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Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women age…

DemographicsWB WDIwb_wdi:SG.VAW.1549.ZS% of ever-partnered women and girls ages 15 years and older2000 → 2017106 countries
Source: World Bank (WB WDI)
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DemographicsWB WDI
Coverage
106
Frequency
Range
2000 \u2192 2017
Latest
2017
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15- infographic

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15- by country

Latest available value per country (as of 2017)
Low \u2192 High
Unit: %
≤ 6%
6% – 7.3%
7.3% – 9.8%
9.8% – 14%
14% – 20.2%
20.2% – 27.9%
> 27.9%
No data
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Highest 15 countries

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-
50 countries with data
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Distribution across countries

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-
Countries
50
 
Median
23.2%
 
Mean
24.5%
 
25th pctl
18.4%
 
75th pctl
29.6%
 
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Compare trends

Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-
AfghanistanVanuatuEquatorial Guinea
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CountryLatestDateTrend
AfghanistanAFG46.1%2015
VanuatuVUT44%2009
Equatorial GuineaGNQ43.6%2011
Solomon IslandsSLB41.8%2008
Congo, Dem. Rep.COD36.8%2014
KiribatiKIR36.1%2008
LiberiaLBR35%2007
Timor-LesteTLS34.6%2016
CameroonCMR32.7%2014
GabonGAB31.5%2012
UgandaUGA29.9%2016
FijiFJI29.7%2011
TanzaniaTZA29.6%2016
BangladeshBGD28.8%2015
Sierra LeoneSLE28.7%2013
BurundiBDI27.9%2017
BoliviaBOL27.1%2016
ZambiaZMB26.7%2014
Central African RepublicCAF26.3%2006
Sao Tome and PrincipeSTP26.3%2009
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.FSM26%2014
AngolaAGO25.9%2016
KenyaKEN25.5%2014
TuvaluTUV25%2007
MalawiMWI24.3%2016
Cote d'IvoireCIV22%2012
IndiaIND22%2016
SamoaWSM22%2000
MaliMLI21.5%2006
RwandaRWA20.7%2015
NamibiaNAM20.2%2013
Marshall IslandsMHL20.1%2014
ZimbabweZWE19.9%2015
EthiopiaETH19.8%2016
GhanaGHA19.2%2008
TajikistanTJK19%2017
TongaTON18.9%2009
ColombiaCOL18.4%2015
ChadTCD17.5%2015
Kyrgyz RepublicKGZ17.1%2012
Dominican RepublicDOM16%2013
MozambiqueMOZ15.5%2015
MongoliaMNG14.7%2017
MoldovaMDA14.6%2005
JordanJOR14.1%2012
Egypt, Arab Rep.EGY14%2014
HaitiHTI13.9%2017
TogoTGO12.7%2014
SenegalSEN12.2%2017
NepalNPL11.2%2016
Source: World Bank (WB WDI)