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Table 8 Girls at risk of different types of FGM/C

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

Country

Low FGM/C risk scenario

High FGM/C risk scenario

Type III

Other types

Type III

Other types

Cameroon

0

0

0

0

Côte d’Ivoire

0

a

a

a

Djibouti

a

a

a

a

Egypt

a

69

a

111

Eritrea

60

118

221

433

Ethiopia

a

87

20

399

Gambia

a

17

a

126

Ghana

0

a

0

a

Guinea

a

30

a

45

Iraq

0

116

0

284

Kenya

a

22

a

28

Liberia

0

50

0

77

Nigeria

0

a

a

28

Senegal

0

a

a

a

Sierra Leone

a

61

11

94

Somalia

1634

516

4319

1364

Sudan

124

44

210

74

Togo

0

0

0

0

Uganda

0

a

0

a

United Republic of Tanzania

0

a

0

a

Yemen

0

a

0

a

Other countriesb

0

a

a

a

Total

1842

1157

4811

3118

%

61 %

39 %

61 %

39 %

  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