Arab Region | Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation-cutting (Arab countries, 1990–2020)
Percentage of women aged 15–49 who have gone through partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons.
Arab Region | Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation-cutting (Arab countries, 1990–2020)
| Location | Year | value |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2011 | 8.1 |
| Iraq | 2018 | 7.4 |
| Yemen | 1997 | 22.6 |
| Yemen | 2013 | 18.5 |
| Somalia | 2006 | 97.9 |
| Somalia | 2020 | 99.2 |
| Sudan | 1990 | 89.2 |
| Sudan | 2014 | 86.6 |
| Mauritania | 2001 | 71.3 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 72.2 |
| Mauritania | 2011 | 69.4 |
| Mauritania | 2015 | 66.6 |
| Mauritania | 2020 | 63.9 |
| Djibouti | 2006 | 93.1 |
| Djibouti | 2012 | 94.4 |
| Egypt | 1995 | 97 |
| Egypt | 2000 | 97.3 |
| Egypt | 2003 | 97 |
| Egypt | 2005 | 95.8 |
| Egypt | 2008 | 95.5 |
| Egypt | 2014 | 92.3 |
| Egypt | 2015 | 87.2 |
Arab Region | Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation-cutting (Arab countries, 1990–2020)
Percentage of women aged 15–49 who have gone through partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons.