Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partner, 2018

Ever-partnered women aged over 15 years who have been subject to physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the last 12 months. Anever-partnered woman is a woman who has had an intimate partner at any time in their life.

5.2.1 - Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age (%) - VC_VAW_MARR - 15 years old and over percent
Country/area
2018
Afghanistan
33.6%
Angola
22.1%
Argentina
3.7%
Armenia
4.5%
Australia
2.0%
Austria
2.8%
Azerbaijan
4.0%
Bangladesh
20.8%
Belarus
5.2%
Belgium
3.3%
Belize
6.6%
Benin
13.2%
Bhutan
8.4%
Bolivia
15.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.7%
Botswana
15.2%
Brazil
5.3%
Bulgaria
4.1%
Burkina Faso
10.6%
Burundi
20.1%
Cambodia
8.2%
Cameroon
19.0%
Canada
1.7%
Cape Verde
10.2%
Central African Republic
18.1%
Chad
14.6%
Chile
4.8%
China
5.9%
Colombia
10.0%
Comoros
7.3%
Cook Islands
10.7%
Costa Rica
5.8%
Cote d'Ivoire
15.4%
Croatia
2.8%
Cuba
3.4%
Cyprus
3.0%
Czechia
2.9%
Democratic Republic of Congo
31.9%
Denmark
2.0%
Dominican Republic
7.8%
East Timor
24.6%
Ecuador
6.6%
Egypt
11.9%
El Salvador
4.8%
Equatorial Guinea
25.6%
Estonia
2.7%
Eswatini
16.0%
Ethiopia
22.8%
Fiji
16.4%
Finland
5.6%
France
3.5%
Gabon
20.9%
Gambia
9.0%
Georgia
2.2%
Ghana
9.5%
Greece
3.7%
Grenada
5.6%
Guatemala
6.3%
Guinea
18.6%
Guyana
8.5%
Haiti
10.1%
Honduras
6.8%
Hong Kong
1.7%
Hungary
4.2%
Iceland
1.8%
India
15.9%
Indonesia
7.5%
Iran
15.2%
Ireland
2.7%
Israel
4.4%
Italy
2.2%
Jamaica
5.7%
Japan
3.0%
Jordan
12.1%
Kazakhstan
4.9%
Kenya
21.4%
Kiribati
19.5%
Kyrgyzstan
11.6%
Laos
6.7%
Latvia
4.4%
Lesotho
14.3%
Liberia
23.2%
Lithuania
4.1%
Luxembourg
2.7%
Malawi
15.2%
Maldives
5.3%
Mali
16.7%
Malta
3.1%
Marshall Islands
15.0%
Mexico
8.9%
Micronesia (country)
18.8%
Moldova
8.2%
Mongolia
9.3%
Montenegro
3.5%
Morocco
8.5%
Mozambique
15.7%
Myanmar
8.7%
Namibia
14.9%
Nauru
15.5%
Nepal
10.3%
Netherlands
3.5%
New Zealand
3.2%
Nicaragua
5.6%
Niger
13.9%
Nigeria
11.7%
North Macedonia
3.3%
Norway
3.4%
Pakistan
14.6%
Palau
10.9%
Palestine
17.1%
Panama
6.4%
Papua New Guinea
25.5%
Paraguay
4.9%
Peru
9.1%
Philippines
4.9%
Poland
2.6%
Portugal
3.6%
Romania
6.7%
Rwanda
21.5%
Samoa
13.5%
Sao Tome and Principe
15.5%
Senegal
10.8%
Serbia
3.0%
Sierra Leone
17.2%
Singapore
2.0%
Slovakia
4.4%
Slovenia
2.6%
Solomon Islands
23.6%
South Africa
11.0%
South Korea
8.8%
South Sudan
24.0%
Spain
2.6%
Sri Lanka
3.3%
Sudan
14.8%
Suriname
5.9%
Sweden
4.8%
Switzerland
1.2%
Tajikistan
12.0%
Tanzania
21.7%
Thailand
7.1%
Togo
11.2%
Tonga
12.1%
Trinidad and Tobago
5.6%
Tunisia
8.3%
Turkey
9.5%
Tuvalu
15.4%
Uganda
24.2%
Ukraine
8.3%
United Kingdom
3.6%
United States
4.2%
Uruguay
3.4%
Vanuatu
24.2%
Venezuela
7.3%
Vietnam
7.3%
Zambia
25.2%
Zimbabwe
15.8%
Other
Australia and New Zealand (UN)
2.2%
Europe (UN)
4.2%
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
7.0%
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
19.7%
Northern Africa (UN)
12.1%
Northern America (UN)
4.0%
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
12.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa (UN)
18.2%
World
9.9%
Data

Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partner

What you should know about this indicator

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age (%)

Further information available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-05-02-01.pdf

Share of women who experienced violence from an intimate partner
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age (%)
Source
Data from multiple sources compiled by the UN – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
August 27, 2024
Next expected update
August 2026
Date range
2018–2018
Unit
%

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) dataset is the primary collection of data tracking progress towards the SDG indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources.

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