Regional grouping :

Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Target Target 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age


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Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age //15 to 49 years old//Female (%)

Country/Area grouping200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Cameroon...1.4.........................................................
Central African Republic.....................24.2........................21.6............
Chad....................................38.4.........34.1............
Benin.................................9.2...........................
Ethiopia.......................................65.2.....................
Eritrea.....................83.0.......................................
Djibouti...........................94.4..................90.1............
Gambia, the.............................................75.7...72.6.........
Ghana........................3.8..................2.4...............
Guinea.............................................94.5...............
Cote d'Ivoire.......................................36.7.....................
Kenya.................................21.0...........................
Liberia..............................44.4..................31.8.........
Mali.............................................88.6...............
Mauritania....................................66.6...............63.9......
Niger...........................2.0.................................
Nigeria.............................................19.5......15.1......
Guinea-Bissau.................................44.9............52.1............
Senegal..........................................24.0...25.2............
Sierra Leone..........................................86.1...83.0............
Somalia.........97.9.......................................99.2.........
Sudan.................................86.6...........................
Togo..........................................3.1..................
Uganda.......................................0.3.....................
Egypt....................................87.2........................
United Republic of Tanzania.......................................10.0.....................
Burkina Faso.....................75.8............67.6........................
Africa.........44.5............40.6............35.8............29.6......