Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him

Percentage of women ages 15-49 who believe a husband/partner is justified in hitting or beating his wife/partner when she argues with him.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
71
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    Demographic & Health Surveys

    Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: WE_AWBT_W_ARG; Indicator name from the original source: Wife beating justified if she argues with him [Women], publisher: The DHS Program (ICF), type: API, date accessed: 46155

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Angola202411.90percent
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the202445.30percent
Lesotho202413percent
Malawi20247.90percent
Mali202458.10percent
Nigeria202414.60percent
Zambia202421.70percent
Jordan20235.70percent
Mozambique202311.50percent
Senegal202312.20percent

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