(*) "with ban" refers to countries with corporal punishment banned in all schools at the time of the survey. Sierra Leone banned corporal punishment in 2023 after its latest round of MICS (2019). Guinea Bissau banned corporal punishment in 2021 after its latest round of MICS (2018). Hence, they are considered as countries with no bans in this graph.
Source: Authors' Analysis of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper