Sexual violence statistics worldwide

Updated October 2026

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Sexual violence is common worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates how many women have experienced it from someone other than a partner ¹, and that estimate opens the key figures below. Sexual violence means any sexual act, or attempt, without consent: rape, other sexual assault, unwanted sexual touching and coercion. It happens to people of every gender and age, most often by someone the person knows. Our domestic violence statistics page covers violence by a partner, and our adverse childhood experiences statistics page covers childhood experiences in more depth.

Figures depend on what a survey asks and on whether people feel able to say. Each figure below names what it counts, the people it covers and the year. A meta-analysis, or pooled estimate, combines the results of many studies into one figure.

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Sexual violence worldwide

The World Health Organization estimates how many women have experienced sexual violence by someone other than a partner. Levels differ between regions, and data from some regions are very limited. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help.

• Across the European Union, 12.9% of women aged eighteen to seventy-four have experienced sexual violence by someone other than a partner since the age of fifteen. (survey, since age 15, 2021 wave (fieldwork 2020-2024) data) ³
• WHO estimates that 8% of women aged 15 and older worldwide have experienced sexual violence by someone other than a partner since the age of fifteen. (modelled estimate, published 2023, data year not stated) ¹
• WHO estimates that about one in three women worldwide, 31.6%, have experienced physical or sexual violence by a partner, or sexual violence by someone else, in their lifetime. (modelled estimate, published 2023, data year not stated) ¹
• In Australia and New Zealand, an estimated 19% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had experienced sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In Northern America, an estimated 15% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had experienced sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In Latin America and the Caribbean, an estimated 11% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had experienced sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In Northern Europe, an estimated 10% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had experienced sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In sub Saharan Africa, an estimated 6% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had disclosed sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In Northern Africa, an estimated 4% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had disclosed sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018, from very limited data. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• In Western Asia, an estimated 4% of women aged fifteen to forty nine had disclosed sexual violence by a non partner since the age of fifteen, as of 2018; the source urges caution. (modelled estimate, 2018 data) ⁶
• Only two studies, 1% of those used in the WHO non-partner sexual violence estimates, came from the Eastern Mediterranean Region, so figures for that region rest on very little data. (2018 data) ⁶

Childhood sexual violence

Boys experience it as well as girls. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help. An odds ratio compares how likely something is in one group with another: above one means more likely, below one less likely. An age-standardised figure adjusts for differences in age between populations, so readers can compare places fairly. Longitudinal studies follow the same people over time. The Australian figures count different things: the national child maltreatment survey counts sexual abuse by anyone before eighteen, contact or not, while the personal safety survey counts abuse by an adult before fifteen.

