 1981 14 18 4 8 2 46 53 .. 19
Note: Figures in italics are for earlier vears than specified; see technical notes.
Not available.
(.) Less than half of 1 percent.
a. Age or marital status differs from that specified; see technical notes.
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