This statistic presents the estimated number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to the use of contraceptives in developing regions worldwide in 2016, in thousands. It was estimated that the use of contraceptives helped to avert 2.2 million unintended pregnancies that would have ended in unsafe abortions.
Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario
(in 1,000)
Characteristic
Number in thousands
Unplanned births
1,900
Safe abortions
600
Unsafe abortions
2,200
Miscarriages*
700
05001,0001,5002,0002,500
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Guttmacher Institute. (May 17, 2016). Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/
Guttmacher Institute. "Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in 1,000)." Chart. May 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/
Guttmacher Institute. (2016). Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/
Guttmacher Institute. "Number of Unintended Adolescent Pregnancies Averted Due to Contraceptive Use in Developing Regions Worldwide 2016, by Scenario (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/
Guttmacher Institute, Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/ (last visited April 27, 2025)
Number of unintended adolescent pregnancies averted due to contraceptive use in developing regions worldwide 2016, by scenario (in 1,000) [Graph], Guttmacher Institute, May 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/657029/unintended-teen-pregnancies-averted-with-contraceptive-use-developing-regions/
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