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Report year 2025Data year not recorded
Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%)Higher is worse — rank 1 is worst affectedPublished by UNICEF
90 countries, each from its own most recent reading (2013–2025), from UNICEF's own SDMX warehouse (PT_CHLD_1-14_PS-PSY-V_CGVR), with the figures for girls and boys beside the headline. The share of children aged 1 to 14 who experienced physical punishment or psychological aggression from a caregiver in the past month. ⚠ IT IS REPORTED BY CAREGIVERS, so it measures what adults are willing to DESCRIBE as discipline. That means the figure moves with what a society considers normal as well as with what happens to children — and a country where hitting children is taboo may under-report rather than under-do it. ⚠ ONE READING PER COUNTRY. ⚠ Coverage is 90 countries and skewed towards those running MICS and DHS survey rounds, so most of Europe and North America is absent. No rank is published; the POSITION is derived here and labelled as ours.
Violent Discipline of Children (surveys to 2025) — UNICEF
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The share of children aged 1 to 14 who experienced physical punishment or psychological aggression from a caregiver in the past month, from UNICEF's own SDMX warehouse (PT_CHLD_1-14_PS-PSY-V_CGVR). ⚠ It is reported BY CAREGIVERS, so it measures what adults are willing to describe as discipline — which means the figure moves with what a society considers normal as well as with what happens to children. ⚠ ONE READING PER COUNTRY, from whenever that country last surveyed. Coverage is 90 countries and skewed towards those running MICS and DHS rounds.
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| ISO Code | Country | Survey year | Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%) | Girls (%) | Boys (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QAT | Qatar | 2,023 | 38 | 36 | 39 |
| KAZ | Kazakhstan | 2,024 | 38 | 34 | 42 |
| CUB | Cuba | 2,019 | 42 | 40 | 43 |
| MNG | Mongolia | 2,023 | 44 | 41 | 47 |
| SRB | Serbia | 2,019 | 45 | 43 | 46 |
| PAN | Panama | 2,013 | 45 | 43 | 47 |
| CRI | Costa Rica | 2,018 | 49 | 49 | 50 |
| LKA | Sri Lanka | 2,019 | 51 | 48 | 53 |
| MEX | Mexico | 2,023 | 52 | 48 | 56 |
| PRY | Paraguay | 2,016 | 52 | 49 | 55 |
| THA | Thailand | 2,022 | 54 | 51 | 56 |
| SLV | El Salvador | 2,021 | 55 | 52 | 57 |
| MOZ | Mozambique | 2,023 | 55 | 54 | 57 |
| TUR | Türkiye | 2,022 | 56 | 54 | 57 |
| TJK | Tajikistan | 2,023 | 56 | 54 | 58 |
| LBN | Lebanon | 2,016 | 57 | 54 | 60 |
| BLR | Belarus | 2,019 | 57 | 55 | 59 |
| PHL | Philippines | 2,022 | 59 | 56 | 61 |
| PRK | North Korea | 2,017 | 59 | 55 | 63 |
| ARG | Argentina | 2,020 | 59 | 58 | 60 |
| UZB | Uzbekistan | 2,022 | 62 | 60 | 64 |
| LAO | Laos | 2,023 | 62 | 60 | 64 |
| HND | Honduras | 2,019 | 63 | 61 | 64 |
| AZE | Azerbaijan | 2,023 | 63 | 60 | 65 |
| DOM | Dominican Republic | 2,019 | 64 | 62 | 65 |
| SDN | Sudan | 2,014 | 64 | 63 | 65 |
| ZWE | Zimbabwe | 2,019 | 64 | 63 | 65 |
