Latest available · compiled 2024
Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation
Each country’s newest reading as of 2024; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten
Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation covers 31 countries. Somalia is highest, at 99.2; Uganda is lowest, at 0.3. The middle country reads 36.7. 4 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.
Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence · Latest available · compiled 2024
HighestSomalia
99.2
LowestUganda
0.3Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 31 countries · select a heading to sort
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa · 2020 reading | 2020 | 99.2 |
 GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 94.5 |
 DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 90.1 |
 MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2024 reading | 2024 | 88.6 |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa · 2015 reading | 2015 | 87.2 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2014 reading | 2014 | 86.6 |
 EritreaERIEastern Africa · 2010 reading, too old to compare | 2010 | 83.0 |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 83.0 |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa · 2020 reading | 2020 | 72.6 |
 EthiopiaETHEastern Africa · 2016 reading | 2016 | 65.2 |
 MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa · 2021 reading | 2021 | 63.9 |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2021 reading | 2021 | 56.1 |
 Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 52.1 |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia · 2021 reading | 2021 | 50.8 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2016 reading | 2016 | 36.7 |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 34.1 |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa · 2020 reading | 2020 | 31.8 |
 Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2019 reading | 2019 | 21.6 |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa · 2023 reading | 2023 | 20.1 |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2013 reading, too old to compare | 2013 | 18.5 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa · 2022 reading | 2022 | 14.8 |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa · 2024 reading | 2024 | 13.9 |
 MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia · 2017 reading | 2017 | 12.9 |
 BeninBENWestern Africa · 2014 reading | 2014 | 9.2 |
 TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa · 2022 reading | 2022 | 8.2 |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia · 2018 reading | 2018 | 7.4 |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2017 reading | 2017 | 3.1 |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa · 2018 reading | 2018 | 2.4 |
 NigerNERWestern Africa · 2012 reading, too old to compare | 2012 | 2.0 |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa · 2004 reading, too old to compare | 2004 | 1.4 |
UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2016 reading | 2016 | 0.3 |
02In Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline. Readings too old to compare take no part.
03Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Readings from many years
Each country’s newest reading as of 2024, from 2004 to 2024. 4 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.
30 distinct values among 31
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 31 countries has every column.
04The files
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UNICEF’s own file, on its own site.
.PT_F_15-49_FGM
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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UNICEF (2024). Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fgm-prevalence/2024
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06Questions
Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation: questions and answers
Which country has the highest female genital mutilation in Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation?
Somalia, at 99.2, of the 31 countries in the file.
How many countries does Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation cover?
31.
Where can I download Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, 2024 compilation the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-10, when it was read from the publisher.