Skip to main content
. 2018 Nov 6;3(5):e000549. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000549

Table 1.

DHS/MICS data sets on female genital mutilation or cutting among children (0–14 years) across countries and regions

Region Country Survey (n) Survey period Sample size Annualised year average (%)
Central Africa Chad 3 2004–2015 34 139 13.91 (9.60–18.86)
Central Africa Central African Republic 2 2006–2010 24 219 3.02 (0.00–11.20)
Central Africa Cameroon 1 2004 2975 0.71 (0.43–1.04)
East Africa Tanzania 4 1996–2016 28 718 3.17 (0.78–7.10)
East Africa Somalia 1 2006 3716 45.99 (44.39–47.59)
East Africa Somalia north-east 1 2011 5813 30.60 (29.43–31.79)
East Africa Ethiopia 3 2000–2016 22 885 34.12 (15.12–56.26)
East Africa Kenya 4 1998–2014 18 917 10.42 (2.52–22.79)
East Africa Djibouti 1 2006 1923 48.52 (46.29–50.75)
East Africa Somaliland 1 2011 5729 27.70 (26.55–28.87)
East Africa Eritrea 2 1995–2002 6609 67.01 (58.02–75.41)
North Africa Sudan 3 1990–2014 41 131 41.90 (30.88–53.36)
North Africa Egypt 7 1995–2015 85 036 28.40 (16.41–42.18)
West Africa Burkina Faso 4 1999–2010 33 021 28.00 (15.16–43.01)
West Africa Guinea 4 1999–2016 26 576 50.35 (44.75–55.95)
West Africa Ghana 1 2011 8276 0.40 (0.27–0.55)
West Africa Benin 4 2001–2014 34 399 1.80 (0.25–4.68)
West Africa Senegal 7 2005–2016 37 087 12.96 (8.63–18.03)
West Africa Niger 2 1998–2006 7521 5.67 (0.00–25.15)
West Africa Guinea-Bissau 3 2006–2016 23 414 34.29 (28.63–40.19)
West Africa Mauritania 4 2001–2015 34 100 61.20 (53.61–68.53)
West Africa Sierra Leone 3 2006–2010 24 268 24.67 (8.87–45.18)
West Africa Mali 6 1996–2015 67 404 72.59 (69.98–75.13)
West Africa Togo 3 2006–2014 16 777 0.53 (0.21–0.97)
West Africa Cote d'Ivoire 4 1999–2016 19 837 13.61 (9.25–18.65)
West Africa Gambia 2 2006–2010 21 972 53.43 (32.14–74.08)
West Africa Nigeria 7 1999–2017 104 030 18.83 (14.66–23.39)
Western Asia Yemen 2 1997–2013 16 037 6.31 (0.00–28.23)
Western Asia Iraq 1 2011 8759 21.00 (20.15–21.85)