Share of girls and women who have undergone FGM 2025, by country

Published by S. Galan, Jun 23, 2025

Even if the percentage of women who have undergone FGM has decreased over the past 30 years, it is still a global issue nowadays. In many Sub-Saharan countries, female genital mutilation is still a widespread practice. For instance, ** percent of women in Somalia have undergone FGM. 

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Percentage of girls and women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 2025*, by country

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Release date

February 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Age group

15-49 years

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 *The source states that there weer no updated data available since 2020 as of December 2024.

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