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Indicator
 
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 15-49)
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%

East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (modeled estimate, % of ever partnered women ages 15-49)Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
EconomyYearValueYearValue
Afghanistan201835%201580.2%
Albania20186%20186.8%
Algeria2018N/A2023N/A
American Samoa2018N/A2023N/A
Andorra2018N/A2023N/A
Angola201825%201625.2%
Antigua and Barbuda2018N/A2023N/A
Argentina20185%2023N/A
Armenia20185%201610.1%
Aruba2018N/A2023N/A
Australia20183%2023N/A
Austria20184%2023N/A
Azerbaijan20185%2023N/A
Bahamas, The2018N/A2023N/A
Bahrain2018N/A2023N/A
Bangladesh201823%201820.1%
Barbados2018N/A2023N/A
Belarus20186%2023N/A
Belgium20185%2023N/A
Belize20188%2023N/A
Benin201815%201831.8%
Bermuda2018N/A2023N/A
Bhutan20189%2023N/A
Bolivia201818%2023N/A
Bosnia and Herzegovina20183%2023N/A
Botswana201817%2023N/A
Brazil20186%2023N/A
British Virgin Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam2018N/A2023N/A
Bulgaria20186%2023N/A
Burkina Faso201811%202144.1%
Burundi201822%201761.8%
Cabo Verde201811%2023N/A
Cambodia20189%202237.1%
Cameroon201822%201827.7%
Canada20183%2023N/A
Cayman Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Central African Republic201821%2023N/A
Chad201816%201573.5%
Channel Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Chile20186%2023N/A
China20188%2023N/A
Colombia201812%20153.1%
Comoros20188%2023N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep.201836%2023N/A
Congo, Rep.2018N/A2023N/A
Costa Rica20187%2023N/A
Cote d'Ivoire201816%202125.8%
Croatia20184%2023N/A
Cuba20185%2023N/A
Curacao2018N/A2023N/A
Cyprus20183%2023N/A
Czechia20184%2023N/A
Denmark20183%2023N/A
Djibouti2018N/A2023N/A
Dominica2018N/A2023N/A
Dominican Republic201810%2023N/A
Ecuador20188%2023N/A
Egypt, Arab Rep.201815%2023N/A
El Salvador20186%2023N/A
Equatorial Guinea201829%2023N/A
Eritrea2018N/A2023N/A
Estonia20184%2023N/A
Eswatini201818%2023N/A
Ethiopia201827%201663%
Faroe Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Fiji201823%2023N/A
Finland20188%2023N/A
France20185%2023N/A
French Polynesia2018N/A2023N/A
Gabon201822%202129.3%
Gambia, The201810%202051.4%
Georgia20183%2023N/A
Germany20185%2023N/A
Ghana201810%202219.3%
Gibraltar2018N/A2023N/A
Greece20185%2023N/A
Greenland2018N/A2023N/A
Grenada20188%2023N/A
Guam2018N/A2023N/A
Guatemala20187%201511%
Guinea201821%201867.2%
Guinea-Bissau2018N/A2023N/A
Guyana201810%2023N/A
Haiti201812%201716.6%
Honduras20187%2023N/A
Hong Kong SAR, China20183%2023N/A
Hungary20186%2023N/A
Iceland20183%2023N/A
India201818%202144.4%
Indonesia20189%201732%
Iran, Islamic Rep.201818%2023N/A
Iraq2018N/A2023N/A
Ireland20183%2023N/A
Isle of Man2018N/A2023N/A
Israel20186%2023N/A
Italy20184%2023N/A
Jamaica20187%2023N/A
Japan20184%2023N/A
Jordan201813%202310.6%
Kazakhstan20186%2023N/A
Kenya201823%202232.4%
Kiribati201825%2023N/A
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2018N/A2023N/A
Korea, Rep.20188%2023N/A
Kosovo20185%2023N/A
