Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife

percent, 2000–2016

Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Afghanistan												90.20	87.70	85.20	82.70	80.20
Albania						29.80	29.80	29.80	29.80	29.80
Algeria														59.00
Angola																	25.20
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
Bangladesh								31.00	31.38	31.75	32.13	32.50	31.10	29.70	28.30
Barbados													3.30
Belarus													4.10
Belize							12.60	11.80	11.00	10.20	9.40	8.60
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
Bhutan											68.40
Bolivia				22.10	20.90	19.70	18.50	17.30	16.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina							4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.80
Burkina Faso				71.10	71.20	71.30	71.40	64.43	57.45	50.48	43.50
Burma (Myanmar)																	51.20
Burundi											72.90
Cambodia						13.80	20.14	26.48	32.82	39.16	45.50	46.58	47.65	48.73	49.80
Cameroon					55.60	54.30	53.00	51.70	50.40	49.10	47.80	46.50	43.03	39.57	36.10
Central African Republic											79.60
Chad											62.30	64.54	66.78	69.02	71.26	73.50
Colombia											2.30	2.46	2.62	2.78	2.94	3.10
Comoros													39.00
Congo (Brazzaville)						67.40	66.44	65.49	64.53	63.57	62.61	61.66	60.70
Congo (Kinshasa)								75.60	75.49	75.37	75.26	75.14	75.03	74.91	74.80
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
Egypt						50.00	46.43	42.87	39.30	38.70	38.10	37.50	36.90	36.30	35.70
El Salvador															8.00
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
Gambia							74.00	71.77	69.54	67.31	65.09	62.86	60.63	58.40
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
Guatemala																11.00
Guinea						85.60	86.53	87.46	88.39	89.31	90.24	91.17	92.10
Guinea Bissau							51.50	50.29	49.08	47.86	46.65	45.44	44.23	43.01	41.80
Guyana								23.60	19.95	16.30	15.08	13.86	12.64	11.42	10.20
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
Honduras							15.50	14.98	14.47	13.95	13.43	12.92	12.40
India							47.20
Indonesia				24.80	26.30	27.80	29.30	30.80	31.54	32.28	33.02	33.76	34.50
Iraq												51.20
Ivory Coast													47.90
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
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
Laos													58.20
Lebanon										9.70
Lesotho					48.30	46.06	43.82	41.58	39.34	37.10	36.34	35.58	34.82	34.06	33.30
Liberia								59.30	56.50	53.70	50.90	48.10	45.30	42.50
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)						20.70	19.67	18.63	17.60	16.57	15.53	14.50
Madagascar					28.00	28.86	29.72	30.58	31.44	32.30	35.53	38.75	41.98	45.20
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
Maldives										30.80
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
Mauritania												37.90
Moldova						20.80	19.43	18.06	16.69	15.31	13.94	12.57	11.20
Mongolia						20.40	18.34	16.28	14.22	12.16	10.10
Montenegro							10.90	9.73	8.56	7.39	6.21	5.04	3.87	2.70
Morocco					63.90
Mozambique				54.10	49.96	45.83	41.69	37.55	33.41	29.28	25.14	21.00
Namibia								35.20	34.03	32.87	31.70	30.53	29.37	28.20
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
Nicaragua		12.50
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
Oman															7.90
Pakistan														42.20
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
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
Saint Lucia													6.50
Saint Thomas and Principe										19.50	19.42	19.34	19.26	19.18	19.10
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
Serbia							6.20	5.90	5.60	5.30	5.00	4.70	4.40	4.10	3.80
Sierra Leone						85.00	78.20	71.40	64.60	64.24	63.88	63.52	63.16	62.80
Somalia							75.70
South Sudan											78.50
Sudan															34.00
Suriname											12.50
Swaziland								23.20	22.73	22.26	21.79	21.31	20.84	20.37	19.90
Tajikistan						74.40	72.29	70.17	68.06	65.94	63.83	61.71	59.60
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
Thailand													13.10
Timor Leste											86.20
Togo							53.20	50.14	47.08	44.01	40.95	37.89	34.83	31.76	28.70
Trinidad and Tobago							7.60
Tunisia													30.30
Turkey				39.20
Turkmenistan	51.70	49.37	47.03	44.70	42.37	40.03	37.70
Uganda		76.50	75.24	73.98	72.72	71.46	70.20	67.82	65.44	63.06	60.68	58.30
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
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							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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