Country

Proportion of abused children at certain age

Asia

Luo et al., 2008

China

2.0% of females and 1.6% of males experienced contact SA between ages 2 - 11 years; 1.1% of females and 3.3% of males experienced contact SA between ages 12 - 13 years

Daral et al., 2016

India

59.3% of victims experienced first CSA between the ages of 14 - 16 years; 28.9% of victims experienced first CSA between the ages of 10 - 13 years; 11.8% of victims experienced first CSA between the ages of 17 - 19

UNICEF, 2018a

Lao

22% experienced sexual violence prior to age 13; 25% between the ages 14 - 15; 53% between the ages 16 - 17

Sumner et al., 2016

Cambodia

59.1% of males experienced first episode of CSA at 10 years or below

Fernando & Karunasekera, 2009

Sri Lanka

12.5% of victims experienced fondling of their genitals when they were 11 years of age (by a known person)

3% of victims were sexually assaulted by an adult when they were 11.6 years of age

3% of victims were in a sexual relationship “with consent” with a person over 18 years of age when they were 14.9 years of age

Africa

McCrann et al. (2006)

Tanzania

10.2% of all abuse happened during pre-pubertal; 1% of victims experienced unwanted sexual intercourse before age 13

David et al., 2018

Nigeria

45.2% reported first abuse experience between 9 - 12 years of age; 16.1% experienced first sexual abuse 5 - 8 years of age; 17.2% reported first abuse experiences at age 13 & above

Sumner et al., 2016

Kenya

13.7% of victims (males) experienced their first episode of CSA when they were 10 years and below

Reza et al., 2009

Swaziland

11.9% of victims experienced first incidents of sexual violence < 13 years of age; 88.1% of victims experienced first incidents of sexual violence between 13 and 17 years of age

Birdthistle et al., 2011

Zimbabwe

60% of female victims and 93% of male victims were classified as “pre-pubertal” at clinical presentation

UNICEF, 2013

Malawi

9% of victims experienced first forced completed sex prior to age 13; while 49% between ages 14 - 15 and 42% between the ages 16 - 17