Belgium
Western & Central Europe
of males circumcised
Rare
Demographics
Circumcision rate, in context
Estimated share of males circumcised
Estimates derived from WHO/UNAIDS-based prevalence data. Global average ≈ 38%.
The picture in Belgium
An estimated 12% of males are circumcised in Belgium (Western & Central Europe).
By the Numbers
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Circumcision rate
% of males
12%
Context indicators from public UNAIDS/WHO-based sources; some scores are editorial or pending. Figures describe each country and are not evidence of causation.
The law
Legal status of non-therapeutic circumcision of minors.
Legal; a bioethics committee recommended against it.
Non-therapeutic circumcision of minors is legal and unregulated. In 2017 Belgium’s Federal Advisory Committee on Bioethics recommended against the practice on children who cannot consent.
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