Family Planning
Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate by Country
Every year, family planning averts millions of unintended pregnancies and hundreds of thousands of maternal deaths. Yet the ability to freely decide whether and when to have children remains out of reach for many people, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Quick facts on Family Planning
Voluntary family planning yields enormous benefits. For instance, it advances gender equality and enables people to make and act on informed decisions about their futures.
135 million
Modern contraceptive use averted 135 million unintended pregnancies and 28 million unsafe abortions from July 2020 to July 2021.,
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Every additional $1 that health systems spend on contraceptive services saves $3 they would have spent on maternal, newborn, and abortion care.
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Half of pregnancies among women ages 15–19 in low- and middle-income countries are unintended, which can be both a cause and consequence of leaving school.,
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