Table 2.
National % FGM prevalence (15–49) known in July 2015 in countries of origin according to DHS and MICS surveys
| Most recent (t) | t-1 | t-2 | t-3 | t-4 | Max-Min | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2011/12 | 7,3% | 2006 | 12,9% | 2001 | 16,8% | 9,5% | ||||
| Burkina Faso | 2010 | 75,8% | 2006 | 72,5% | 2003 | 76,6% | 1998/99 | 71,6% | 5,0% | ||
| Cameroon | 2004 | 1,4% | 0,0% | ||||||||
| Central African Republic | 2010 | 24,2% | 2006 | 25,7% | 1994/95 | 43,4% | 19,2% | ||||
| Chad | 2010 | 44,2% | 2004 | 44,9% | 0,7% | ||||||
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2011/12 | 38,2% | 2006 | 36,4% | 2005 | 41,7% | 1998/99 | 44,5% | 1994 | 42,7% | 8,1% |
| Djibouti | 2006 | 93,1% | 0,0% | ||||||||
| Egypt | 2008 | 91,1% | 2005 | 95,8% | 2003 | 97,0% | 2000 | 97,3% | 1995 | 97,0% | 6,2% |
| Eritrea | 2010a | 83,0% | 2002 | 88,7% | 1995 | 94,5% | 11,5% | ||||
| Ethiopia | 2005 | 74,3% | 2000 | 79,9% | 5,6% | ||||||
| Gambia, The | 2010 | 76,3% | 2005/06 | 78,3% | 2,0% | ||||||
| Ghana | 2011 | 3,8% | 2006 | 3,8% | 0,0% | ||||||
| Guinea | 2012 | 96,9% | 2005 | 95,6% | 1999 | 98,6% | 3,0% | ||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2010 | 49,8% | 2006 | 44,5% | 5,5% | ||||||
| Iraq | 2011 | 8,1% | 0,0% | ||||||||
| Kenya | 2008/09 | 27,1% | 2003 | 32,2% | 1998 | 37,6% | 10,5% | ||||
| Liberia | 2013 | 55,5% | 2007 | 58,2% | 8,4% | ||||||
| Mali | 2012/13 | 91,4% | 2006 | 85,2% | 2001 | 91,6% | 1995/96 | 93,7% | 8,5% | ||
| Mauritania | 2011 | 69,4% | 2007 | 72,2% | 2000/01 | 71,3% | 2,8% | ||||
| Niger | 2012 | 2,0% | 2006 | 2,2% | 1998 | 4,5% | 2,5% | ||||
| Nigeria | 2013 | 24,8% | 2008 | 29,6% | 2007 | 26,0% | 2003 | 19,0% | 1999 | 25,1% | 10,6% |
| Senegal | 2014 | 24,7% | 2010/11 | 25,7% | 2005 | 28,2% | 3,5% | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 2013 | 89,6% | 2010 | 88,3% | 2008 | 91,3% | 2005 | 94,0% | 4,4% | ||
| Somalia | 2006 | 97,9% | 0,0% | ||||||||
| Sudanb | 2010 | 87,6% | 2000 | Unspecified | 1989/90 | 89,2% | 1,2% | ||||
| Tanzania | 2010 | 14,6% | 2004/05 | 14,6% | 1996 | 17,9% | 3,3% | ||||
| Togo | 2013/14 | 4,7% | 2010 | 3,9% | 2006 | 5,8% | 1,9% | ||||
| Uganda | 2011 | 1,4% | 2006 | 0,6% | 0,8% | ||||||
| Yemenc | 2012/13 | 18,5% | 2003 | 38,2% | 1997 | 22,6% | 19,7% | ||||
Data stemming for MICS surveys are underlined. Data collected via DHS surveys are not underlined in the table
This table presents the FGM prevalence (age 15–49) in countries of origin according to DHS and MICS surveys (year of publication until May 2015, national % FGM) and the difference between the minimum and maximum over all surveys
aEritrean Population and Health Survey (2010)
bSudan Household Health Survey SHHSII (2010); report of 2000 did not give a total fgm prevalence
cNational Health and Demographic Survey (2003; 2012–13)