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Table 5 Girls and women already subjected to FGM/C by types

From: Estimating the magnitude of female genital mutilation/cutting in Norway: an extrapolation model

Country

Already subjected to FGM/C

Type III

Other types

Total

Cameroon

0

a

a

Côte d’Ivoire

3

35

38

Djibouti

19

9

28

Egypt

a

196

197

Eritrea

1543

2456

3999

Ethiopia

123

1888

2011

Gambia

30

300

330

Ghana

a

20

22

Guinea

a

66

71

Iraq

0

590

590

Kenya

23

151

174

Liberia

0

181

181

Nigeria

a

124

131

Senegal

a

15

18

Sierra Leone

11

113

124

Somalia

6889

1798

8687

Sudan

470

101

571

Togo

0

a

a

Uganda

0

a

a

United Republic of Tanzania

0

49

49

Yemen

0

31

31

Other countriesb

a

19

21

Total

9131

8150

17281

%

52.8 %

47.2 %

100 %

  1. aMore than 0 and less than 10 per category
  2. bCountries with less than 20 in total: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania and Niger