Sri Lanka
Deep-built8.5% circumcision prevalence
Prevalence of non-therapeutic male circumcision.
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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: Sri Lanka DEEP_BUILT 2026-07-02. Morris 2016 PMC4772313: 8.5% MODELLED (not a direct survey) — assumes 99.9% Muslim circumcision/0% non-Muslim; the "confirms Muslim-driven prevalence" framing is CIRCULAR (2-1, flagged). 2012 Census: Muslims ~9.5-9.8% vs 8.5% circ estimate = modest 1-1.5pp gap (honest, not contradiction). Sri Lankan Moors (Arab trading-post descent) distinct from Tamil Muslims and Malay Muslims; all Sunni, expected to circumcise; group-specific ceremony/age data = honest gap. Sinhalese Buddhist (~70%) + Hindu Tamil (~11%) do NOT circumcise. HIV ~0.02% (UNAIDS), lowest-in-Asia tier, concentrated. UNREGULATED. NOT VMMC priority. 0 verified incidents (honest gap). Sources #1125-1132.
Research claims
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Legal status
UnregulatedNo Sri Lankan statute specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision. The practice is confined to the Muslim minority (Sri Lankan Moors, Malay Muslims, and Tamil-speaking Muslims) and is not a national health-system procedure. Female genital mutilation is a separate matter and must not be conflated with male circumcision.
Medical & HIV context
0.02%
Adult HIV prevalence
UNAIDS (2023) · Adults 15–49
no
Circumcision in newborns
Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)
Muslim minority only
Typical age
Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for Sri Lanka.
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.