Health organizations are currently divided on whether male circumcision is beneficial or not. Some research suggests it can lower the rates of urinary tract infections and improve overall penile health, but the procedure can also lead to infection and can be seen as unnecessary. And as Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao details below, culturally as well, regions of the world are starkly divided on the practice and we visualize this by mapping out the rates by country. Data for this map is sourced from the “Estimation of Country-Specific and Global Prevalence of Male Circumcision”, a paper published on BioMedCentral in 2016. It is the latest complete data available on this topic. A Regional Breakdown of Circumcision RatesMale circumcision is more common in countries where Islam and Judaism emphasize it as a religious practice. Consequently, in North Africa and the Middle East, 99% of men aged 15 and older are circumcised. Country ISO Code Male CircumcisionRate (Men Aged 15+) ???????? Afghanistan AFG 99.8% ???????? Albania ALB 47.7% ???????? Algeria DZA 97.9% ???????? Angola AGO 57.5% ???????? Argentina ARG 2.9% ???????? Armenia ARM 0.1% ???????? Australia AUS 58.0% ???????? Austria AUT 5.8% ???????? Azerbaijan AZE 98.5% ???????? Bahrain BHR 81.2% ???????? Bangladesh BGD […]