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An improved colour scheme has been introduced by darkening the upper three prevalence categories to make the distinction between 50–70% and 70–80% more conspicuous. An extra category, <1, has been introduced for countries where the prevalence is known to be below 1%, in order to distinguish them from countries without data (grey).
- Colombia
Until 2007, virtually the entire Embera tribe of Colombia practised FGM (it is the only tribe in Latin America known to practice it). By 2015, a campaign to eradicate the practice had convinced 25,000 (10%) of the tribe's 250,000 members to abandon it. Colombia's Embera tribe hopes to eradicate FGM by 2030 (6 February 2015). Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved on 6 August 2018. The remaining prevalence in 2015 would have amounted to about 0.5% of Colombia's c. 48 million inhabitants that year.
- Iran
Data based on Kameel Ahmady (2015) A comprehensive research study on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Iran, Kameel Ahmady, p. 27 Retrieved on 5 August 2018. , see also File:Prevalence of FGM Iran by province in 2014.svg. Based on the relative distribution of the Iranian population by province as documented in File:Iran population by province (bar chart).png, and assuming FGM is virtually insignificant outside the four highly affected provinces, the national prevalence in Iran is slightly over 2% (2014).
- India
FGM is only known to be practiced widely amongst the Dawoodi Bohra, a branch of Ismaili Shia Muslims. In India, Bohras are thought to number one million people. According to a small qualitative research amongst 83 women and 11 men amongst India’s Bohra Muslims published in February 2018, 75% of respondents said they had subjected their daughters (aged seven years and above) to the practice. Lakshmi Anantnarayan (February 2018). The Clitoral Hood: A Contested Site. WeSpeakOut. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved on 6 August 2018. Assuming consistent incidence, this would amount to a national prevalence of about 0.058% in India (2018).
- Indonesia
The large 2016 UNICEF study found a prevalence of 49% amongst girls aged 0 to 14. However, many girls/women undergo FGM at a later age, for which UNICEF had no data. Smaller recent studies have found prevalence rates of 70–92%, which is likely closer to the total figure. Even if it is to be assumed that the lower percentage amongst the younger generations indicates that the practice is in decline, the prevalence amongst the older generations has probably not yet been replaced. Moreover, researchers fear FGM is actually on the rise since 2010 after endorsement by the Ulama Council and apparent endorsement by the Ministry of Health. Indonesia is therefore provisionally represented as '70–80%'.
- Jordan
According to a 2003 article in the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star, FGM in Jordan is only known to be practiced in a single village of 500 residents, most of them Bedouins coming from the Egyptian Sinai desert via Israel/Palestine. This would amount to a 0.005% prevalence within Jordan's population of more than 9.5 million people. Rana Sabbagh-Gargour (13 November 2003). "The Jordanian town that still circumcises women". The Daily Star. Retrieved on 7 August 2018.
- Malaysia
A small qualitative survey with 1,196 participants, M. Dahlui (10 May 2012). The Practice of Female Circumcision in Malaysia. Paper presented at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved on 6 August 2018., found a prevalence of 93.5% amongst Muslim women in Malaysia. Since Muslims accounted for only 61.3% in the 2010 census, and other religious groups represented in Malaysia are not known to have theologies supporting FGM (unlike the Shafi'i madhhab followed by almost all Malaysian Muslims), it may be reasonably inferred that the national prevalence was c. 57% in 2012.
- Oman
- Pakistan
No studies exist about the prevalence of FGM in Pakistan, but it is only know to exist in two very small communities: the Dawoodi Bohra (Ismaili Shia Muslims, numbering about 100,000) and the Sheedi or Siddi (predominantly Sunni or Sufi Muslims, numbering about 50,000). Opinion suggests c. 50% of Dawoodi Bohra women undergo FGM, but even if all Pakistani Bohras and Sheedi underwent it, this would amount to about 0.07% of Pakistan's more than 207 million inhabitants, well below the 1% mark.
- Saudi Arabia
There is only weak anecdotal or circumstantial evidence suggesting FGM is more widespread in the south or amongst immigrants than the population at large, but no study has given any indication or percentage regarding national prevalence. Saudi Arabia will remain without data (grey) for now.
- Thailand
FGM is known to be practiced amongst Muslims in southern Thailand in the border region with Malaysia, but no prevalence data are available. Thailand will remain without data (grey) for now.
- United Arab Emirates