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Table 1 Percentage of circumcised males in each of the 237 countries and territories in the worlda

From: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision

Country/territory

MC %

Country/territory

MC %

Country/territory

MC %

Afghanistan

99.8

Ghana

91.6

Oman

87.7

Albania

47.7

Gibraltar

6

Pakistan

96.4

Algeria

97.9

Greece

4.7

Palau

95

American Samoa

95

Greenland

0.1

Panama

0.95

Andorra

1.1

Grenada

0.3

Papua New Guinea

10.1

Angola

57.5

Guam

95

Paraguay

0.11

Anguilla

0.3

Guatemala

0.11

Peru

3.7

Antigua & Barbuda

0.6

Guernsey

0.1

Philippines

91.7

Argentina

2.9

Guinea

84.2

Pitcairn Islands

0

Armenia

0.1

Guinea-Bissau

93.3

Poland

0.11

Aruba

0.46

Guyana

12

Portugal

0.61

Australia

26.6

Haiti

6.2

Puerto Rico

0.14

Austria

5.8

Holy See (Vatican)

0.1

Qatar

77.5

Azerbaijan

98.5

Honduras

0.1

Romania

0.34

Bahamas, The

0.2

Hong Kong

28

Russia

11.8

Bahrain

81.2

Hungary

0.78

Rwanda

13.3

Bangladesh

93.2

Iceland

0.1

Saint Barthelemy

0.1

Barbados

0.9

India

13.5

Saint Helena, Ascens

0.1

Belarus

0.32

Indonesia

92.5

Saint Kitts & Nevis

0.3

Belgium

22.6

Iran

99.7

Saint Lucia

0.1

Belize

0.1

Iraq

98.9

Saint Martin & Tristan

0.1

Benin

92.9

Ireland

0.93

Saint Pierre & Miquel

0.2

Bermuda

0.8

Isle of Man

0.2

Saint Vincent & Grena

1.7

Bhutan

1.0

Israel

91.7

Samoa

95

Bolivia

0.11

Italy

2.6

San Marino

0.1

Bosnia & Herzegovina

41.6

Jamaica

14

Sao Tome & Principe

0.1

Botswana

15.1

Japan

9

Saudi Arabia

97.1

Brazil

1.3

Jersey

0.1

Senegal

93.5

British Virgin Islands

1.2

Jordan

98.8

Serbia

3.71

Brunei

51.9

Kazakhstan

56.4

Seychelles

1.1

Bulgaria

13.4

Kenya

91.2

Sierra Leone

96.1

Burkin Faso

88.3

Kiribati

0.1

Singapore

14.9

Burma

3.5

Korea, North

0.1

Sint Maarten

0.06

Burundi

61.7

Korea, South

77.0

Slovakia

0.15

Cabo Verde

0.1

Kosovo Islands

91.7

Slovenia

8.5

Cambodia

3.5

Kuwait

86.4

Solomon Islands

95

Cameroon

94.0

Kyrgyzstan

91.9

Somalia

93.5

Canada

31.9

Laos

0.1

South Africa

44.7

Cayman Islands

0.2

Latvia

0.38

South Sudan

23.6

Central African Republic

63.0

Lebanon

59.7

Spain

6.6

Chad

73.5

Lesotho

52

Sri Lanka

8.5

Chile

0.21

Liberia

97.7

Sudan

39.4

China

14.0

Libya

96.6

Suriname

15.9

Christmas Island

0.1

Liechtenstein

4.8

Svalbard

0.1

Cocos (Keeling)

95

Lithuania

0.2

Swaziland

8.2

Columbia

4.2

Luxembourg

2.4

Sweden

5.1

Comoros

99.4

Macau

0.1

Switzerland

5.9

Congo, Democrat Repub

97.2

Macedonia

33.9

Syria

92.8

Congo, Republic

70

Madagascar

94.7

Taiwan

8.3

Cook Islands

95

Malawi

21.6

Tajikistan

99

Costa Rica

0.15

Malaysia

61.4

Tanzania

72

Cote d’Ivoire

96.7

Maldives

98.4

Thailand

23.4

Croatia

1.3

Mali

86

Timor-Leste

6.4

Cuba

0.11

Malta

0.3

Togo

95.2

Curacao

0.07

Marshall Islands

0.1

Tokelau

95

Cyprus

22.7

Mauritania

99.2

Tonga

95

Czech Republic

0.14

Mauritius

16.6

Trinidad & Tobago

5.8

Denmark

5.3

Mexico

15.4

Tunisia

99.8

Djibouti

96.5

Micronesia, Fed States

0.1

Turkey

98.6

Dominica

0.2

Moldova

0.5

Turkmenistan

93.4

Dominican Republic

13.7

Monaco

0.5

Turks & Caicos Is

0.1

Ecuador

0.11

Mongolia

4.4

Tuvalu

95

Egypt

94.7

Montenegro

18.5

Uganda

26.7

El Salvador

0.11

Montserrat

0.1

Ukraine

2.3

Equatorial Guinea

87

Morocco

99.9

United Arab Emirates

76

Eritrea

97.2

Mozambique

47.4

United Kingdom

20.7

Estonia

0.25

Namibia

25.5

United States

71.2

Ethiopia

92.2

Nauru

95

Uruguay

0.62

Falkland Islands

0.1

Nepal

4.2

Uzbekistan

96.5

Faroe Islands

0.1

Netherlands

5.7

Vanuatu

95

Fiji

55

New Caledonia

50

Venezuela

0.33

Finland

0.82

New Zealand

33.0

Vietnam

0.2

France

14

Nicaragua

0.1

Virgin Islands

0.55

French Polynesia

78

Niger

95.5

Wallis & Futuna

0.1

Gabon

99.2

Nigeria

98.9

West Bank

99.9

Gambia, The

94.5

Niue

95

Western Sahara

99.6

Gaza Strip

99.9

Norfolk Island

0.1

Yemen

99.0

Georgia

10. 6

Northern Mariana Is

90

Zambia

12.8

Germany

10.9

Norway

3.0

Zimbabwe

9.2

  1. aThe reader is referred to Additional files 1 and 2 in the supplementary material in order to understand the use of our methodology for deriving the values shown in this Table