Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife

percent, 1999–2020

Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Afghanistan													90.20	87.70	85.20	82.70	80.20
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
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	26.25	24.20	22.15	20.10
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	34.95	33.90	32.85	31.80
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
Burundi												72.90	71.31	69.73	68.14	66.56	64.97	63.39	61.80
Cambodia							55.20	53.26	51.32	49.38	47.44	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	34.00	31.90	29.80	27.70
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 (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
Costa Rica													3.50
Ivory Coast														47.90
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
Swaziland									23.20	22.73	22.26	21.79	21.31	20.84	20.37	19.90
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	57.40	56.40	55.40	54.40	53.40	52.40	51.40
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	87.95	83.80	79.65	75.50	71.35	67.20
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	16.68	16.66	16.64	16.62	16.60
Honduras								15.50	14.98	14.47	13.95	13.43	12.92	12.40
India								47.20	46.94	46.68	46.42	46.16	45.90	45.64	45.38	45.12	44.86	44.60
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
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
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	41.71	40.93	40.14	39.36	38.57	37.79	37.00
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	29.70	28.60	27.50	26.40	25.30	24.20	23.10	22.00
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
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	19.08	17.15	15.23	13.30
Burma (Myanmar)																		51.20
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	33.36	32.02	30.68	29.34	28.00
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)							20.70	19.67	18.63	17.60	16.57	15.53	14.50
Oman																7.90
Pakistan															42.20	41.98	41.76	41.54	41.32	41.10
Panama																5.70
Papua New Guinea																				69.80
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
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 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	45.70	43.90	39.10
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	60.43	58.07	55.70	53.33	50.97	48.60
Somalia								75.70
South Africa																		5.50
South Sudan												78.50
Saint Lucia														6.50
Sudan																34.00
Suriname												12.50
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
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	84.17	82.13	80.10	78.07	76.03	74.00
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	35.34	31.48	27.62	23.76	19.90	18.58	17.26	15.94	14.62	13.30
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	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
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	46.45	46.00	45.55	45.10
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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