CEE: women who have experienced sexual harassment 2017-2018

In the CEE region, Slovenia recorded the highest proportion of women who experienced physical or sexual violence from their partners. The lowest percentage was recorded in Croatia and Poland in 2018. Slovenia and Poland were also the countries who recorded the highest percentage of women reporting domestic violence to the police.

Share of women who have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence since the age of 15 in Central and Eastern European countries between 2017 and 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Slovenia	56.1%
Czechia*	40%
Latvia	32%
Romania**	24%
Lithuania**	24%
Slovakia***	23.6%
Bulgaria	23%
Hungary	21%
Estonia	20%
Croatia	13%
Poland**	13%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

2017 to 2018

Supplementary notes

* Women who have at some point been victims of domestic violence by their partners since the age of 18
** Women who have been victims of intimate partner violence in their lifetime
*** Women who have ever have a partner experienced at least one act of violence committed by the partner

Date of release is date of access.

EIGE’s definition of intimate partner violence is in line with the definition of domestic violence of the Istanbul Convention.

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