TABLE 9. CHILD PROTECTION Birth Female genital mutilation/cutting registration + Justification of (%) 2004–2015* + (%)++ wife-beating (%) Violent discipline (%)+ Child labour (%) Child marriage (%) Countries 2009–2015* 2008–2014* 2010–2015* prevalence attitudes 2010–2015* 2010–2015* married by married by support for and areas a b c total male female 15 18 total women girls the practice male female total male female Afghanistan 29y 34y 24y – 33 37 – – – – 90 74 75 74 Albania 5y 6y 4y 0 10 99x – – – 36x 30x 77x 81x 73x Algeria 5 6 5 0 3 100 – – – – 59y 86 88 85 Andorra – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Angola 24x 22x 25x – – 36x – – – – – – – – Antigua and Barbuda – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Argentina 4 5 4 – – 100y – – – – 2 72 74 71 Armenia 4 5 3 0 7 100 – – – 20 9 70 72 67 Australia – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Austria – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Azerbaijan 7x,y 8x,y 5x,y 2 11 94x – – – – 28 77x 80x 74x Bahamas – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Bahrain 5x 6x 3x – – – – – – – – – – – Bangladesh 4y 5y 4y 18 52 37 – – – – 33y 82y 83y 82y Barbados 2 3 1 1 11 99 – – – – 3 75 78 72 Belarus 1 1 2 0 3 100y – – – 4 4 65y 67y 62y Belgium – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Belize 3y 5y 1y 3 26 95 – – – – 9 71 71 70 Benin 15 15 16 11 32 85 9 0 3 17 36 91y – – Bhutan 3 3 3 6 26 100 – – – – 68 – – – Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26x,y 28x,y 24x,y 3 22 76x,y – – – – 16x – – – Bosnia and Herzegovina 5x 7x 4x 0 4 100x – – – 6 5 55 60 50 Botswana 9x,y 11x,y 7x,y – – 72x – – – – – – – – Brazil 8y 10y 6y 11x 36x 96 – – – – – – – – Brunei Darussalam – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Bulgaria – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Burkina Faso 39 42 36 10 52 77 76 13 9 34 44 83x 84x 82x Burundi 26 26 27 3 20 75 – – – 44 73 – – – Cabo Verde 6y – – 3x 18x 91 – – – 16x,y 17x,y – – – Cambodia 19y 20y 19y 2 19 73 – – – 27y 50y – – – Cameroon 47y – – 13 38 66 1 1y 7 39 36 85y – – Canada – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Central African Republic 29 27 30 29 68 61 24 1 11 75 80 92 92 92 Chad 26 25 28 29 68 12 44 18y 38 – 62 84 85 84 Chile 7y – – – – 99y – – – – – – – – China – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Colombia 10y 13y 7y 6 23 97 – – – – – – – – Comoros 22 20 24 10 32 87 – – – 17 39 – – – Congo 23y – – 6 33 96 – – – 40 54 83y – – Cook Islands – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Costa Rica 4 4 5 7 21 100y – – – – 4 46 52 39 Côte d'Ivoire 26 25 28 10 33 65 38 10 14 42 48 91x 91x 91x Croatia – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Cuba – – – 5 26 100 – – – 7y 4y 36y 37y 35y Cyprus – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Czech Republic – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Democratic People's Republic – – – – – 100x – – – – – – – – of Korea Democratic Republic 38y 36y 41y 10 37 25 – – – 61 75 82y 82y 81y of the Congo Denmark – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Djibouti 8x 8x 8x 2x 5x 92x 93 49y 37 – – 72x 73x 71x Dominica – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Dominican Republic 13y – – 10 37 88 – – – – 2 63y – – Ecuador 3y 4y 2y 4x 22x 92 – – – – – – – – Egypt 7y 8y 6y 2 17 99 87 14y 54 – 36y 93y 93y 93y El Salvador 19y – – 5 25 99 – – – – 8 52y – – Equatorial Guinea 28x 28x 28x 9 30 54 – – – 52 53 – – – Eritrea – – – 13 41 – 83 33 12 45 51 – – – Estonia – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Ethiopia 27 31 24 16 41 7x 74 24 31 45 68 – – – Fiji – – – – – – – – – – – 72x,y – – Finland – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – France – – – – – 100v – – – – – – – – Gabon 13 15 12 6 22 90 – – – 40 50 – – – THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 150