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Georgia

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ISO: GEO Region: Eastern Europe & Central Asia

10.6% circumcision prevalence

Prevalence of non-therapeutic male circumcision.

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Sources Β· Citations

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Verifications Β· Independent

0

Structured claims Β· Evidence-based

Jul 9, 2026

Last updated Β· deep-built

Research note: Georgia DEEP_BUILT 2026-07-13. Morris 2016 PMC4772313: 10.6% (confirmed 3-0) - EXPLICITLY an IMPUTED figure (from religious composition, 99.9%-circumcised-if-Muslim-or-Jewish assumption), NOT a direct survey; a separate "notably higher than ~5%" claim REFUTED. DISTINCTIVE: Adjara ethnic-Georgian Muslims (Ottoman-era conversion, structurally similar to Montenegro Mrković case) + separate ethnic-Azerbaijani Shia minority (Kvemo Kartli) - ceremony detail for either explicitly sought, NOT found (honest gap). Georgian Jewish community: ~2,600-year history (Nebuchadnezzar 586 BCE narrative, "most widely accepted account" not proven), one of world's oldest - modern size/brit milah practice NOT verified (honest gap). No statute found (not on ARC Law's list). No verified harm case (honest gap). HIV ~0.4% (2023, UNAIDS/WHO Europe - WebSearch supplement), rising PWID-concentrated trend. UNREGULATED. NOT VMMC priority. Sources #1510-1517. FIRST of Batch 5: Georgia/Puerto Rico/New Caledonia/Vanuatu/Solomon Islands.

Research claims

Short, testable claims backed by evidence and categorised for clarity.

No structured research claims have been added for Georgia yet.

Legal status

Unregulated

This research did not locate a Georgian statute specifically addressing non-therapeutic male circumcision. This research did not independently verify Georgia's female genital mutilation legal status either, including with respect to separately-documented and debated reports concerning a Kist community in the Pankisi Gorge β€” that is a wholly distinct matter from male circumcision and must not be conflated with it.

Medical & HIV context

0.4%

Adult HIV prevalence

UNAIDS/WHO (2023) Β· Adults 15–49

no

Circumcision in newborns

Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)

minority-only (Muslim communities)

Typical age

Benchmarks are international context β€” not a local complication rate.

Incident registry

No verified incidents are currently recorded for Georgia.

This absence should not be read as proof that harm does not occur β€” only that no verified, sourced case has been documented in this database yet.

Country write-ups

Georgia: A Circumcision Figure Built From Assumptions, and a 2,600-Year-Old Jewish Community

Georgia's commonly cited circumcision rate is not a measurement at all, but a number derived from assumptions about its Muslim and Jewish minorities β€” one of which traces back nearly three millennia

Dec 1, 2026