Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife

percent, 1999–2018

Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Afghanistan													90.20	87.70	85.20	82.70	80.20
Angola																		25.20
Albania							29.80	29.80	29.80	29.80	29.80	27.24	24.69	22.13	19.58	17.02	14.47	11.91	9.36	6.80
Argentina														2.00
Armenia		32.30	30.26	28.22	26.18	24.14	22.10	19.54	16.98	14.42	11.86	9.30	9.43	9.57	9.70	9.83	9.97	10.10
Azerbaijan								49.00
Burundi												72.90	71.31	69.73	68.14	66.56	64.97	63.39	61.80
Benin			60.40	57.62	54.84	52.06	49.28	46.50	41.45	36.40	31.35	26.30	21.25	16.20	26.10	36.00	34.95	33.90	32.85	31.80
Burkina Faso					71.10	71.20	71.30	71.40	64.43	57.45	50.48	43.50
Bangladesh									31.00	31.38	31.75	32.13	32.50	31.10	29.70	28.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina								4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80
Belarus														4.10
Belize								12.60	11.80	11.00	10.20	9.40	8.60
Bolivia					22.10	20.90	19.70	18.50	17.30	16.10
Barbados														3.30
Bhutan												68.40
Central African Republic												79.60
Ivory Coast														47.90
Cameroon						55.60	54.30	53.00	51.70	50.40	49.10	47.80	46.50	43.03	39.57	36.10
Congo (Kinshasa)									75.60	75.49	75.37	75.26	75.14	75.03	74.91	74.80
Congo (Brazzaville)							67.40	66.44	65.49	64.53	63.57	62.61	61.66	60.70
Colombia												2.30	2.46	2.62	2.78	2.94	3.10
Comoros														39.00
Costa Rica													3.50
Cuba																3.90
Dominican Republic				8.60	7.66	6.72	5.78	4.84	3.90	3.63	3.37	3.10	2.83	2.57	2.30	2.00
Algeria															59.00
Egypt							50.00	46.43	42.87	39.30	38.70	38.10	37.50	36.90	36.30	35.70
Eritrea				70.70	68.29	65.88	63.46	61.05	58.64	56.23	53.81	51.40
Ethiopia		84.50	83.80	83.10	82.40	81.70	81.00	78.90	76.80	74.70	72.60	70.50	68.40	67.32	66.24	65.16	64.08	63.00
Gabon														50.20
Georgia							6.90
Ghana					48.50	46.12	43.74	41.36	38.98	36.60	35.22	33.83	32.45	31.07	29.68	28.30
Guinea							85.60	86.53	87.46	88.39	89.31	90.24	91.17	92.10	87.95	83.80	79.65	75.50	71.35	67.20
Gambia								74.00	71.77	69.54	67.31	65.09	62.86	60.63	58.40
Guinea Bissau								51.50	50.29	49.08	47.86	46.65	45.44	44.23	43.01	41.80
Guatemala																	11.00
Guyana									23.60	19.95	16.30	15.08	13.86	12.64	11.42	10.20
Honduras								15.50	14.98	14.47	13.95	13.43	12.92	12.40
Haiti		39.90	38.48	37.07	35.65	34.23	32.82	31.40	28.95	26.50	24.05	21.60	19.15	16.70	16.68	16.66	16.64	16.62	16.60
Indonesia					24.80	26.30	27.80	29.30	30.80	31.54	32.28	33.02	33.76	34.50	34.00	33.50	33.00	32.50	32.00
India								47.20	46.94	46.68	46.42	46.16	45.90	45.64	45.38	45.12	44.86	44.60
Iraq													51.20
Jamaica													4.90
Jordan				65.40	62.82	60.24	57.66	55.08	52.50	46.52	40.54	34.56	28.58	22.60	21.18	19.77	18.35	16.93	15.52	14.10
Kazakhstan								10.40	10.76	11.12	11.48	11.84	12.20
Kenya					67.90	65.35	62.80	60.25	57.70	55.15	52.60	50.44	48.28	46.12	43.96	41.80
Kyrgyzstan								37.70	37.03	36.37	35.70	35.03	34.37	33.70	33.25	32.80
Cambodia							55.20	53.26	51.32	49.38	47.44	45.50	46.58	47.65	48.73	49.80
Laos														58.20
Lebanon											9.70
Liberia									59.30	56.50	53.70	50.90	48.10	45.30	42.50
Saint Lucia														6.50
Lesotho						48.30	46.06	43.82	41.58	39.34	37.10	36.34	35.58	34.82	34.06	33.30
Morocco						63.90
Moldova							20.80	19.43	18.06	16.69	15.31	13.94	12.57	11.20