Kuwait2018N/A2023N/A
Kyrgyz Republic201813%2023N/A
Lao PDR20188%2023N/A
Latvia20186%2023N/A
Lebanon2018N/A2023N/A
Lesotho201816%2023N/A
Liberia201827%202037%
Libya2018N/A2023N/A
Liechtenstein2018N/A2023N/A
Lithuania20185%2023N/A
Luxembourg20184%2023N/A
Macao SAR, China2018N/A2023N/A
Madagascar2018N/A202140.6%
Malawi201817%201616.3%
Malaysia2018N/A2023N/A
Maldives20186%201722%
Mali201818%201879.4%
Malta20184%2023N/A
Marshall Islands201819%2023N/A
Mauritania2018N/A202127.1%
Mauritius2018N/A2023N/A
Mexico201810%2023N/A
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.201821%2023N/A
Moldova20189%2023N/A
Monaco2018N/A2023N/A
Mongolia201812%2023N/A
Montenegro20184%2023N/A
Morocco201810%2023N/A
Mozambique201816%202318.7%
Myanmar201811%201651.2%
Namibia201816%2023N/A
Nauru201820%2023N/A
Nepal201811%202218.6%
Netherlands20185%2023N/A
New Caledonia2018N/A2023N/A
New Zealand20184%2023N/A
Nicaragua20186%2023N/A
Niger201813%2023N/A
Nigeria201813%201828%
North Macedonia20184%2023N/A
Northern Mariana Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Norway20184%2023N/A
Oman2018N/A2023N/A
Pakistan201816%201841.1%
Palau201814%2023N/A
Panama20188%2023N/A
Papua New Guinea201831%201869.8%
Paraguay20186%2023N/A
Peru201811%2023N/A
Philippines20186%20229.1%
Poland20183%2023N/A
Portugal20184%2023N/A
Puerto Rico2018N/A2023N/A
Qatar2018N/A2023N/A
Romania20187%2023N/A
Russian Federation2018N/A2023N/A
Rwanda201823%202049.6%
Samoa201818%2023N/A
San Marino2018N/A2023N/A
Sao Tome and Principe201818%2023N/A
Saudi Arabia2018N/A2023N/A
Senegal201812%201939.1%
Serbia20184%2023N/A
Seychelles2018N/A2023N/A
Sierra Leone201820%201948.6%
Singapore20182%2023N/A
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2018N/A2023N/A
Slovak Republic20186%2023N/A
Slovenia20183%2023N/A
Solomon Islands201828%2023N/A
Somalia2018N/A2023N/A
South Africa201813%20165.5%
South Sudan201827%2023N/A
Spain20183%2023N/A
Sri Lanka20184%2023N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis2018N/A2023N/A
St. Lucia2018N/A2023N/A
St. Martin (French part)2018N/A2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2018N/A2023N/A
Sudan201817%2023N/A
Suriname20188%2023N/A
Sweden20186%2023N/A
Switzerland20182%2023N/A
Syrian Arab Republic2018N/A2023N/A
Tajikistan201814%201763.6%
Tanzania201824%202247.8%
Thailand20189%2023N/A
Timor-Leste201828%201674%
Togo201813%2023N/A
Tonga201817%2023N/A
Trinidad and Tobago20187%2023N/A
Tunisia201810%2023N/A
Turkiye201812%2023N/A
Turkmenistan2018N/A2023N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands2018N/A2023N/A
Tuvalu201820%2023N/A
Uganda201826%201649%
Ukraine20189%2023N/A
United Arab Emirates2018N/A2023N/A
United Kingdom20184%2023N/A
United States20186%2023N/A
Uruguay20184%2023N/A
Uzbekistan2018N/A2023N/A
Vanuatu201829%2023N/A
Venezuela, RB20188%2023N/A
Vietnam201810%2023N/A
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2018N/A2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza201819%2023N/A
Yemen, Rep.2018N/A2023N/A
Zambia201828%201845.1%
Zimbabwe201818%201538.7%

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