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DEFINITION:
Percentage of girls and women aged between 15 and 49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C).
CONTENTS
# |
COUNTRY |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GuineaGuinea | 98.6% | 2014 | |
| 2 | EgyptEgypt | 97% | 2014 | |
| =3 | SomaliaSomalia | 94% | 2014 | |
| =3 | DjiboutiDjibouti | 94% | 2014 | |
| 5 | MaliMali | 93.7% | 2014 | |
| 6 | EritreaEritrea | 90% | 2014 | |
| 7 | Sierra LeoneSierra Leone | 85% | 2014 | |
| 8 | GambiaGambia | 75% | 2014 | |
| 9 | EthiopiaEthiopia | 72.7% | 2014 | |
| 10 | Burkina FasoBurkina Faso | 71.6% | 2014 | |
| 11 | SudanSudan | 70% | 2014 | |
| 12 | ChadChad | 60% | 2014 | |
| =13 | Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau | 50% | 2014 | |
| =13 | LiberiaLiberia | 50% | 2014 | |
| 15 | Central African RepublicCentral Africa | 43% | 2014 | |
| 16 | BeninBenin | 40% | 2014 | |
| 17 | KenyaKenya | 37.6% | 2014 | |
| 18 | NigeriaNigeria | 25.1% | 2014 | |
| 19 | MauritaniaMauritania | 25% | 2014 | |
| 20 | YemenYemen | 23% | 2014 | |
| 21 | CameroonCameroon | 20% | 2014 | |
| 22 | TanzaniaTanzania | 18% | 2014 | |
| 23 | SenegalSenegal | 12.5% | 2014 | |
| 24 | TogoTogo | 12% | 2014 | |
| =25 | UgandaUganda | 5% | 2014 | |
| =25 | NigerNiger | 5% | 2014 | |
| =25 | Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, DR. | 5% | 2014 |
