Although important progress has been made in improving coverage of family planning services worldwide, there is still a large gap in relation to effectively meet the contraceptive needs and family planning goals of adolescents. In this paper we provide a global picture of contraceptive use prevalence and the demand for family planning satisfied coverage among sexually active female adolescents. Using data from 73 low and middle-income countries, we compared the needs for contraception among three distinct groups of adolescent aged 15–19 years: currently married or in a union - with or without children, and sexually active outside marriage) at the national and regional levels. In most countries, modern contraceptive prevalence and the demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods were particularly low among married adolescents without children in comparison to the other two groups, which should be considered a priority group for intervention. This suggests that social norms regarding marriage and fertility expectations and other cultural barriers have a role at least as relevant as contraceptive availability. Family planning strategies should consider these contextual factors in order to effectively reach adolescents. Read: Reproductive Health