Peru: Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Peru's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) fell 0.65 percentage points on 2022 (from 77.95% to 77.3%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2022), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.6 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.5 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Peru in the 2023 ranking

• Mexico — 2nd of 7: 71.85%
• Jordan — 3rd of 7: 60.1%
• Tunisia — 4th of 7: 54%

What this measures

Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.

Limitations: While the data availability on contraceptive use has increased, in many countries the contraceptive use data are available only for married women. The time frame used to assess contraceptive prevalence may vary. In many surveys, it is left to the respondent to determine what is meant by “currently using” a method of contraception.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) in nearby economies

• Colombia — 81% (2015)
• Costa Rica — 70.9% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 62.78% (2019)
• Ecuador — 77.85% (2018)
• El Salvador — 53.6% (2021)
• Mexico — 71.85% (2023)

More health data for Peru

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.56% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.93% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 4.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.06% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 4.16 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.17% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 8.16 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 23.61% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.64% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Peru's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)?

77.3% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 51.3 percentage points from 26% in 1970. The highest value was 78.1% in 2021 and the lowest 26% in 1970.

Is the latest change in contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) unusual for Peru?

In 2023, Peru's contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) fell 0.65 percentage points on 2022 (from 77.95% to 77.3%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2022), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.CONU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Household surveys, United Nations (UN), note: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division., publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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