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Chart of Types and Locations of FGM Statistics from Amnesty International |
| Country | Estimate % of women cut |
Type of FGM practiced |
| Benin | 50% | excision |
| Burkina Faso | 70% | excision |
| Cameroon | 20% | clitoridectomy and excision |
| Central African Republic | 50% | clitoridectomy and excision |
| Chad | 60% | excision and infibulation |
| Cote d'Lvoire | 60% | excision |
| Democratic Rep. Congo | 5% | excision |
| Djibouti | 90-98% | excision and infibulation |
| Egypt | 97% | clitoridectomy, excision and infibulation |
| Eritrea | 90% | clitoridectomy, excision and infibulation |
| Ethiopia | 90% | clitoridectomy and excision, except in areas bordering Sudan and Somalia, where infibulation is practiced |
| Gambia | 60-90% | average; excision, infibulation (small %) almost 100% the Fula and Sarahuli women |
| Ghana | 15-30% | excision |
| Guinea | 70-90% | clitoridectomy, excision and infibulation |
| Guinea-Bissau | 50% 70-80% 20-30% |
average clitoridectomy and excision -in areas inhabited by the Fula and Mandinka; -in urban areas |
| Kenya | 50% | clitoridectomy, excision and some infibulation |
| Liberia | 50-60% | excision |
| Mali | 90-94% | clitoridectomy, excision, in south, infibulation |
| Mauritania | 25% 95% 30% |
average clitoridectomy and excision -among Soninke and Halpulaar -among Moor women |
| Niger | 20% | excision |
| Nigeria | 50% | clitoridectomy, excision, some infibulation |
| Senegal | 20% | excision |
| Sierra Leone | 80-90% | excision |
| Somalia | 98% | infibulation |
| Sudan | 89% 80-90% |
-excision infibulation of northern Sudanese women, infibulation predominates, some excision |
| Tanzania | 10% | excision, infibulation |
| Togo | 12% | excision |
| Uganda | 5% | clitoridectomy and excision |
| Online Source for Chart Information: http://www.fgm.org/WhatKindWhereFGM.html |
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