Female genital mutilation prevalence (%)

✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEUNICEF DATA, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/overview.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: PT_F_15-49_FGM; Indicator name from the original source: Percentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), type: API, date accessed: 2023-12-07; Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other surverys, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/overview.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: PT_F_15-49_FGM; Indicator name from the original source: Percentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), publisher: The DHS Program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 2023-12-07; DHS API, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: PT_F_15-49_FGM; Indicator name from the original source: Percentage of girls and women (aged 15-49 years) who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), date accessed: 2023-12-07HealthGlobal
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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2023Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2023Africa Western and Central
ARB2023Arab World
CSS2023Caribbean small states
CEB2023Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2023Early-demographic dividend
EAS2023East Asia & Pacific
EAP2023East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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