• UNICEF estimated that more than 370 million girls and women alive today, about one in eight, experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 22%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Central and Southern Asia who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 9%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 8%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Latin America and the Caribbean who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 18%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Northern Africa and Western Asia who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 15%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Oceania who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 34%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• UNICEF estimates put the share of girls and women in Europe and Northern America who experienced rape or sexual assault before age eighteen at 14%. (modelled estimate, published 2024 (survey data 2010 to 2022) data) ⁷
• Across sixty countries with data, UNICEF found that 42% of adult women who had ever experienced contact sexual violence first experienced it in childhood. (survey, 2024 data) ⁸
• Across twenty-one countries, UNICEF estimated that about 20 million internet-using children aged twelve to seventeen, almost one in five, experienced sexual exploitation and abuse through digital technology in a single year. (survey, past 12 months, published 2026, fieldwork year not stated) ⁹
• In surveys across twenty-one countries, children told no one about more than 40% of cases of sexual abuse through digital technology. (survey published 2026, fieldwork year not stated) ⁹
• In South Asia, an estimated 26.8% of women aged twenty and over, age-standardised, experienced sexual violence in childhood, as of 2023. (modelled estimate, 2023 data) ²
• In sub Saharan Africa, an estimated 18.6% of men aged twenty and over, age-standardised, experienced sexual violence in childhood, as of 2023. (modelled estimate, 2023 data) ²
• Among female survivors of sexual violence aged thirteen to twenty-four in national surveys, mostly in low and middle income countries, 67.3% first experienced it before the age of eighteen. (survey published 2025, fieldwork year not stated) ²
• Among male survivors of sexual violence aged thirteen to twenty-four in national surveys, mostly in low and middle income countries, 71.9% first experienced it before the age of eighteen. (survey published 2025, fieldwork year not stated) ²
• WHO reports that about 1 in 5 women worldwide say they experienced sexual abuse as a child. (lifetime (ever), published 2026, data year not stated) ¹⁰
• WHO reports that about 1 in 7 men worldwide say they experienced sexual abuse as a child. (lifetime (ever), published 2026, data year not stated) ¹⁰
• In the United States, 49.0% of women who have been raped were first raped before the age of eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-2017 data) ¹¹
• In the United States, 56.6% of men who have been raped were first raped before the age of eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-2017 data) ¹¹
• In Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania, no more than 11.7% of young adults aged eighteen to twenty-four who experienced sexual violence before age eighteen received any services. (survey, 2007-2013 data) ¹²
• In Eswatini, 37.6% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported sexual violence in childhood in a national Violence Against Children Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007 data) ¹²
• In Zimbabwe, 32.5% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported sexual violence in childhood in a national Violence Against Children Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007-2013 data) ¹²
• In Haiti, 21.2% of men aged eighteen to twenty-four reported sexual violence in childhood in a national Violence Against Children Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007-2013 data) ¹²
• In Haiti, 25.7% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported sexual violence in childhood in a national Violence Against Children Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007-2013 data) ¹²
• In Cambodia, 4.4% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported sexual violence in childhood in a national Violence Against Children Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007-2013 data) ¹²
• In a subset of countries with data, UNICEF reported that only around 1% of young women who experienced sexual violence in childhood reached out for professional help. (survey, 2024 data) ⁸
• In Colombia in 2018, 54.3% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four who experienced sexual violence in childhood had told someone about it. (survey, at one point in time, 2018 data) ¹³
• In Colombia, 15.3% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2018 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2018 data) ¹³
• In Colombia, 7.8% of men aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2018 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2018 data) ¹³
• In Honduras, 16.2% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2017 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2017 data) ¹⁴
• In Honduras, 9.9% of men aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2017 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2017 data) ¹⁴
• In El Salvador, 13.5% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2017 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2017 data) ¹⁵
• In Kenya, 15.6% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2019 Violence Against Children Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2019 data) ¹⁶
• In Moldova, 14.4% of women aged eighteen to twenty-four reported in the 2019 Violence Against Children and Youth Survey that they experienced sexual violence before age eighteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2019 data) ¹⁷
• In a nationally representative South African study, 14.6% of girls aged fifteen to seventeen reported sexual victimisation at some point in their lives. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2013-2015 data) ¹⁸
• In a nationally representative South African study, 10.0% of boys aged fifteen to seventeen reported sexual victimisation at some point in their lives. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2013-2015 data) ¹⁸
• In Australia, 11% of women were sexually abused by an adult before the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021-22 data) ¹⁹
• In Australia, 3.6% of men were sexually abused by an adult before the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021-22 data) ¹⁹
• In longitudinal studies, people who experienced sexual abuse in childhood had higher odds of a later suicide attempt (odds ratio 2.43). (pooled from cohort studies, published 2014) ²⁰
• In a national survey, 28.5% of people aged 16 and over in Australia reported sexual abuse in childhood. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 data) ²¹

Men and boys

National surveys that ask men find that many have experienced sexual violence too, though fewer than women. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help.

• In Australia, 6.1% of men aged eighteen and over have experienced sexual violence since the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021-22 data) ¹⁹
• In the United States, 3.8% of men have experienced completed or attempted rape in their lifetime. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-2017 data) ¹¹
• In the United States, 10.7% of men reported that someone had made them penetrate, or tried to make them penetrate, another person in their lifetime, which the US survey counts separately from rape. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-2017 data) ¹¹
• In England and Wales, 0.7% of men aged sixteen and over were victims of sexual assault, including attempts, in the past year. (survey, past 12 months, 2024/25 data) ²²

Telling someone and getting support

Many survivors tell no one, and fewer contact police or formal services. Support from people they trust matters too. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help.

