Djibouti
Deep-built96.5% circumcision prevalence
Prevalence of non-therapeutic male circumcision.
Research coverage
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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: Djibouti DEEP_BUILT 2026-06-29. THREE converging estimates: WHO 2006 >80%, Williams & Kapila 2006 94%, Morris 2016 96.5% — strongest multi-source support of the 6-country group. ~94% Muslim; Issa (60%) + Afar (35%) both circumcising. HIV 1.4% concentrated (not generalised); NOT VMMC priority. FGM Law 333/AN/09 (2009) criminalises FGM — STRICTLY SEPARATE from male circ (unregulated). Sources #1021-1028. 0 verified incidents. Refusal: PMC4820865 erratum as Djibouti secondary source (1-2 partially refuted) — use PMC4772313 directly.
Research claims
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No structured research claims have been added for Djibouti yet.
Legal status
UnregulatedNo Djiboutian statute or decree specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision. The practice is near-universal among the Muslim-majority Issa and Afar communities and is unregulated in the absence-of-prohibition sense. IMPORTANT: Law No. 333/AN/09 (2009) criminalises female genital mutilation in Djibouti. This law is entirely separate from male circumcision and the two must never be conflated.
Medical & HIV context
1.4%
Adult HIV prevalence
UNAIDS (2023) · Adults 15–49
no
Circumcision in newborns
Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)
childhood
Typical age
Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for Djibouti.
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.