| KGZ | Kyrgyzstan | 2,023 | 65 | 61 | 69 |
| BLZ | Belize | 2,016 | 65 | 63 | 67 |
| MNE | Montenegro | 2,018 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| KHM | Cambodia | 2,022 | 66 | 65 | 68 |
| TKM | Turkmenistan | 2,024 | 67 | 64 | 69 |
| COM | Comoros | 2,022 | 67 | 65 | 69 |
| TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,022 | 67 | 65 | 70 |
| AGO | Angola | 2,024 | 67 | 67 | 68 |
| GEO | Georgia | 2,018 | 69 | 67 | 71 |
| ARM | Armenia | 2,016 | 69 | 67 | 71 |
| XKX | Kosovo | 2,020 | 72 | 69 | 74 |
| VNM | Vietnam | 2,021 | 72 | 70 | 74 |
| GUY | Guyana | 2,020 | 73 | 70 | 75 |
| MLI | Mali | 2,015 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
| MKD | North Macedonia | 2,019 | 73 | 70 | 76 |
| JOR | Jordan | 2,023 | 75 | 73 | 77 |
| CIV | Côte d’Ivoire | 2,021 | 75 | 75 | 76 |
| GNB | Guinea-Bissau | 2,019 | 76 | 76 | 75 |
| LSO | Lesotho | 2,018 | 76 | 75 | 77 |
| JAM | Jamaica | 2,022 | 76 | 76 | 77 |
| BFA | Burkina Faso | 2,021 | 76 | 75 | 78 |
| LBY | Libya | 2,025 | 78 | 77 | 79 |
| TCA | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,020 | 79 | 78 | 81 |
| SWZ | Eswatini | 2,022 | 79 | 78 | 81 |
| TUV | Tuvalu | 2,020 | 80 | 78 | 81 |
| MRT | Mauritania | 2,015 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| FJI | Fiji | 2,021 | 81 | 79 | 82 |
| NRU | Nauru | 2,023 | 81 | 83 | 79 |
| IRQ | Iraq | 2,018 | 81 | 80 | 82 |
| TUN | Tunisia | 2,023 | 81 | 78 | 84 |
| GAB | Gabon | 2,021 | 81 | 79 | 83 |
| NPL | Nepal | 2,019 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
| MWI | Malawi | 2,020 | 82 | 82 | 82 |
| BTN | Bhutan | 2,023 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
| COG | Republic of the Congo | 2,015 | 83 | 82 | 83 |
| EGY | Egypt | 2,021 | 83 | 81 | 84 |
| HTI | Haiti | 2,017 | 83 | 82 | 84 |
| STP | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,019 | 84 | 82 | 84 |
| DZA | Algeria | 2,019 | 84 | 83 | 85 |
| UGA | Uganda | 2,016 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| CMR | Cameroon | 2,014 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| LBR | Liberia | 2,020 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| TCD | Chad | 2,019 | 85 | 86 | 85 |
| YEM | Yemen | 2,023 | 86 | 85 | 86 |
| BGD | Bangladesh | 2,025 | 86 | 85 | 87 |
| MDG | Madagascar | 2,018 | 86 | 85 | 87 |
| SLE | Sierra Leone | 2,017 | 87 | 86 | 87 |
| TON | Tonga | 2,019 | 87 | 84 | 89 |
| SUR | Suriname | 2,018 | 87 | 86 | 89 |
| AFG | Afghanistan | 2,023 | 88 | 87 | 88 |
| BEN | Benin | 2,022 | 88 | 88 | 88 |
| VUT | Vanuatu | 2,023 | 89 | 88 | 90 |
| COD | DR Congo | 2,018 | 89 | 88 | 90 |
| GIN | Guinea | 2,016 | 89 | 89 | 90 |
| GMB | Gambia | 2,018 | 89 | 88 | 90 |
| BDI | Burundi | 2,017 | 90 | 89 | 91 |
| CAF | Central African Republic | 2,019 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| PSE | Palestine | 2,020 | 90 | 88 | 92 |
| NGA | Nigeria | 2,021 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| WSM | Samoa | 2,020 | 91 | 89 | 92 |
| TGO | Togo | 2,017 | 92 | 91 | 92 |
| KIR | Kiribati | 2,019 | 92 | 92 | 92 |
| GHA | Ghana | 2,018 | 94 | 94 | 94 |