Nigeria: age at female genital mutilation

As of 2018, 20 percent of surveyed women had undergone female genital mutilation. For the majority of women, genital mutilation occurred before the age of five.

Female genital mutilation is defined by the World Health Organization as any procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs for non-therapeutic reasons.

Age at which women had undergone female genital mutilation in Nigeria as of 2018

Characteristic	Share of women
Younger than 5 years	86%
5-9 years	4%
10-14 years	4%
15 years and older	5%
Do not know/missing	2%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

5,202 respondents

Age group

15-49 years

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision, is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as any procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external genitalia and/or injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or any other non-therapeutic reason."

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