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SOURCE
Unicef (1994)
DEFINITION
Estimated percentage of women circumcised
Health Statistics > Women circumcised share (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 |
Nigeria: |
32.8% |
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| #2 |
Egypt: |
24.2% |
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| #3 |
Ethiopia: |
23.9% |
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| #4 |
Kenya: |
6.8% |
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| #5 |
Somalia: |
4.5% |
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| #6 |
Mali: |
4.3% |
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| #7 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
4.1% |
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| #8 |
Burkina Faso: |
3.5% |
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| #9 |
Ghana: |
2.6% |
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| #10 |
Sierra Leone: |
2% |
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| #11 |
Chad: |
1.9% |
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| #12 |
Guinea: |
1.6% |
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| #13 |
Eritrea: |
1.6% |
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| #14 |
Tanzania: |
1.5% |
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| #15 |
Benin: |
1.3% |
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| #16 |
Cameroon: |
1.3% |
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| #17 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
1.1% |
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| #18 |
Togo: |
1% |
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| #19 |
Niger: |
0.9% |
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| #20 |
Liberia: |
0.9% |
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| #21 |
Senegal: |
0.8% |
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| #22 |
Central African Republic: |
0.8% |
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| #23 |
Gambia, The: |
0.5% |
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| #24 |
Uganda: |
0.5% |
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| #25 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
0.3% |
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| #26 |
Mauritania: |
0.3% |
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| #27 |
Djibouti: |
0.3% |
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Weighted average: |
4.6% |
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DEFINITION: Estimated percentage of women circumcised
SOURCE: Unicef (1994)
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