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SOURCE
Unicef (1994)
DEFINITION
Estimated percentage of women circumcised
Health Statistics > Women circumcised share (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Nigeria: | 32.8% | |
| #2 | Egypt: | 24.2% | |
| #3 | Ethiopia: | 23.9% | |
| #4 | Kenya: | 6.8% | |
| #5 | Somalia: | 4.5% | |
| #6 | Mali: | 4.3% | |
| #7 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 4.1% | |
| #8 | Burkina Faso: | 3.5% | |
| #9 | Ghana: | 2.6% | |
| #10 | Sierra Leone: | 2% | |
| #11 | Chad: | 1.9% | |
| #12 | Eritrea: | 1.6% | |
| #13 | Guinea: | 1.6% | |
| #14 | Tanzania: | 1.5% | |
| #15 | Benin: | 1.3% | |
| #16 | Cameroon: | 1.3% | |
| #17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 1.1% | |
| #18 | Togo: | 1% | |
| #19 | Liberia: | 0.9% | |
| #20 | Niger: | 0.9% | |
| #21 | Senegal: | 0.8% | |
| #22 | Central African Republic: | 0.8% | |
| #23 | Uganda: | 0.5% | |
| #24 | Gambia, The: | 0.5% | |
| #25 | Mauritania: | 0.3% | |
| #26 | Djibouti: | 0.3% | |
| #27 | Guinea-Bissau: | 0.3% | |
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Weighted average: |
4.6% |
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DEFINITION: Estimated percentage of women circumcised
SOURCE: Unicef (1994)
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