Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence

Every edition in one file, one row per country per edition: fgm-prevalence-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

Every column in the newest file of Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2024	Distinct	Empty	Spread
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	31	0
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	31	0
Survey yearreference_yearReading year	The year this country’s reading describes. Readings from different years sit side by side.	Year	—	15	0
Women aged 15-49 who have undergone FGM (%)fgm_prevalenceHeadline	The headline figure: Women aged 15-49 who have undergone FGM (%).	Number · up to 1 decimal	0.3Uganda99.2Somaliamiddle 34.1	30	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

One edition, covering 31 countries.

Not in this dataset · 193 places this site covers

UNICEF gives no figure for these in any edition held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsBruneiBulgariaBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCanadaCayman IslandsChannel IslandsChileChinaColombiaComorosCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaDenmarkDominicaDominican RepublicDR CongoEcuadorEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEstoniaEswatiniFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench PolynesiaGabonGeorgiaGermanyGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIranIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKiribatiKosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLaosLatviaLebanonLesothoLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritiusMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNiueNorth KoreaNorth MacedoniaNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestinePanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRepublic of the CongoRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSeychellesSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomalilandSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanThailandTimor-LesteTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTürkiyeTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States Virgin IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican CityVenezuelaVietnamZambiaZimbabwe

1. 1 · Publisher

   UNICEF

   data.unicef.org

2. 2 · Their file

   Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence (surveys to 2024)

   .PT_F_15-49_FGM

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 10, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   1 file, one per edition

   It downloads as a CSV: fgm-prevalence-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/fgm-prevalence

Read from UNICEF's own data warehouse (PT_F_15-49_FGM), one reading per country from its most recent survey.

• Charted

  Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence by country

  Who is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.

• Subjects

  • Gender & Equality
  • Health & Wellbeing

• Near neighbours

  • Women, Business and the LawWorld Bank Group · 54 held · 1971–2024
  • Women's Political Empowerment IndexV-Dem Institute · 36 held · 1990–2025
  • Social Institutions and Gender IndexOECD · 1 held · 2023