Table 4. Estimates and projections of the proportions of adolescent women (15–19 years) using contraception (any method and modern methods) and having an unmet need for family planning, by marital status and region, in 2019, in per cent.
| Marital status | Region | Contraceptive use (any method) Median (95% UI) | Contraceptive use (modern methods) Median (95% UI) | Unmet need for family planning Median (95% UI) | Need for family planning Median (95% UI) | Proportion of need for family planning satisfied by modern methods Median (95% UI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women | World | 10.2 (8.4, 14.3) | 9.1 (7.4, 12.8) | 5.1 (4.2, 10.0) | 15.4 (13.4, 21.8) | 59.2 (44.8, 67.2) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.1 (10.0, 12.5) | 9.7 (8.8, 10.9) | 10.2 (9.2, 11.5) | 21.4 (19.8, 23.3) | 45.6 (42.2, 49.0) | |
| Western Asia and Northern Africa | 3.4 (2.5, 12.7) | 2.4 (1.8, 8.4) | 2.8 (1.9, 7.6) | 6.2 (4.8, 16.4) | 38.7 (20.9, 56.5) | |
| Central and Southern Asia | 4.1 (3.4, 7.5) | 3.1 (2.6, 5.3) | 3.1 (2.5, 3.9) | 7.2 (6.4, 10.7) | 43.5 (36.6, 52.3) | |
| Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | 6.1 (3.2, 21.8) | 5.4 (2.8, 20.1) | 2.5 (1.0, 22.4) | 8.6 (4.9, 34.9) | 62.3 (19.4, 85.1) | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 25.3 (18.6, 35.8) | 23.7 (17.2, 34.0) | 7.2 (4.6, 12.7) | 32.4 (25.7, 42.8) | 73.1 (60.0, 83.3) | |
| Oceania | 19.2 (6.3, 37.4) | 18.2 (5.4, 36.3) | 4.8 (1.5, 30.9) | 24.0 (10.1, 51.5) | 76.0 (27.5, 92.0) | |
| Northern America and Europe | 23.5 (15.4, 32.9) | 22.2 (14.3, 31.4) | 3.9 (1.2, 20.4) | 27.4 (19.0, 44.1) | 81.1 (47.5, 91.6) | |
| Married | World | 30.9 (28.7, 33.3) | 26.2 (24.2, 28.4) | 20.7 (18.7, 23.0) | 51.6 (49.1, 54.3) | 50.8 (47.3, 54.2) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9 (16.1, 19.8) | 15.4 (13.7, 17.2) | 23.7 (21.4, 26.4) | 41.6 (38.9, 44.6) | 37.0 (33.4, 40.7) | |
| Western Asia and Northern Africa | 24.0 (19.5, 29.4) | 17.4 (13.9, 21.7) | 18.1 (14.0, 23.0) | 42.1 (36.5, 48.4) | 41.2 (33.9, 48.8) | |
| Central Asia and Southern Asia | 25.1 (21.0, 29.9) | 19.8 (16.2, 23.9) | 20.9 (16.7, 26.0) | 46.0 (40.8, 52.1) | 43.0 (35.7, 50.4) | |
| Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia | 49.0 (39.7, 58.8) | 43.9 (35.2, 53.5) | 16.8 (11.8, 23.9) | 65.8 (57.5, 73.8) | 66.7 (56.5, 75.8) | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 63.0 (55.2, 70.0) | 57.3 (49.7, 64.2) | 18.4 (14.0, 23.8) | 81.4 (76.4, 85.7) | 70.3 (63.1, 76.4) | |
| Oceania | 35.8 (24.4, 51.3) | 28.7 (16.3, 42.6) | 21.2 (10.7, 36.5) | 57.0 (43.3, 73.9) | 50.4 (29.5, 68.4) | |
| Northern America and Europe | 71.4 (63.6, 78.2) | 61.2 (51.7, 69.3) | 11.2 (6.9, 17.4) | 82.7 (76.1, 88.6) | 74.0 (63.8, 81.6) | |
| Unmarried | World | 7.4 (5.3, 12.0) | 6.7 (4.9, 10.9) | 3.0 (1.9, 8.5) | 10.3 (8.1, 17.6) | 65.1 (42.0, 76.3) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.4 (8.2, 11.0) | 8.3 (7.2, 9.6) | 6.7 (5.8, 8.0) | 16.1 (14.4, 18.2) | 51.3 (46.6, 55.9) | |
| Western Asia and Northern Africa | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Central Asia and Southern Asia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia | 3.6 (0.6, 20.3) | 3.1 (0.5, 18.6) | 1.7 (0.2, 22.7) | 5.2 (1.3, 33.0) | 59.0 (8.2, 91.6) | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 18.9 (11.4, 31.1) | 18.1 (10.8, 30.0) | 5.3 (2.5, 11.6) | 24.2 (16.5, 36.2) | 74.7 (55.2, 88.4) | |
| Oceania | 17.9 (4.2, 37.3) | 17.4 (3.8, 36.7) | 3.6 (0.3, 31.6) | 21.5 (6.7, 51.1) | 80.9 (24.2, 97.1) | |
| Northern America and Europe | 21.5 (13.1, 31.3) | 20.6 (12.5, 30.1) | 3.6 (0.8, 20.8) | 25.1 (16.4, 42.4) | 82.0 (45.3, 93.7) |
Note: Results are ‘median (lower, upper)’, where ‘median’ is the posterior median and ‘lower’ and ‘upper’ are the lower and upper limits of the posterior 95% uncertainty intervals.