| Country |
% ♀ |
Type |
| Benin |
30–50 |
II |
| Burkina Faso |
71.6 |
II |
| Cameroon |
20 |
n/a |
| Central Afr Rep |
43 |
n/a |
| Chad |
60 |
II, III |
| Ivory Coast |
44.5 |
II |
| Congo |
5 |
n/a |
| Djibouti |
90-98 |
II, III |
| Egypt |
97 |
I, II |
| Eritrea |
90 |
I, II, III |
| Ethiopia |
72.7 |
I, II, III, IV |
| Gambia |
60–90 |
I, II, III, IV |
| Ghana |
n/a |
I, II, III |
| Guinea |
98.6 |
I, II, III, IV |
| Guinea-Bissau |
50 |
n/a |
| Indonesia |
n/a |
I, IV |
| Kenya |
37.6 |
I, II, III |
| Liberia |
50 |
II |
| Mali |
93.7 |
I, II, III |
| Mauritania |
25 |
n/a |
| Niger |
5 |
n/a |
| Nigeria |
25.1 |
I, II, III |
| Senegal |
5–20 |
II, III |
| Sierra Leone |
80–90 |
II |
| Somalia |
90–98 |
I, III |
| Sudan |
50–90 |
I, II, III |
| Tanzania |
18 |
n/a |
| Togo |
12 |
II |
| Uganda |
5 |
n/a |
| Yemen |
23 |
II, III |
Sources: Individual Country Reports
U.S. Department of State, 1 June 2001.
Momoh, Comfort. "Female Genital
Mutilation", Radcliffe Publishing,
2005, p. 6 (figures from 1987–1999). Read more about this topic: Female Genital Mutilation
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