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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Peru's contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49) rose 1.32 percentage points on 2022 (from 56.58% to 57.9%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2022), the average change was +0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above 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 2 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.6 percentage points in 2020. 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 0.54 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 92% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 59.33% for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.48%, against 2.16% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

Closest to Peru in the 2023 ranking

• Mexico — 1st of 7: 69.05%
• Indonesia — 3rd of 7: 51.6%
• Tunisia — 4th of 7: 48.4%
• Jordan — 5th of 7: 38.4%

What this measures

Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. 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.

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 modern method (% of married women ages 15-49) in nearby economies

• Colombia — 75.9% (2015)
• Dominican Republic — 61.96% (2019)
• El Salvador — 52.1% (2021)
• Mexico — 69.05% (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 modern method (% of married women ages 15-49)?

57.9% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 47.9 percentage points from 10% in 1970. The highest value was 57.9% in 2023 and the lowest 10% in 1970.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.CONM.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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