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1-5 6-50 51+

Deaths per

100,000 people

0.9% 47% No data

Share of women

experiencing intimate

partner violence

Afghanistan

Honduras India

United Arab

Emirates

Botswana

Somalia

Syria

Singapore Turkmenistan

Hong Kong,

China

Venezuela

100%

63.8

0

Developed

Economies

East Asia

and the Pacific

Latin America

and the

Caribbean

South

Asia

Middle East

and North Africa

Central and Sub-Saharan Africa

Eastern Europe

and Central Asia

Female response

Ye s N o

United
Global States
average

Intimate partner violence

About 379 million women experienced intimate

partner violence in 2018. Yearly rates are

a third higher in conflict-affected countries.

Perception of community safety

Fewer than 25 percent of women feel safe at night in Afghanistan,

Syria, Venezuela, and Botswana. A lack of security makes women

less willing to commute to opportunities outside home.

Organized violence

Deaths from war or other armed con-

flicts have declined worldwide for the

fourth consecutive year since 2014.

Large-scale conflicts can normalize violence

against women within their homes and com-

munities. Such general insecurity can pro-

mote a hypermasculine culture, which has

widespread repercussions for women.

Conflict in Afghanistan

has contributed to a

staggering prevalence

of intimate partner vio-

lence, affecting nearly

one in two women.

“ Do you feel safe walking alone at night

in the city or area where you live?”

Syria still has the world’s

highest level of violence—

even after the conflict

de-escalated from 2016

to 2018, halving the

death rate.

SECURING SAFETY

BREAKING FREE

OF VIOLENCE

80 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC