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Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15– 49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months (%)
Compare proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15– 49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months (%) across 156 countries or territories using one fixed 2018 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
11.7% of women
Median: 9.0% of women
Countries Covered
156
with available data
Highest
Democratic Republic of the Congo
36.0% of women
Lowest
Switzerland
2.0% of women
Top 5 Countries
1Democratic Republic of the Congo36.0% of women
2Afghanistan35.0% of women
3Papua New Guinea31.0% of women
4Equatorial Guinea29.0% of women
5Vanuatu29.0% of women
By Region
Africa17.0% of women(8 countries)
Other14.6% of women(86 countries)
Asia11.5% of women(17 countries)
South America7.4% of women(7 countries)
North America6.5% of women(4 countries)
Key Findings
- •156 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % of women observation in the fixed 2018 slice.
- •Democratic Republic of the Congo has the highest published value (36 % of women).
- •Singapore has the lowest published value (2 % of women).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.0% of women)High (36.0% of women)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 11.7% of women)
Africa (8)
Other (86)
Asia (17)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
The percentage of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older who have been subjected to physical, sexual, or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the previous 12 months.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2018 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
The percentage of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older who have been subjected to physical, sexual, or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the previous 12 months.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36.0% of women |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 35.0% of women |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 31.0% of women |
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.0% of women |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 29.0% of women |
| 6 | Timor-Leste | 28.0% of women |
| 7 | Zambia | 28.0% of women |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 28.0% of women |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 27.0% of women |
| 10 | Liberia | 27.0% of women |
| 11 | South Sudan | 27.0% of women |
| 12 | Uganda | 26.0% of women |
| 13 | Kiribati | 25.0% of women |
| 14 | Angola | 25.0% of women |
| 15 | United Republic of Tanzania | 24.0% of women |
| 16 | Fiji | 23.0% of women |
| 17 | Kenya | 23.0% of women |
| 18 | Rwanda | 23.0% of women |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 23.0% of women |
| 20 | Burundi | 22.0% of women |
| 21 | Cameroon | 22.0% of women |
| 22 | Gabon | 22.0% of women |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 21.0% of women |
| 24 | Guinea | 21.0% of women |
| 25 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.0% of women |
| 26 | Nauru | 20.0% of women |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 20.0% of women |
| 28 | Tuvalu | 20.0% of women |
| 29 | Marshall Islands | 19.0% of women |
| 30 | India | 18.0% of women |
| 31 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 18.0% of women |
| 32 | Mali | 18.0% of women |
| 33 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.0% of women |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 18.0% of women |
| 35 | Eswatini | 18.0% of women |
| 36 | Samoa | 18.0% of women |
| 37 | Bolivia | 18.0% of women |
| 38 | Malawi | 17.0% of women |
| 39 | Sudan | 17.0% of women |
| 40 | Tonga | 17.0% of women |
| 41 | Botswana | 17.0% of women |
| 42 | Chad | 16.0% of women |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.0% of women |
| 44 | Lesotho | 16.0% of women |
| 45 | Mozambique | 16.0% of women |
| 46 | Namibia | 16.0% of women |
| 47 | Pakistan | 16.0% of women |
| 48 | Benin | 15.0% of women |
| 49 | Egypt | 15.0% of women |
| 50 | Cook Islands | 14.0% of women |
| 51 | Palau | 14.0% of women |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 14.0% of women |
