Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern was 57.2% in 2026. ▲ Rising
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Timor-Leste, 2000–2026
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Timor-Leste recorded 57.2% 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 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Timor-Leste peaked at 57.2% in 2026 and was at its lowest, 29.8%, in 2003.
Timor-Leste ranks 129th of 183 countries on this measure, 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 Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 38.5% | — |
| 2001 | 34.2% | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 31.4% | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 29.8% | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 29.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 30.7% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 31.9% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 33.5% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 35.2% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 36.8% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 38.6% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 40.2% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 41.5% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 42.8% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 44.0% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 45.1% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 46.4% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 47.3% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 48.4% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 49.6% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 50.7% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 51.8% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 52.8% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 55.1% | +2.2% |
| 2025 | 56.2% | +2.0% |
| 2026 | 57.2% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.2% | 29.8% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 38.6% | 49.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.0% | 50.7% | 57.2% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
- 127 Trinidad and Tobago 57.5% compare
- 128 Tajikistan 57.4% compare
- 130 Guinea-Bissau 56.3% compare
- 131 Djibouti 55.9% compare
- 132 Pakistan 55.6% compare
More gender data for Timor-Leste
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 462.75 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4702 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,057 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,057 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,331 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 14,172 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 15,056 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 14,127 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Timor-Leste?
- Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern in Timor-Leste was 57.2% 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 57.2% in 2026.
- What is the lowest women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 2003.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern?
- Timor-Leste ranks 129th out of 183 countries with data for 2026.
- Is women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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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