Guyana
Deep-built12% 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: Guyana DEEP_BUILT 2026-07-06. Morris 2016 PMC4772313: 12% (confirmed 3-0). Tracks Indo-Guyanese Muslim minority (6.8% of total pop per 2012 census, 50,572 people, DECLINING from 8.7% in 1980) within the Indo-Guyanese ethnic majority (39.83%, descended from 1838+ Indian indentured labourers); Hindu majority within that group does NOT circumcise. HONEST GAP (explicitly flagged, capped at LOW-MEDIUM confidence as an absence claim): NO source documents khatna/circumcision practice among Guyana's Muslims, Hindus, Afro-Guyanese, or Amerindians — 12% figure appears demographically MODELLED not culturally SOURCED. Guyana not on ARC Law's 4-country circumcision-regulation list. HIV ~1.4% (2019) — among higher rates in region. UNREGULATED. FGM legal status not independently verified (honest gap). NOT VMMC priority. 0 verified incidents (honest gap, not evidence of absence). Sources #1270-1277.
Research claims
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Legal status
UnregulatedNo Guyanese statute specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision — confirmed absent from ARC Law's compiled list of the only countries known to regulate the practice (Sweden, South Africa, Australia, Germany) or to have made unsuccessful attempts to do so. This research did not independently verify Guyana's female genital mutilation legal status — an honest gap, not evidence that no such law exists. Female genital mutilation is a separate matter and must not be conflated with male circumcision.
Medical & HIV context
1.4%
Adult HIV prevalence
CIA/UNAIDS (2019) · Adults 15–49
no
Circumcision in newborns
Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)
minority-only (Indo-Guyanese Muslim)
Typical age
Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for Guyana.
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.