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Female genital mutilation prevalence (%)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•30 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
42.1% of women ages 15-49
Median: 33.0% of women ages 15-49
Countries Covered
30
with available data
Highest
Somalia
99.2% of women ages 15-49
Lowest
Uganda
0.3% of women ages 15-49
Top 5 Countries
1Somalia99.2% of women ages 15-49
2Guinea94.5% of women ages 15-49
3Djibouti90.1% of women ages 15-49
4Mali88.6% of women ages 15-49
5Egypt87.2% of women ages 15-49
By Region
Other45.7% of women ages 15-49(23 countries)
Africa36.9% of women ages 15-49(5 countries)
Asia13.0% of women ages 15-49(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.3% of women ages 15-49)High (99.2% of women ages 15-49)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 42.1% of women ages 15-49)

Other (23)
Africa (5)
Asia (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

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Somalia99.2% of women ages 15-49
2Guinea94.5% of women ages 15-49
3Djibouti90.1% of women ages 15-49
4Mali88.6% of women ages 15-49
5Egypt87.2% of women ages 15-49
6Sudan86.6% of women ages 15-49
7Eritrea83.0% of women ages 15-49
8Sierra Leone83.0% of women ages 15-49
9Republic of The Gambia72.6% of women ages 15-49
10Ethiopia65.2% of women ages 15-49
11Mauritania63.9% of women ages 15-49
12Burkina Faso56.1% of women ages 15-49
13Guinea-Bissau52.1% of women ages 15-49
14Cote d'Ivoire36.7% of women ages 15-49
15Chad34.1% of women ages 15-49
16Liberia31.8% of women ages 15-49
17Central African Republic21.6% of women ages 15-49
18Senegal20.1% of women ages 15-49
19Yemen18.5% of women ages 15-49
20Nigeria15.1% of women ages 15-49
21Kenya14.8% of women ages 15-49
22Maldives12.9% of women ages 15-49
23Benin9.2% of women ages 15-49
24United Republic of Tanzania8.2% of women ages 15-49
25Iraq7.4% of women ages 15-49
26Togo3.1% of women ages 15-49
27Ghana2.4% of women ages 15-49
28Niger2.0% of women ages 15-49
29Cameroon1.4% of women ages 15-49
30Uganda0.3% of women ages 15-49
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Topics

#social#% of women ages 15-49#female#genital#mutilation#prevalence

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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