• In Kenya in 2022, 29% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help to stop it. (survey, at one point in time, 2022 data) ²³
• In Kenya in 2022, 20% of men aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help to stop it. (survey, at one point in time, 2022 data) ²³
• In Nigeria in 2023-24, 20% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help to stop it. (survey, at one point in time, 2023-24 data) ²⁴
• In Zambia in 2024, 24% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2024 data) ²⁵
• In Tanzania in 2022, 31% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help to stop it. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ²⁶
• In Ghana in 2022, 28% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence, but not physical violence, had sought help. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ²⁷
• In England and Wales, 68.7% of people raped or assaulted by penetration, including attempts, since the age of sixteen told someone about it, most often someone they knew personally. (survey, YE March 2020 and YE March 2025 data) ²⁸
• In England and Wales, 26.9% of people raped or assaulted by penetration, including attempts, since the age of sixteen told a support professional or organisation other than an official. (survey, YE March 2020 and YE March 2025 data) ²⁸
• In England and Wales, about 14.7% of people raped or assaulted by penetration, including attempts, since the age of sixteen reported the most recent assault to the police. (survey, YE March 2020 and YE March 2025 data) ²⁸
• In Australia, 57% of women aged eighteen and over sexually assaulted by a man in the last ten years sought advice or support after the most recent incident, most often from family and friends. (survey, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In Australia, 27% of women aged eighteen and over sexually assaulted by a male in the last ten years sought support from a formal source after the most recent incident. (survey, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In Australia, someone contacted police after 8.3% of the most recent sexual assaults by a man that women aged eighteen and over experienced in the last ten years. (survey, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• Of women aged eighteen to seventy-four in the European Union who experienced physical violence or threats, or sexual violence, 20.5% contacted a health or social service as a result. The survey counted violence by anyone other than a partner only from the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 wave (fieldwork 2020-2024) data) ³
• Of women aged eighteen to seventy-four in the European Union who experienced physical violence or threats, or sexual violence, 13.9% reported it to the police. The survey counted violence by anyone other than a partner only from the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 wave (fieldwork 2020-2024) data) ³

Effects on mental health

Sexual violence often harms mental health, but many survivors recover over time. Post-traumatic stress is common in the first month and eases for many over the following year. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help. An effect size shows how big a change or a difference is, on a common scale across studies; the further it is from zero, the bigger the change. Prospective studies follow survivors forward from soon after the assault.

• In prospective studies, about 74.6% of survivors met the criteria for post traumatic stress disorder one month after a sexual assault. (pooled from prevalence studies, at one point in time, published 2023) ⁴
• In a meta-analysis of studies, people who had experienced sexual assault in adolescence or adulthood, or across the lifespan, reported moderately worse mental health than people who had not (effect size 0.61). (meta-analysis of studies, published 2017) ³⁰
• In Australia, 67% of women aged eighteen and over sexually assaulted by a man in the last ten years felt anxiety or fear for their personal safety in the year after the most recent incident. (survey, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In England and Wales, 62.5% of women raped or assaulted by penetration, including attempts, since the age of sixteen said the most recent assault caused them mental or emotional problems. (survey, YE March 2020 and YE March 2025 data) ²⁸
• In England and Wales, 57.7% of men raped or assaulted by penetration, including attempts, since the age of sixteen said the most recent assault caused them mental or emotional problems. (survey, YE March 2020 and YE March 2025 data) ²⁸

Treatment and support

Psychological therapy can reduce post-traumatic stress in survivors, though the trial evidence is low-certainty ⁵. A trial showed that group therapy delivered by trained local workers can help even where specialists are scarce ³¹. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help. Functional impairment means difficulty managing daily life.

• The trial enrolled women in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo who had experienced or witnessed sexual violence and who had high symptom scores and functional impairment, as the trial measured them. Six months after group therapy, 9% of these women had probable depression or anxiety, against forty-two percent with individual support. (randomised trial, at one point in time, 2011 data) ³¹

National figures

National surveys ask different questions over different periods. Each figure names its population and what it counts. If this raises difficult feelings, our helplines and crisis lines worldwide can help.

