Towards a better estimation of prevalence of female genital mutilation in the European Union: a situation analysis

Table 2 National % FGM prevalence (15–49) known in July 2015 in countries of origin according to DHS and MICS surveys

	Most recent (t)		t-1		t-2		t-3		t-4		Max-Min
Benin	2011/12	7,3%	2006	12,9%	2001	16,8%					9,5%
Burkina Faso	2010	75,8%	2006	72,5%	2003	76,6%	1998/99	71,6%			5,0%
Cameroon	2004	1,4%									0,0%
Central African Republic	2010	24,2%	2006	25,7%	1994/95	43,4%					19,2%
Chad	2010	44,2%	2004	44,9%							0,7%
Côte d’Ivoire	2011/12	38,2%	2006	36,4%	2005	41,7%	1998/99	44,5%	1994	42,7%	8,1%
Djibouti	2006	93,1%									0,0%
Egypt	2008	91,1%	2005	95,8%	2003	97,0%	2000	97,3%	1995	97,0%	6,2%
Eritrea	2010^a	83,0%	2002	88,7%	1995	94,5%					11,5%
Ethiopia	2005	74,3%	2000	79,9%							5,6%
Gambia, The	2010	76,3%	2005/06	78,3%							2,0%
Ghana	2011	3,8%	2006	3,8%							0,0%
Guinea	2012	96,9%	2005	95,6%	1999	98,6%					3,0%
Guinea-Bissau	2010	49,8%	2006	44,5%							5,5%
Iraq	2011	8,1%									0,0%
Kenya	2008/09	27,1%	2003	32,2%	1998	37,6%					10,5%
Liberia	2013	55,5%	2007	58,2%							8,4%
Mali	2012/13	91,4%	2006	85,2%	2001	91,6%	1995/96	93,7%			8,5%
Mauritania	2011	69,4%	2007	72,2%	2000/01	71,3%					2,8%
Niger	2012	2,0%	2006	2,2%	1998	4,5%					2,5%
Nigeria	2013	24,8%	2008	29,6%	2007	26,0%	2003	19,0%	1999	25,1%	10,6%
Senegal	2014	24,7%	2010/11	25,7%	2005	28,2%					3,5%
Sierra Leone	2013	89,6%	2010	88,3%	2008	91,3%	2005	94,0%			4,4%
Somalia	2006	97,9%									0,0%
Sudan^b	2010	87,6%	2000	Unspecified	1989/90	89,2%					1,2%
Tanzania	2010	14,6%	2004/05	14,6%	1996	17,9%					3,3%
Togo	2013/14	4,7%	2010	3,9%	2006	5,8%					1,9%
Uganda	2011	1,4%	2006	0,6%							0,8%
Yemen^c	2012/13	18,5%	2003	38,2%	1997	22,6%					19,7%

Data stemming for MICS surveys are underlined. Data collected via DHS surveys are not underlined in the table
This table presents the FGM prevalence (age 15–49) in countries of origin according to DHS and MICS surveys (year of publication until May 2015, national % FGM) and the difference between the minimum and maximum over all surveys
^aEritrean Population and Health Survey (2010)
^bSudan Household Health Survey SHHSII (2010); report of 2000 did not give a total fgm prevalence
^cNational Health and Demographic Survey (2003; 2012–13)

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