Data / Society Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age (%) - 15 years old and over Our World in Data% · 155 countries · Higher is better · CC BY 4.0 Map Bars Trend Distribution Table
Year 2018
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League table 2018
# ▲ Country ↕ Value ↕
1 Afghanistan 33.6% 2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 31.9% 3 Equatorial Guinea 25.6% 4 Papua New Guinea 25.5% 5 Zambia 25.2% 6 Timor-Leste 24.6% 7 Vanuatu 24.2% 8 Uganda 24.2% 9 South Sudan 24% 10 Solomon Islands 23.6% 11 Liberia 23.2% 12 Ethiopia 22.8% 13 Angola 22.1% 14 Tanzania 21.7% 15 Rwanda 21.5% 16 Kenya 21.4% 17 Gabon 20.9% 18 Bangladesh 20.8% 19 Burundi 20.1% 20 Kiribati 19.5% 21 Cameroon 19% 22 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 18.8% 23 Guinea 18.6% 24 Central African Republic 18.1% 25 Sierra Leone 17.2% 26 West Bank and Gaza 17.1% 27 Mali 16.7% 28 Fiji 16.4% 29 Eswatini 16% 30 India 15.9% 31 Zimbabwe 15.8% 32 Mozambique 15.7% 33 Naoero 15.5% 34 Sao Tome and Principe 15.5% 35 Bolivia 15.5% 36 Cote d'Ivoire 15.4% 37 Tuvalu 15.4% 38 Iran, Islamic Rep. 15.2% 39 Malawi 15.2% 40 Botswana 15.2% 41 Marshall Islands 15% 42 Namibia 14.9% 43 Sudan 14.8% 44 Chad 14.6% 45 Pakistan 14.6% 46 Lesotho 14.3% 47 Niger 13.9% 48 Samoa 13.5% 49 Benin 13.2% 50 Jordan 12.1% 51 Tonga 12.1% 52 Tajikistan 12% 53 Egypt, Arab Rep. 11.9% 54 Nigeria 11.7% 55 Kyrgyz Republic 11.6% 56 Togo 11.2% 57 South Africa 11% 58 Palau 10.9% 59 Senegal 10.8% 60 Burkina Faso 10.6% 61 Nepal 10.3% 62 Cabo Verde 10.2% 63 Haiti 10.1% 64 Colombia 10% 65 Turkiye 9.5% 66 Ghana 9.5% 67 Mongolia 9.3% 68 Peru 9.1% 69 Gambia, The 9% 70 Mexico 8.9% 71 Korea, Rep. 8.8% 72 Myanmar 8.7% 73 Guyana 8.5% 74 Morocco 8.5% 75 Bhutan 8.4% 76 Tunisia 8.3% 77 Ukraine 8.3% 78 Moldova 8.2% 79 Cambodia 8.2% 80 Dominican Republic 7.8% 81 Indonesia 7.5% 82 Comoros 7.3% 83 Venezuela, RB 7.3% 84 Viet Nam 7.3% 85 Thailand 7.1% 86 Honduras 6.8% 87 Romania 6.7% 88 Lao PDR 6.7% 89 Ecuador 6.6% 90 Belize 6.6% 91 Panama 6.4% 92 Guatemala 6.3% 93 Suriname 5.9% 94 China 5.9% 95 Costa Rica 5.8% 96 Jamaica 5.7% 97 Finland 5.6% 98 Nicaragua 5.6% 99 Grenada 5.6% 100 Trinidad and Tobago 5.6% 101 Brazil 5.3% 102 Maldives 5.3% 103 Belarus 5.2% 104 Philippines 4.9% 105 Kazakhstan 4.9% 106 Paraguay 4.9% 107 Chile 4.8% 108 Sweden 4.8% 109 El Salvador 4.8% 110 Armenia 4.5% 111 Israel 4.4% 112 Slovak Republic 4.4% 113 Latvia 4.4% 114 United States 4.2% 115 Hungary 4.2% 116 Lithuania 4.1% 117 Bulgaria 4.1% 118 Azerbaijan 4% 119 Greece 3.7% 120 Argentina 3.7% 121 United Kingdom 3.6% 122 Portugal 3.6% 123 France 3.5% 124 Netherlands 3.5% 125 Montenegro 3.5% 126 Uruguay 3.4% 127 Norway 3.4% 128 Cuba 3.4% 129 Belgium 3.3% 130 North Macedonia 3.3% 131 Sri Lanka 3.3% 132 New Zealand 3.2% 133 Malta 3.1% 134 Cyprus 3% 135 Japan 3% 136 Serbia 3% 137 Czechia 2.9% 138 Croatia 2.8% 139 Austria 2.8% 140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.7% 141 Luxembourg 2.7% 142 Estonia 2.7% 143 Ireland 2.7% 144 Slovenia 2.6% 145 Poland 2.6% 146 Spain 2.6% 147 Italy 2.2% 148 Georgia 2.2% 149 Singapore 2% 150 Denmark 2% 151 Australia 2% 152 Iceland 1.8% 153 Canada 1.7% 154 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.7% 155 Switzerland 1.2%
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Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age (%) - 15 years old and over