10. Ethiopia
Ethiopia is estimated to have one of the highest rates of violence
against women in the world. A report by the UN found that nearly 60% of
Ethiopian women were subjected to sexual violence. Rape is a very
serious problem in Ethiopia. The country is infamous for the practice of
marriage by abduction, with the prevalence of this practice in Ethiopia
being one of the highest in the world. In many parts of Ethiopia, it is
common for a man, working in co-ordination with his friends, to kidnap a
girl or woman, sometimes using a horse to ease the escape. The abductor
will then hide his intended bride and rape her until she becomes
pregnant. Girls as young as eleven years old are reported to have been
kidnapped for the purpose of marriage. Also the Ethiopian military has
been accused of committing systematic rapes against civilians.
9. Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s security forces are still raping and torturing suspects.
There have been recent allegations that rape and torture by the Sri
Lankan security forces have continued four years after the civil war
ended. The UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence found that 14.5%
of the sample of Sri Lankan men had perpetrated rape at some point in
their lives. 4.9% had raped in the past year. 2.7% had raped another
man. 1.6% had took part in a gang rape. 96.5% of the men who had raped
experienced no legal consequences. 65.8% didn’t feel worried or guilty
afterwards. 64.9% of rapists had raped more than once, and 11.1% had
raped four or more girls or women.
8. Canada
It is an Amercing continent and the total reported cases of rape in this
country are 2,516,918. These are only six percent of the total rape
cases. It is reported that over one in three women had experienced a
sexual assault and that only 6% of sexual assaults were reported to the
police. According to Justice Institute of British Columbia, one out of
every 17 women is raped, 62% of rape victims were physically injured, 9%
were beaten or disfigured.
7. France
Rape was not a crime in France until 1980. Laws reinforcing women’s
rights and safety are relatively recent in France. The law making rape a
crime dates back only to 1980. Earlier decrees were based on 19th
century moral codes. A law on sexual-harassment was approved in 1992 and
one on moral harassment was passed in 2002. The last bill to fight
violence against women was passed last year. Government studies show
there are 75,000 rapes a year in the country. Only about 10 percent of
the victims filed complaints. France is at the 7th position with the
total reported crime of 3,771,850.
6. Germany
An estimate of 240,000 women and girls has died up till now in Germany
because of this crime. Germany is on the number six in the highest rape
crime with the figures of 6,507,394 in this year which is really a big
figure. German Catholics have allowed the morning-after pills for the
victims. The country moving forward in technology is actually moving
really backward in humanity.
5. United Kingdom
Many people wish to live or even visit UK as it is one of the most
developed countries. But they surely must not be aware that this country
is also involved badly in the crime of rape. In January 2013, the
Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Home
Office released its first ever joint Official Statistics bulletin on
sexual violence, entitled An Overview of Sexual Offending in England and
Wales. According to report: Approximately 85,000 women are raped on
average in England and Wales every year. Over 400,000 women are sexually assaulted each year. One in 5 women (aged 16 – 59) has experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 16.
4. India
India is the place where sexual assault is rapidly increasing. Rape in
India is one of India’s most common crimes against women. According to
the National Crime Records Bureau 24,923 rape cases were reported across
India in 2012, but experts agree that the number of unreported cases of
sexual assault brings the total much higher. Out of these, 24,470 were
committed by parents/family, relatives, neighbors and other known
persons implying that , men known to the victim committed 98 per cent of
reported rapes. The latest estimates suggest that a new case of rape is
reported every 22 minutes in India.
3. Sweden
Sweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe and one of
the highest in the world. One amongst every four women comes out to be
the victim of rape in Sweden. By 2010, The Swedish police recorded the
highest number of offences – about 63 per 100,000 inhabitants. The
country has third-highest rape crime in the world. In 2009 there were
15,700 reported sexual offenses in Sweden, a rise of 8% compared to
2008, of which 5,940 were rape and sexual harassment (including
exhibitionism) accounted for 7,590 reports. In April 2009, it was
reported that sex crimes had increased by 58% over the previous ten
years. According to a 2009 European Union study, Sweden has one of the highest rates of reported rape in Europe.
2. South Africa
The country has one of the highest rates of rape in the world, with some
65,000 rapes and other sexual assaults reported for the year 2012. The
incidence of rape has led to the country being referred to as the “rape
capital of the world”. One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by the
Community of Information, Empowerment and Transparency said they had
been raped in the past year. More than 25 per cent of South African men
questioned in a survey published by the Medical Research Council (MRC)
admitted to rape; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than
one person. Three out of four of those who had admitted rape indicated
that they had attacked for the first time during their teens. South
Africa has amongst the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world. If the rapist is convicted, his prison time would be around 2 years.
1. United States
The super power of the world is at the first position in the race of
rapes. Males are majorly the rapist holding a proportion of 99%. Out of
all the victims, 91% are females while 9% are males. The U.S Bureau of
Justice Statistics states that 91% of rape victims are female and 9% are
male, and nearly 99% of rapists are male. According to the National
Violence Against Women Survey, 1 in 6 U.S. women and 1 in 33 U.S. men
has experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. More
than a quarter of college-age women report having experienced a rape or rape attempt since age 14.
Out of all, only 16% of the total cases are reported. Outdoor rape is
not common in USA rather most of the rape cases takes place inside
homes.