Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2018  – Executive summary

Overview

Violence against women is a major human rights violation and a global public health problem. This report provides updated estimates for two of the most common forms of violence against women.

This report is based on an analysis of available prevalence data from surveys and studies conducted between 2000 and 2018, obtained through a systematic and comprehensive review of all available data on the prevalence of these two forms of violence against women.

The estimates in this report (also referred to as the “2018 estimates”) update the global and regional prevalence estimates published by WHO in 2013 (the “2010 estimates”), and this report also presents cross-nationally comparable country-level prevalence estimates2 of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, which were not produced in 2013.