United Arab Emirates
Deep-built76% circumcision prevalence
Prevalence of non-therapeutic male circumcision.
Research coverage
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8
Sources · Citations
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Verifications · Independent
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Structured claims · Evidence-based
Jul 9, 2026
Last updated · deep-built
Research note: UAE DEEP_BUILT 2026-06-29. The 76% total-population figure is Morris 2016 modelled (not surveyed) and substantially expat-depressed: Emirati nationals circumcise near-universally (~100%) as religious obligation; the non-Muslim South/Southeast Asian workforce dilutes the headline. Sources #981-988. Honest gaps: no citizen-only survey; no UAE-specific complication series; Thiqa/Daman insurance claim (Gulf Insider) = unreliable source, not asserted. Claim refusals: City Hospital Dubai 60% figure (0-3) and Grand Mufti "duty in Islam" (1-2) both refuted. FGM Federal Law 28/2005 noted as male/female legal asymmetry, strictly separate. 0 verified incidents (no UAE-specific harm series found). NOT VMMC priority.
Research claims
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Legal status
UnregulatedNo UAE statute, decree, or ministerial regulation specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision. The practice is near-universal among Muslim nationals and performed routinely in the medicalised UAE healthcare system. The Abu Dhabi and Dubai health authorities (Thiqa/Daman insurance schemes) cover circumcision. FGM is a separate matter: Federal Decree-Law No. 28 of 2005 on Personal Status criminalises FGM; this is kept strictly separate from male circumcision law.
Medical & HIV context
0.1%
Adult HIV prevalence
UNAIDS (2023) · Adults 15–49
no
Circumcision in newborns
Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)
7 (Islamic default)
Typical age
Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for United Arab Emirates.
This absence should not be read as proof that harm does not occur — only that no verified, sourced case has been documented in this database yet.