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Table 2 National (weighted) estimates for lifetime and prior-year intimate partner violence, 36 Demographic and Health Surveys across 36 countries (2012–2018)

From: Global measurement of intimate partner violence to monitor Sustainable Development Goal 5

 

Lifetime

Prior-Year

Controlling Behaviour (any)

Country

Psych.

Phys.

Sexual

Phys. / Sexual

Any

Psych.

Phys.

Sexual

Phys. / Sexual

Any

Central Asia

 

 Kyrgyz Republic

14.1

25.1

4.0

25.4

28.1

10.4

16.9

2.8

17.1

19.8

81.9

 Tajikistan

15.8

25.3

1.7

25.7

30.8

13.3

18.7

1.4

19.0

24.1

80.7

Latin America, Caribbean

 

 Haiti

26.3

18.6

11.2

23.5

34.0

17.8

10.0

7.0

13.8

22.3

72.6

N Africa, W Asia, Europe

 

 Armenia

11.4

8.0

1.1

8.1

14.0

6.4

3.5

0.3

3.5

7.6

49.4

 Egypt

18.8

25.2

4.1

25.6

30.3

13.1

13.5

2.7

14.0

18.6

78.0

S, SE Asia

 

 Afghanistan

37.3

50.5

7.5

50.8

55.5

34.4

45.8

6.1

46.0

51.8

68.8

 Cambodia

24.8

16.2

5.5

18.2

28.7

17.3

9.3

3.9

10.9

19.6

25.9

 India

13.8

29.8

7.0

30.9

33.3

11.4

22.5

5.7

23.9

26.5

46.1

 Maldives

11.6

12.4

2.0

12.6

17.8

7.6

5.4

0.7

5.5

10.4

38.3

 Myanmar

13.5

15.4

3.0

16.3

20.9

10.2

10.2

2.2

11.0

15.0

29.1

 Nepal

12.3

22.8

7.0

24.3

26.3

7.7

10.0

4.0

11.2

13.5

34.3

 Pakistan

25.8

22.9

4.8

23.7

33.5

20.6

13.6

3.6

14.5

24.8

28.1

 Philippines

10.7

11.0

4.0

12.2

16.5

6.6

4.3

2.2

5.4

9.0

37.5

 Timor-Leste

9.4

36.6

5.0

38.1

40.1

8.9

33.1

4.8

34.6

36.8

47.3

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 Angola

27.7

32.5

7.7

33.9

41.3

24.0

24.2

6.7

25.8

33.8

55.9

 Benin

36.7

19.5

8.8

22.4

41.8

28.7

11.1

6.1

13.9

31.8

65.3

 Burundi

25.6

39.7

25.4

46.7

50.2

16.5

17.9

18.4

27.8

31.6

35.4

 Chad

24.1

26.4

10.0

28.6

34.8

16.3

15.5

6.8

17.4

23.1

66.2

 Comoros

8.1

5.6

1.8

6.4

10.6

6.2

4.2

1.3

4.8

8.1

66.8

 DRC

36.6

45.9

25.5

50.7

57.4

29.4

30.3

19.8

36.7

43.9

82.7

 Ethiopia

24.0

23.5

10.1

26.3

33.8

20.2

16.9

8.3

19.8

27.0

56.7

 Gabon

35.1

46.2

17.0

48.6

56.1

26.6

28.3

11.8

31.2

39.2

84.7

 Gambia

15.8

19.6

2.7

20.1

26.2

8.5

6.9

1.1

7.3

12.3

51.2

 Kenya

32.4

36.9

13.3

39.4

47.1

23.8

22.6

9.8

25.4

32.7

63.2

 Malawi

29.5

25.9

19.2

33.8

42.2

23.0

16.2

15.4

24.1

32.6

71.4

 Mali

38.4

36.8

11.8

38.5

48.9

28.1

18.0

7.8

20.9

34.0

63.7

 Mozambique

14.9

18.1

3.6

18.8

23.5

12.2

14.1

2.9

14.7

18.8

39.7

 Namibia

25.0

23.4

7.6

25.0

33.3

21.0

18.7

6.6

20.2

27.8

52.3

 Nigeria

19.2

14.4

4.8

16.2

24.5

15.3

9.3

3.7

11.0

19.0

63.9

 Rwanda

26.6

31.1

11.6

34.4

40.4

18.5

17.6

8.3

20.6

26.7

44.9

 Sierra Leone

29.2

44.2

7.3

45.3

50.5

20.8

27.2

5.1

28.6

33.9

79.2

 Tanzania

35.9

39.3

13.6

41.7

49.5

28.1

27.0

10.4

29.5

37.5

74.2

 Togo

29.7

20.2

7.5

22.1

35.7

24.1

10.7

4.8

12.7

27.2

64.5

 Uganda

41.1

40.1

22.9

46.6

55.8

29.3

22.3

16.4

29.6

39.4

71.4

 Zambia

24.0

38.8

16.7

42.7

47.1

17.8

21.3

13.0

26.5

31.1

73.8

 Zimbabwe

31.5

30.7

12.7

35.4

45.0

23.5

15.2

9.3

19.8

30.1

66.4

 Max

41.1

50.5

25.5

50.8

57.4

34.4

45.8

19.8

46.0

51.8

84.7

 Min

8.1

5.6

1.1

6.4

10.6

6.2

3.5

0.3

3.5

7.6

25.9

  1. Abbreviations: DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, Psych. psychological, Phys. physical