Table 2.
Prevalence of bullying victimization by country
| Country | Participants | Victimization | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Any | Traditional only | Cyber only | Combined | Cyber only/all cybera % | ||
| n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Japan | 1768 | 1484 (83.9) | 284 (16.1) | 245 (13.9) | 17 (1.0) | 22 (1.2) | 43.6 |
| Greece | 1037 | 869 (83.8) | 168 (16.2) | 119 (11.5) | 28 (2.7) | 21 (2.0) | 57.1 |
| Norway | 1900 | 1524 (80.2) | 376 (19.8) | 143 (7.5) | 123 (6.5) | 110 (5.8) | 52.8 |
| China | 2132 | 1667 (78.2) | 465 (21.8) | 275 (12.9) | 119 (5.6) | 71 (3.3) | 62.6 |
| India | 1526 | 1172 (76.8) | 354 (23.2) | 301 (19.7) | 19 (1.3) | 34 (2.2) | 35.8 |
| Finland | 2895 | 2103 (72.6) | 792 (27.4) | 544 (18.8) | 100 (3.5) | 148 (5.1) | 40.3 |
| Singapore | 2157 | 1536 (71.2) | 621 (28.8) | 346 (16.0) | 83 (3.9) | 192 (8.9) | 30.2 |
| Vietnam | 945 | 655 (69.3) | 290 (30.7) | 220 (23.3) | 26 (2.8) | 44 (4.7) | 37.1 |
| Israel | 1265 | 871 (64.6) | 448 (35.4) | 260 (20.6) | 81 (6.4) | 107 (8.5) | 43.1 |
| Iran | 1146 | 730 (63.7) | 416 (38.7) | 214 (18.7) | 106 (9.3) | 96 (8.4) | 52.5 |
| Lithuania | 2388 | 1502 (62.9) | 886 (37.1) | 618 (25.9) | 110 (4.6) | 158 (6.6) | 41.0 |
| Russia | 1021 | 623 (61.0) | 398 (39.0) | 181 (17.7) | 126 (12.3) | 91 (8.9) | 58.1 |
| Indonesia | 1024 | 574 (56.1) | 450 (43.9) | 241 (23.5) | 67 (6.5) | 142 (13.9) | 32.1 |
| Total sample | 21,204 | 15,256 (72.0) | 5948 (28.1) | 3707 (17.5) | 1005 (4.7) | 1236 (5.8) | 44.8 |
Any refers to traditional victimization, cyberbullying victimization or both of these. Combined refers to both traditional victimization and cyberbullying victimization
aThe proportion of those who were just exposed to cyberbullying as a percentage of the combined cyberbullying and traditional bullying category