Peru - Unmet need for contraception

Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49)

The value for Unmet need for contraception (% of married women ages 15-49) in Peru was 6.30 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.70 in 1986 and a minimum value of 6.00 in 2016.

Definition: Unmet need for contraception is the percentage of fertile, married women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.

Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.

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Year Value
1986 27.70
1992 21.60
1996 17.70
2000 14.40
2005 12.30
2006 12.30
2008 12.60
2009 11.10
2010 10.50
2011 9.70
2012 9.50
2013 9.00
2014 8.60
2015 6.50
2016 6.00
2017 6.50
2018 6.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health