Which country has the highest % of Men Who Are Circumcised?

Morocco has the highest % of Men Who Are Circumcised, at 99.9%, followed by Palestine (99.9%) and Afghanistan (99.8%).

Which country has the lowest % of Men Who Are Circumcised?

Sint Maarten has the lowest % of Men Who Are Circumcised, at 0.06%.

What is the median % of Men Who Are Circumcised across countries?

The median is 13.5% across the 229 countries with data.

Where does this circumcision by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - BMC; Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Erratum to: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010 - Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Circumcision by Country

Name: Circumcision by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Morocco has the highest % of Men Who Are Circumcised (99.9%), followed by Palestine (99.9%) and Afghanistan (99.8%). Sint Maarten has the lowest (0.06%).

Health229 countries · 1 metricUpdated Dec 3, 2024Original page

5 sources

Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - BMC
Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information
Erratum to: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information
Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010 - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision: A systematic review

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Ranking

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

13.5%

Middle half 0.5% – 91.7%

Average

37.6%

229 countries

Highest

99.9%

Morocco

Lowest

0.06%

Sint Maarten

Data

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229 countries · # = rank by % of Men Who Are Circumcised

#
1	Morocco	99.9%
1	Palestine	99.9%
3	Afghanistan	99.8%
3	Tunisia	99.8%
5	Iran	99.7%
6	Western Sahara	99.6%
7	Comoros	99.4%
8	Mauritania	99.2%
8	Gabon	99.2%
10	Yemen	99.0%
10	Tajikistan	99.0%
12	Nigeria	98.9%
12	Iraq	98.9%
14	Jordan	98.8%
15	Turkey	98.6%
16	Azerbaijan	98.5%
17	Maldives	98.4%
18	Algeria	97.9%
19	Liberia	97.7%
20	DR Congo	97.2%
20	Eritrea	97.2%
22	Saudi Arabia	97.1%
23	Ivory Coast	96.7%
24	Libya	96.6%
25	Uzbekistan	96.5%
25	Djibouti	96.5%
27	Pakistan	96.4%
28	Sierra Leone	96.1%
29	Niger	95.5%
30	Togo	95.2%
31	Solomon Islands	95.0%
31	Vanuatu	95.0%
31	Samoa	95.0%
31	Guam	95.0%
31	Tonga	95.0%
31	American Samoa	95.0%
31	Palau	95.0%
31	Cook Islands	95.0%
31	Nauru	95.0%
31	Tuvalu	95.0%
31	Tokelau	95.0%
31	Niue	95.0%
43	Egypt	94.7%
43	Madagascar	94.7%
45	Gambia	94.5%
46	Cameroon	94.0%
47	Somalia	93.5%
47	Senegal	93.5%
49	Turkmenistan	93.4%
50	Guinea-Bissau	93.3%
51	Bangladesh	93.2%
52	Benin	92.9%
53	Syria	92.8%
54	Indonesia	92.5%
55	Ethiopia	92.2%
56	Kyrgyzstan	91.9%
57	Philippines	91.7%
57	Israel	91.7%
59	Ghana	91.6%
60	Kenya	91.2%
61	Northern Mariana Islands	90.0%
62	Burkina Faso	88.3%
63	Oman	87.7%
64	Equatorial Guinea	87.0%
65	Kuwait	86.4%
66	Mali	86.0%
67	Guinea	84.2%
68	Bahrain	81.2%
69	French Polynesia	78.0%
70	Qatar	77.5%
71	South Korea	77.0%
72	United Arab Emirates	76.0%
73	Chad	73.5%
74	Tanzania	72.0%
75	United States	71.2%
76	Republic of the Congo	70.0%
77	Central African Republic	63.0%
78	Burundi	61.7%
79	Malaysia	61.4%
80	Lebanon	59.7%
81	Angola	57.5%
82	Kazakhstan	56.4%
83	Fiji	55.0%
84	Lesotho	52.0%
85	Brunei	51.9%
86	New Caledonia	50.0%
87	Albania	47.7%
88	Mozambique	47.4%
89	South Africa	44.7%
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.6%
91	Sudan	39.4%
92	North Macedonia	33.9%
93	New Zealand	33.0%
94	Canada	31.9%
95	Hong Kong	28.0%
96	Uganda	26.7%
97	Australia	26.6%
98	Namibia	25.5%
