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Global Contraception

Costs and Benefits

Focusing on developing countries—and the poorest countries, in particular—the Guttmacher Institute calculates the global, regional and country-level health costs associated with unmet need for contraception and the public health and economic benefits of meeting women’s contraceptive needs. 

  • Costs and Benefits
  • Policy Analysis

    Just $10 Per Person a Year Could Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to All—Will the United States Help Make That Happen?

  • Policy Analysis

    Just the Numbers: The Impact of U.S. International Family Planning Assistance, 2020

  • Fact Sheet

    Investing in Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $1.00

    the annual per capita cost to meet the need for essential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services
  • 68%

    approximate reduction in unintended pregnancies if all unmet need for modern contraception were satisfied in low- and middle-income countries
  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services

Resources

  • March 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health in Nepal

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    • Contraception
  • March 2019 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive and Maternal and Newborn Health Needs of Women in Nepal

    Aparna Sundaram, Mahesh Puri, Ayana Douglas-Hall, Kusum Wagle, Kate Castle and Eva Weissman

    Global

    • Contraception
  • March 2019 News Release

    Greater Investments in Modern Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Nepal Would Reduce Unintended Pregnancies, Abortions and Maternal Deaths

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    • Contraception
  • March 2019 News Release

    Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health Should Remain Priorities in Ethiopia

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • February 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health for Adolescents in Kenya, 2018

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • January 2019 Policy Analysis

    Rien Qu’en Chiffres: Impact de l’aide internationale du Canada à la planification familiale

    Global

    • Contraception
  • December 2018 Policy Analysis

    Rien Qu’en Chiffres: Impact de l’aide internationale du Canada à la planification familiale

    Global

    • Contraception
  • December 2018 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health for Adolescents in Uganda, 2018

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • December 2018 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health for Adolescents in Ethiopia, 2018

    Global

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • December 2018 Policy Analysis

    What Congress Can Do to Restore U.S. Leadership on Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Jesseca Boyer,Guttmacher Policy Review

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy

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Addressing unmet need for modern contraception supports health and well-being among women and their families, and improves nations' abilities to meet their development goals. Contraceptive care is a cost-effective health intervention that helps fulfill women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Ann Biddlecom

Director of International Research

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