Table 1

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

Country/territoryMC %Country/territoryMC %Country/territoryMC %
Afghanistan99.8Ghana91.6Oman87.7
Albania47.7Gibraltar6Pakistan96.4
Algeria97.9Greece4.7Palau95
American Samoa95Greenland0.1Panama0.95
Andorra1.1Grenada0.3Papua New Guinea10.1
Angola57.5Guam95Paraguay0.11
Anguilla0.3Guatemala0.11Peru3.7
Antigua & Barbuda0.6Guernsey0.1Philippines91.7
Argentina2.9Guinea84.2Pitcairn Islands0
Armenia0.1Guinea-Bissau93.3Poland0.11
Aruba0.46Guyana12Portugal0.61
Australia26.6Haiti6.2Puerto Rico0.14
Austria5.8Holy See (Vatican)0.1Qatar77.5
Azerbaijan98.5Honduras0.1Romania0.34
Bahamas, The0.2Hong Kong28Russia11.8
Bahrain81.2Hungary0.78Rwanda13.3
Bangladesh93.2Iceland0.1Saint Barthelemy0.1
Barbados0.9India13.5Saint Helena, Ascens0.1
Belarus0.32Indonesia92.5Saint Kitts & Nevis0.3
Belgium22.6Iran99.7Saint Lucia0.1
Belize0.1Iraq98.9Saint Martin & Tristan0.1
Benin92.9Ireland0.93Saint Pierre & Miquel0.2
Bermuda0.8Isle of Man0.2Saint Vincent & Grena1.7
Bhutan1.0Israel91.7Samoa95
Bolivia0.11Italy2.6San Marino0.1
Bosnia & Herzegovina41.6Jamaica14Sao Tome & Principe0.1
Botswana15.1Japan9Saudi Arabia97.1
Brazil1.3Jersey0.1Senegal93.5
British Virgin Islands1.2Jordan98.8Serbia3.71
Brunei51.9Kazakhstan56.4Seychelles1.1
Bulgaria13.4Kenya91.2Sierra Leone96.1
Burkin Faso88.3Kiribati0.1Singapore14.9
Burma3.5Korea, North0.1Sint Maarten0.06
Burundi61.7Korea, South77.0Slovakia0.15
Cabo Verde0.1Kosovo Islands91.7Slovenia8.5
Cambodia3.5Kuwait86.4Solomon Islands95
Cameroon94.0Kyrgyzstan91.9Somalia93.5
Canada31.9Laos0.1South Africa44.7
Cayman Islands0.2Latvia0.38South Sudan23.6
Central African Republic63.0Lebanon59.7Spain6.6
Chad73.5Lesotho52Sri Lanka8.5
Chile0.21Liberia97.7Sudan39.4
China14.0Libya96.6Suriname15.9
Christmas Island0.1Liechtenstein4.8Svalbard0.1
Cocos (Keeling)95Lithuania0.2Swaziland8.2
Columbia4.2Luxembourg2.4Sweden5.1
Comoros99.4Macau0.1Switzerland5.9
Congo, Democrat Repub97.2Macedonia33.9Syria92.8
Congo, Republic70Madagascar94.7Taiwan8.3
Cook Islands95Malawi21.6Tajikistan99
Costa Rica0.15Malaysia61.4Tanzania72
Cote d’Ivoire96.7Maldives98.4Thailand23.4
Croatia1.3Mali86Timor-Leste6.4
Cuba0.11Malta0.3Togo95.2
Curacao0.07Marshall Islands0.1Tokelau95
Cyprus22.7Mauritania99.2Tonga95
Czech Republic0.14Mauritius16.6Trinidad & Tobago5.8
Denmark5.3Mexico15.4Tunisia99.8
Djibouti96.5Micronesia, Fed States0.1Turkey98.6
Dominica0.2Moldova0.5Turkmenistan93.4
Dominican Republic13.7Monaco0.5Turks & Caicos Is0.1
Ecuador0.11Mongolia4.4Tuvalu95
Egypt94.7Montenegro18.5Uganda26.7
El Salvador0.11Montserrat0.1Ukraine2.3
Equatorial Guinea87Morocco99.9United Arab Emirates76
Eritrea97.2Mozambique47.4United Kingdom20.7
Estonia0.25Namibia25.5United States71.2
Ethiopia92.2Nauru95Uruguay0.62
Falkland Islands0.1Nepal4.2Uzbekistan96.5
Faroe Islands0.1Netherlands5.7Vanuatu95
Fiji55New Caledonia50Venezuela0.33
Finland0.82New Zealand33.0Vietnam0.2
France14Nicaragua0.1Virgin Islands0.55
French Polynesia78Niger95.5Wallis & Futuna0.1
Gabon99.2Nigeria98.9West Bank99.9
Gambia, The94.5Niue95Western Sahara99.6
Gaza Strip99.9Norfolk Island0.1Yemen99.0
Georgia10. 6Northern Mariana Is90Zambia12.8
Germany10.9Norway3.0Zimbabwe9.2

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