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Peru: Unmet need for contraception

8.90percent · 2023-1.1% since 2013

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. Annual figures for Peru from 1986 to 2023.

19862023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20238.9
20225.95
20215.5
20206.1
20196.1
20186.3
20176.455
20166
20156.5
20148.6
20139
20129.3
20119.6
201010.3
200910.9
200812.6
200612.2
200014.4
199617.7
199221.6
198627.7

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Unmet need for contraception. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unmet-need-for-contraception (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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