Gender-based violence, which includes sexual predation, touches women in every country in the world and every socioeconomic group.
WHO region | Countries included | Proportion |
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Africa | Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 36.6%36.6 |
Americas | Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia | 29.8%29.8 |
Eastern Mediterranean | Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine | 37.0%37 |
Europe | Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine | 25.4%25.4 |
Southeast Asia | Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand | 37.7%37.7 |
Western Pacific | Cambodia, China, Philippines, Samoa, Vietnam | 24.6%24.6 |
High-income | Australia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America | 23.2%23.2 |