Table 1

DHS/MICS data sets on female genital mutilation or cutting among children (0–14 years) across countries and regions

Region	Country	Survey (n)	Survey period	Sample size	Annualised year average (%)
Central Africa	Chad	3	2004–2015	34 139	13.91 (9.60–18.86)
Central Africa	Central African Republic	2	2006–2010	24 219	3.02 (0.00–11.20)
Central Africa	Cameroon	1	2004	2975	0.71 (0.43–1.04)
East Africa	Tanzania	4	1996–2016	28 718	3.17 (0.78–7.10)
East Africa	Somalia	1	2006	3716	45.99 (44.39–47.59)
East Africa	Somalia north-east	1	2011	5813	30.60 (29.43–31.79)
East Africa	Ethiopia	3	2000–2016	22 885	34.12 (15.12–56.26)
East Africa	Kenya	4	1998–2014	18 917	10.42 (2.52–22.79)
East Africa	Djibouti	1	2006	1923	48.52 (46.29–50.75)
East Africa	Somaliland	1	2011	5729	27.70 (26.55–28.87)
East Africa	Eritrea	2	1995–2002	6609	67.01 (58.02–75.41)
North Africa	Sudan	3	1990–2014	41 131	41.90 (30.88–53.36)
North Africa	Egypt	7	1995–2015	85 036	28.40 (16.41–42.18)
West Africa	Burkina Faso	4	1999–2010	33 021	28.00 (15.16–43.01)
West Africa	Guinea	4	1999–2016	26 576	50.35 (44.75–55.95)
West Africa	Ghana	1	2011	8276	0.40 (0.27–0.55)
West Africa	Benin	4	2001–2014	34 399	1.80 (0.25–4.68)
West Africa	Senegal	7	2005–2016	37 087	12.96 (8.63–18.03)
West Africa	Niger	2	1998–2006	7521	5.67 (0.00–25.15)
West Africa	Guinea-Bissau	3	2006–2016	23 414	34.29 (28.63–40.19)
West Africa	Mauritania	4	2001–2015	34 100	61.20 (53.61–68.53)
West Africa	Sierra Leone	3	2006–2010	24 268	24.67 (8.87–45.18)
West Africa	Mali	6	1996–2015	67 404	72.59 (69.98–75.13)
West Africa	Togo	3	2006–2014	16 777	0.53 (0.21–0.97)
West Africa	Cote d'Ivoire	4	1999–2016	19 837	13.61 (9.25–18.65)
West Africa	Gambia	2	2006–2010	21 972	53.43 (32.14–74.08)
West Africa	Nigeria	7	1999–2017	104 030	18.83 (14.66–23.39)
Western Asia	Yemen	2	1997–2013	16 037	6.31 (0.00–28.23)
Western Asia	Iraq	1	2011	8759	21.00 (20.15–21.85)