Table 1 FGM/C Country Prevalence Estimates

Benin

(.129 DHS 2006) (.073 DHS 2011–2012) (.092 MICS 2014)

Burkina Faso

(.758 DHS 2010)

Cameroon

(.014 DHS 2004)

Central African Republic

(.242 MICS 2010)

Chad

(.442 MICS 2010) (.384 DHS 2014–2015)

Djibouti

(.931 MICS 2006)

Egypt

(.911 DHS 2008) (.923 DHS 2014) (.872 DHS 2015)

Eritrea

(.83 PHS 2010)

Ethiopia

(.743 DHS 2005) (.652 DHS 2016)

Gambia

(.763 MICS 2010) (.749 DHS 2013) (.757 MICS 2018)

Ghana

(.038 MICS 2006) (.038 MICS 2011)

Guinea

(.956 DHS 2005) (.969 DHS/MICS 2012) (.968 MICS 2016) (.945 DHS 2018)

Guinea-Bissau

(.498 MICS 2010) (.449 MICS 2014)

Iraq

(.081 MICS 2011) (.074 MICS 2018)

Ivory Coast

(.364 MICS 2006) (.382 DHS 2011–2012) (.367 MICS 2016)

Kenya

(.271 DHS 2008–2009) (.21 DHS 2014)

Liberia

(.582 DHS 2007) (.498 DHS 2013)

Mali

(.885 MICS 2010) (.914 DHS 2013) (.827 MICS 2015) (.886 DHS 2018)

Mauritania

(.722 MICS 2007) (.694 MICS 2011) (.666 MICS 2015)

Niger

(.022 DHS/MICS 2006) (.02 DHS/MICS 2012)

Nigeria

(.296 DHS 2008) (.27 MICS 2011) (.248 DHS 2013) (.184 MICS 2016–2017) (.195 DHS 2018)

Senegal

(.257 DHS/MICS 2010–2011) (.247 DHS 2014) (.242 DHS 2015) (.227 DHS 2016) (.24 DHS 2017)

Sierra Leone

(.88 MICS 2010) (.896 DHS 2013) (.861 MICS 2017)

Somalia

(.979 MICS 2006)

Sudan & South Sudan

(.876 SHHS 2010) (.866 MICS 2014)

Tanzania

(.146 DHS 2010) (.1 DHS 2015–2016)

Togo

(.039 MICS 2010) (.047 DHS 2013–2014)

Uganda

(.006 DHS 2006) (.014 DHS 2011) (.03 DHS 2016)

Yemen

(.215 FHS 2003) (.185 DHS 2013)