A choropleth world map showing the global prevalence of female genital cutting based on 2011 and 2015 data.

A world map colored to represent the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC). Red and orange areas, indicating high prevalence where more than 26% to 50% of women have been cut, are concentrated in West Africa, the Horn of Africa, Egypt, Yemen, and Indonesia. Green areas indicate low prevalence or occurrences limited to specific ethnic enclaves.

Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting 2015 Rescaling of 2011 Data Essentially never Rare or limited to particular ethnic minority enclaves (≤11%) 11-25% of women have had their genitals cut 26-50% of women have had their genitals cut More than half of women have had their genitals cut No Data (This scale includes both mild and severe forms of cutting.) WomanSTATS PROJECT INFIB-SCALE-1 Data © The WomanStats Project http://womanstats.org/ Map by Think Spatial CC BY-NC-ND