Madagascar						28.00	28.86	29.72	30.58	31.44	32.30	35.53	38.75	41.98	45.20
Maldives											30.80	29.70	28.60	27.50	26.40	25.30	24.20	23.10	22.00
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)							20.70	19.67	18.63	17.60	16.57	15.53	14.50
Mali			88.80	86.08	83.36	80.64	77.92	75.20	78.20	81.20	84.20	87.20	83.57	79.93	76.30	76.92	77.54	78.16	78.78	79.40
Burma (Myanmar)																		51.20
Montenegro								10.90	9.73	8.56	7.39	6.21	5.04	3.87	2.70
Mongolia							20.40	18.34	16.28	14.22	12.16	10.10
Mozambique					54.10	49.96	45.83	41.69	37.55	33.41	29.28	25.14	21.00	19.08	17.15	15.23	13.30
Mauritania													37.90
Malawi		35.70	33.83	31.95	30.08	28.20	25.60	23.00	20.40	17.80	15.20	12.60	12.68	12.75	12.83	12.90	14.60	16.30
Namibia									35.20	34.03	32.87	31.70	30.53	29.37	28.20
Niger								70.10	68.35	66.60	64.85	63.10	61.35	59.60
Nigeria					64.20	59.96	55.72	51.48	47.24	43.00	41.34	39.68	38.02	36.36	34.70	33.36	32.02	30.68	29.34	28.00
Nicaragua			12.50
Nepal			28.80	27.68	26.56	25.44	24.32	23.20	18.72	14.24	9.76	5.28	0.80	6.34	11.88	17.42	22.96	28.50
Oman																7.90
Pakistan															42.20	41.98	41.76	41.54	41.32	41.10
Panama																5.70
Peru								2.80	3.80	4.80	5.70	4.90	3.60	3.50
Philippines					24.10	22.10	20.10	18.10	16.10	14.10	13.86	13.62	13.38	13.14	12.90	12.40	11.90	11.40	10.90
Papua New Guinea																				69.80
Qatar														6.60
Rwanda		63.30	60.24	57.18	54.12	51.06	48.00	49.64	51.28	52.92	54.56	56.20	53.24	50.28	47.32	44.36	41.40
Sudan																34.00
Senegal							65.20	64.33	63.47	62.60	61.73	60.87	60.00	62.10	64.20	57.20	56.50	48.60	45.70
Sierra Leone							85.00	78.20	71.40	64.60	64.24	63.88	63.52	63.16	62.80
El Salvador																8.00
Somalia								75.70
Serbia								6.20	5.90	5.60	5.30	5.00	4.70	4.40	4.10	3.80
South Sudan												78.50
Saint Thomas and Principe											19.50	19.42	19.34	19.26	19.18	19.10
Suriname												12.50
Swaziland									23.20	22.73	22.26	21.79	21.31	20.84	20.37	19.90
Chad												62.30	64.54	66.78	69.02	71.26	73.50
Togo								53.20	50.14	47.08	44.01	40.95	37.89	34.83	31.76	28.70
Thailand														13.10
Tajikistan							74.40	72.29	70.17	68.06	65.94	63.83	61.71	59.60	60.40	61.20	62.00	62.80	63.60
Turkmenistan		51.70	49.37	47.03	44.70	42.37	40.03	37.70
Timor Leste												86.20	84.17	82.13	80.10	78.07	76.03	74.00
Trinidad and Tobago								7.60
Tunisia														30.30
Turkey					39.20	35.34	31.48	27.62	23.76	19.90	18.56	17.22	15.88	14.54	13.20
Tanzania							59.60	58.38	57.16	55.94	54.72	53.50	54.25	55.00	55.75	56.50	57.25	58.00
Uganda			76.50	75.24	73.98	72.72	71.46	70.20	67.82	65.44	63.06	60.68	58.30	56.44	54.58	52.72	50.86	49.00
Ukraine							5.00	4.30	3.60	3.46	3.32	3.18	3.04	2.90
Uruguay															1.50
Vietnam								63.80	59.35	54.90	50.45	46.00	41.55	37.10	32.65	28.20
Yemen															48.70
South Africa																		5.50
Zambia				85.40	80.70	76.00	71.30	66.60	61.90	59.76	57.61	55.47	53.33	51.19	49.04	46.90
Zimbabwe	51.00	50.53	50.06	49.59	49.11	48.64	48.17	47.70	46.08	44.46	42.84	41.22	39.60	38.87	38.13	37.40	38.70

Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner for any of the following five reasons: argues with him; refuses to have sex; burns the food; goes out without telling him; or when she neglects the children.

Source: World Bank

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