| 53 | Jordan | 13.0% of women |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.0% of women |
| 55 | Niger | 13.0% of women |
| 56 | Nigeria | 13.0% of women |
| 57 | South Africa | 13.0% of women |
| 58 | Togo | 13.0% of women |
| 59 | Colombia | 12.0% of women |
| 60 | Haiti | 12.0% of women |
| 61 | Mongolia | 12.0% of women |
| 62 | Senegal | 12.0% of women |
| 63 | Türkiye | 12.0% of women |
| 64 | Myanmar | 11.0% of women |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 11.0% of women |
| 66 | Nepal | 11.0% of women |
| 67 | Peru | 11.0% of women |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 11.0% of women |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 10.0% of women |
| 70 | Republic of The Gambia | 10.0% of women |
| 71 | Ghana | 10.0% of women |
| 72 | Guyana | 10.0% of women |
| 73 | Mexico | 10.0% of women |
| 74 | Morocco | 10.0% of women |
| 75 | Vietnam | 10.0% of women |
| 76 | Tunisia | 10.0% of women |
| 77 | Cambodia | 9.0% of women |
| 78 | Indonesia | 9.0% of women |
| 79 | Moldova, Republic of | 9.0% of women |
| 80 | Thailand | 9.0% of women |
| 81 | Ukraine | 9.0% of women |
| 82 | Bhutan | 9.0% of women |
| 83 | People's Republic of China | 8.0% of women |
| 84 | Comoros | 8.0% of women |
| 85 | Ecuador | 8.0% of women |
| 86 | Finland | 8.0% of women |
| 87 | Grenada | 8.0% of women |
| 88 | South Korea | 8.0% of women |
| 89 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.0% of women |
| 90 | Panama | 8.0% of women |
| 91 | Suriname | 8.0% of women |
| 92 | Venezuela | 8.0% of women |
| 93 | Belize | 8.0% of women |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 7.0% of women |
| 95 | Guatemala | 7.0% of women |
| 96 | Honduras | 7.0% of women |
| 97 | Jamaica | 7.0% of women |
| 98 | Romania | 7.0% of women |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.0% of women |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 6.0% of women |
| 101 | Belarus | 6.0% of women |
| 102 | Chile | 6.0% of women |
| 103 | El Salvador | 6.0% of women |
| 104 | Hungary | 6.0% of women |
| 105 | Israel | 6.0% of women |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 6.0% of women |
| 107 | Latvia | 6.0% of women |
| 108 | Maldives | 6.0% of women |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 6.0% of women |
| 110 | Paraguay | 6.0% of women |
| 111 | Philippines | 6.0% of women |
| 112 | Slovakia | 6.0% of women |
| 113 | Sweden | 6.0% of women |
| 114 | United States of America | 6.0% of women |
| 115 | Albania | 6.0% of women |
| 116 | Brazil | 6.0% of women |
| 117 | Cuba | 5.0% of women |
| 118 | France | 5.0% of women |
| 119 | Germany | 5.0% of women |
| 120 | Greece | 5.0% of women |
| 121 | Lithuania | 5.0% of women |
| 122 | Netherlands | 5.0% of women |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 5.0% of women |
| 124 | Argentina | 5.0% of women |
| 125 | Armenia | 5.0% of women |
| 126 | Belgium | 5.0% of women |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 4.0% of women |
| 128 | Croatia | 4.0% of women |
| 129 | Czech Republic | 4.0% of women |
| 130 | Estonia | 4.0% of women |
| 131 | Italy | 4.0% of women |
| 132 | Japan | 4.0% of women |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 4.0% of women |
| 134 | Malta | 4.0% of women |
| 135 | Montenegro | 4.0% of women |
| 136 | New Zealand | 4.0% of women |
| 137 | Norway | 4.0% of women |
| 138 | Portugal | 4.0% of women |
| 139 | Serbia | 4.0% of women |
| 140 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.0% of women |
| 141 | United Kingdom | 4.0% of women |
| 142 | Uruguay | 4.0% of women |
| 143 | Austria | 4.0% of women |
| 144 | Canada | 3.0% of women |
| 145 | Cyprus | 3.0% of women |
| 146 | Denmark | 3.0% of women |
| 147 | Georgia | 3.0% of women |
| 148 | Iceland | 3.0% of women |
| 149 | Ireland | 3.0% of women |
| 150 | Poland | 3.0% of women |
| 151 | Slovenia | 3.0% of women |
| 152 | Spain | 3.0% of women |
| 153 | Australia | 3.0% of women |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.0% of women |
| 155 | Singapore | 2.0% of women |
| 156 | Switzerland | 2.0% of women |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2018).
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