Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados
Barbados: Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern was 77.9% in 2026. ▲ Rising
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados, 2000–2026
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 77.9% for women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in 2026. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados peaked at 77.9% in 2026 and was at its lowest, 72.6%, in 2000.
That places Barbados 62nd out of 183 countries with data for 2026, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 72.6% | — |
| 2001 | 72.8% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 73.0% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 73.2% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 73.3% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 73.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 73.6% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 73.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 74.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 74.1% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 74.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 74.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 74.5% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 74.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 75.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 75.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 75.5% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 75.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 76.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 76.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 76.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 76.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 77.0% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 77.2% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 77.5% | +0.3% |
| 2026 | 77.9% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.4% | 72.6% | 74.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 74.2% | 76.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.2% | 76.4% | 77.9% | 7 |
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More gender data for Barbados
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 46.7 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.6214 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 235.79 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 235.79 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.0373 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1,526 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1,574 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1,531 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1,581 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1,539 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados?
- Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Barbados was 77.9% in 2026, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 77.9% in 2026.
- What is the lowest women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.6% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern?
- Barbados ranks 62nd out of 183 countries with data for 2026.
- Is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (%) - modelled estimates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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