Culture > Sexuality > Female circumcision prevalence: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage of girls and women aged between 15 and 49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C).

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Guinea	98.6%	2014
2	Egypt	97%	2014
=3	Somalia	94%	2014
=3	Djibouti	94%	2014
5	Mali	93.7%	2014
6	Eritrea	90%	2014
7	Sierra Leone	85%	2014
8	Gambia	75%	2014
9	Ethiopia	72.7%	2014
10	Burkina Faso	71.6%	2014
11	Sudan	70%	2014
12	Chad	60%	2014
=13	Guinea-Bissau	50%	2014
=13	Liberia	50%	2014
15	Central African Republic	43%	2014
16	Benin	40%	2014
17	Kenya	37.6%	2014
18	Nigeria	25.1%	2014
19	Mauritania	25%	2014
20	Yemen	23%	2014
21	Cameroon	20%	2014
22	Tanzania	18%	2014
23	Senegal	12.5%	2014
24	Togo	12%	2014
=25	Uganda	5%	2014
=25	Niger	5%	2014
=25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5%	2014

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