• Across the European Union, 3.8% of women aged eighteen to seventy-four have been raped by someone other than a partner since the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 wave (fieldwork 2020-2024) data) ³
• In Australia, 22% of women aged eighteen and over have experienced sexual violence since the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021-22 data) ¹⁹
• In Australia, 20% of women aged eighteen and over have experienced sexual violence by a man they knew since the age of fifteen, far more than by a stranger. (survey, since age 15, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In Australia, 6.1% of women have experienced sexual violence by a male stranger since the age of fifteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In Australia, 1.9% of women experienced sexual violence in the twelve months before the 2021-22 survey, similar to the previous survey. (survey, past 12 months, 2021-22 data) ²⁹
• In England and Wales, 3.0% of women aged sixteen and over were victims of sexual assault, including attempts, in the past year. (survey, past 12 months, 2024/25 data) ²²
• In England and Wales, 15.9% of people aged sixteen and over have experienced sexual assault, including attempts, since the age of sixteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2024/25 data) ²²
• In England and Wales, 7.3% of women have been raped, including attempts, since the age of sixteen. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2024/25 data) ²²
• In the United States, 26.8% of women have experienced completed or attempted rape in their lifetime. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-2017 data) ¹¹
• In Mexico, 23.3% of women aged fifteen and over reported sexual violence in the twelve months from October 2020 to October 2021. (survey, past 12 months, 2020-2021 data) ³²
• In Mexico, 42.2% of women aged fifteen and over have experienced sexual violence in public or community settings in their lifetime. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 data) ³²
• In a national survey in Mexico, 49.7% of women aged fifteen and over reported some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2021 data) ³²
• In Kenya, 13% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey that they had ever experienced sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ²³
• In Kenya, 7% of men aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey that they had ever experienced sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ²³
• In Zambia, 10% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine had ever experienced sexual violence by any perpetrator in 2024, according to the Demographic and Health Survey. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2024 data) ²⁵
• In Zambia, the share of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had ever experienced sexual violence fell from 20% in 2007 to ten percent in 2024. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2007 and 2024 data) ²⁵
• In Tanzania, 12% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in 2022 that they had experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ²⁶
• In Tanzania, the share of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had experienced sexual violence fell from 20% in 2010 to twelve percent in 2022. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2010, 2015 and 2022 data) ²⁶
• In India, 6% of women aged eighteen to forty-nine reported in the National Family Health Survey of 2019-21 that they had ever experienced sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2019-21 data) ³³
• In Nepal, 8% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in 2022 that they had ever experienced sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2022 data) ³⁴
• In the Philippines, the share of women aged fifteen to forty-nine who had ever experienced sexual violence fell from nine percent in 2008 to 4% in 2022. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2008 to 2022 data) ³⁵
• In Cambodia's latest survey, 3% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine had ever experienced sexual violence, down from six percent in 2014. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2014 and 2021-22 data) ³⁶
• In Papua New Guinea, 28% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in the Demographic and Health Survey of 2016-18 that they had experienced sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-18 data) ³⁷
• In Papua New Guinea, 20% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine experienced sexual violence in the twelve months before the Demographic and Health Survey of 2016-18. (survey, past 12 months, 2016-18 data) ³⁷
• In Colombia, 4.5% of women interviewed for the National Demography and Health Survey of 2015 said that someone other than a partner had forced them to have sex. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2015 data) ³⁸
• In Colombia, 1.2% of men interviewed for the National Demography and Health Survey of 2015 said that someone other than a partner had forced them to have sex. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2015 data) ³⁸
• In Haiti, 12% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported in the national health survey of 2016-17 that they had experienced sexual violence at some point in their lives. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2016-17 data) ³⁹
• In Haiti, 5% of women aged fifteen to forty-nine reported sexual violence in the twelve months before the national health survey of 2016-17. (survey, past 12 months, 2016-17 data) ³⁹
• In Türkiye, 0.9% of women aged fifteen to fifty-nine experienced sexual violence by anyone in the twelve months before the national survey of 2024 (fieldwork 18 November 2024 to 31 January 2025). (survey, past 12 months, 2024 (fieldwork 18 November 2024 to 31 January 2025) data) ⁴⁰
• In Israel, 3.1% of women aged twenty and over reported experiencing sexual harassment in the twelve months before the national Crime Victimization Survey of 2020. (survey, past 12 months, 2020 data) ⁴¹
• In Israel, 0.7% of men aged twenty and over reported experiencing sexual harassment in the twelve months before the national Crime Victimization Survey of 2020. (survey, past 12 months, 2020 data) ⁴¹
• In Kenya in 2019, only 12.5% of young women aged eighteen to twenty-four who had experienced sexual violence in childhood sought help for any incident of sexual violence. (survey, lifetime (ever), 2019 data) ¹⁶

National figures side by side

These surveys ask different questions over different periods. Read each row with its label, and do not rank the countries.

How to read these figures

Sexual violence is under-reported. People may not disclose it to an interviewer, especially when the perpetrator is someone they know, so real levels are likely higher.

Surveys define sexual violence differently. Some include unwanted touching and coercion; others count only rape. Broader definitions give higher figures.

Regional estimates from the World Health Organization rest on very few studies in some regions, notably North Africa and Western Asia.

Figures on effects show that sexual violence and later mental health problems often go together; recovery is common, and support helps.

Recovery after sexual violence is possible, and there is no right way to feel. Specialist sexual assault services can help with medical care, safety and, if you choose, reporting.

A psychologist or counsellor experienced in trauma can support you at your own pace. Our guide on how to find the right therapist explains what to look for. If you are in distress right now, see our helplines and crisis lines worldwide.

Cite this page: TherapyRoute. Sexual violence statistics worldwide. https://www.therapyroute.com/article/sexual-violence-statistics-worldwide-by-therapyroute. Last updated 23 October 2026.

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