Regions
Countries
Average
Prevalence
Population
Estimate
Eastern and Southern Africa
Ethiopia
26.80%
4466625
8.25%
59922
18.19%
5678842
19.27%
8915518
Kenya
Mozambique
Namibia
Tanzania
Uganda
Europe and Central Asia
Armenia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Latin America and Caribbean
Brazil
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Phillippines
Thailand
Viet Nam
Commentary: Across the four regions included in this analysis, the estimated prevalence of
technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse among internet-using children aged 12–17
ranged from 8.3 per cent in Europe and Central Asia to 26.8 per cent in Eastern and Southern Africa.
These regional estimates should be interpreted with caution and should not be viewed as
representative of entire regions. Rather, they reflect the average occurrence across the countries
included in the Disrupting Harm study within each region. Differences between regions may be
influenced by a range of factors beyond the underlying prevalence of technology-facilitated child
sexual exploitation and abuse, including variation in cultural norms, awareness of abuse, willingness
to disclose sensitive experiences, access to the internet, and the broader social and policy contexts
in which children live.
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