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Netherlands

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ISO: NLD Region: Western & Central Europe

7% circumcision prevalence

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Research coverage

A transparent snapshot of what this file currently contains.

PrevalenceComplete

Categorical profileMissing

Circumcision by intentMissing

Deep write-upsNot written yet

Native perspectiveAvailable

Sources · Citations

Verifications · Independent

Structured claims · Evidence-based

Jun 25, 2026

Last updated · partial

Required items still missing: M2, P1-P4, H1, S1/S2. This file is a work in progress.

Research claims

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

No structured research claims have been added for Netherlands yet.

Legal status

Unregulated

Legal, but the medical association formally discourages it.

Non-therapeutic circumcision of minors is legal and unregulated, but the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) has, since 2010, formally discouraged it as a violation of the child’s right to autonomy and physical integrity.

Medical & HIV context

Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.

Incident registry

No verified incidents are currently recorded for Netherlands.

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.