99	South Sudan	23.6%
100	Thailand	23.4%
101	Cyprus	22.7%
102	Belgium	22.6%
103	Malawi	21.6%
104	United Kingdom	20.7%
105	Montenegro	18.5%
106	Mauritius	16.6%
107	Suriname	15.9%
108	Mexico	15.4%
109	Botswana	15.1%
110	Singapore	14.9%
111	China	14.0%
111	France	14.0%
111	Jamaica	14.0%
114	Dominican Republic	13.7%
115	India	13.5%
116	Bulgaria	13.4%
117	Rwanda	13.3%
118	Zambia	12.8%
119	Guyana	12.0%
120	Russia	11.8%
121	Germany	10.9%
122	Georgia	10.6%
123	Papua New Guinea	10.1%
124	Zimbabwe	9.2%
125	Japan	9%
126	Sri Lanka	8.5%
126	Slovenia	8.5%
128	Taiwan	8.3%
129	Eswatini	8.2%
130	Spain	6.6%
131	Timor-Leste	6.4%
132	Haiti	6.2%
133	Gibraltar	6%
134	Switzerland	5.9%
135	Austria	5.8%
135	Trinidad and Tobago	5.8%
137	Netherlands	5.7%
138	Denmark	5.3%
139	Sweden	5.1%
140	Liechtenstein	4.8%
141	Greece	4.7%
142	Mongolia	4.4%
143	Colombia	4.2%
143	Nepal	4.2%
145	Serbia	3.71%
146	Peru	3.7%
147	Myanmar	3.5%
147	Cambodia	3.5%
149	Norway	3%
150	Argentina	2.9%
151	Italy	2.6%
152	Luxembourg	2.4%
153	Ukraine	2.3%
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7%
155	Brazil	1.3%
155	Croatia	1.3%
157	British Virgin Islands	1.2%
158	Seychelles	1.1%
158	Andorra	1.1%
160	Bhutan	1%
161	Panama	0.95%
162	Ireland	0.93%
163	Barbados	0.9%
164	Finland	0.82%
165	Bermuda	0.8%
166	Hungary	0.78%
167	Uruguay	0.62%
168	Portugal	0.61%
169	Antigua and Barbuda	0.6%
170	United States Virgin Islands	0.55%
171	Moldova	0.5%
171	Monaco	0.5%
173	Aruba	0.46%
174	Latvia	0.38%
175	Romania	0.34%
176	Venezuela	0.33%
177	Belarus	0.32%
178	Malta	0.3%
178	Grenada	0.3%
178	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3%
178	Anguilla	0.3%
182	Estonia	0.25%
183	Chile	0.21%
184	Vietnam	0.2%
184	Lithuania	0.2%
184	Bahamas	0.2%
184	Isle of Man	0.2%
184	Cayman Islands	0.2%
184	Dominica	0.2%
184	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.2%
191	Slovakia	0.15%
191	Costa Rica	0.15%
193	Czechia	0.14%
193	Puerto Rico	0.14%
195	Poland	0.11%
195	Guatemala	0.11%
195	Ecuador	0.11%
195	Bolivia	0.11%
195	Cuba	0.11%
195	Paraguay	0.11%
195	El Salvador	0.11%
202	North Korea	0.1%
202	Honduras	0.1%
202	Laos	0.1%
202	Nicaragua	0.1%
202	Armenia	0.1%
202	Macau	0.1%
202	Cape Verde	0.1%
202	Belize	0.1%
202	Iceland	0.1%
202	Sao Tome and Principe	0.1%
202	Saint Lucia	0.1%
202	Kiribati	0.1%
202	Micronesia	0.1%
202	Jersey	0.1%
202	Guernsey	0.1%
202	Faroe Islands	0.1%
202	Greenland	0.1%
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.1%
202	Marshall Islands	0.1%
202	San Marino	0.1%
202	Saint Martin	0.1%
202	Saint Barthelemy	0.1%
202	Wallis and Futuna	0.1%
202	Montserrat	0.1%
202	Falkland Islands	0.1%
202	Vatican City	0.1%
228	Curacao	0.07%
229	Sint Maarten	0.06%

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Opposite directions

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Quick answers

Which country has the highest % of Men Who Are Circumcised?: Morocco has the highest % of Men Who Are Circumcised, at 99.9%, followed by Palestine (99.9%) and Afghanistan (99.8%).
Which country has the lowest % of Men Who Are Circumcised?: Sint Maarten has the lowest % of Men Who Are Circumcised, at 0.06%.
What is the median % of Men Who Are Circumcised across countries?: The median is 13.5% across the 229 countries with data.
Where does this circumcision by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - BMC; Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Erratum to: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision - National Center for Biotechnology Information; Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010 - Center for Disease Control and Prevention.