5 Gender equality

Target 5.2: End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

Go to target 5.3

Indicators

5.2.1: Violence by intimate partner

5.2.2: Violence by other person than an intimate partner

5.2.1 5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

Women subjected to violence by persons other than partner (per cent of popul.)

Area: Total | Unit: Per cent

Unit: Per cent


	2008-2018	2019-2020	2021-2022	2023-2024

AGE, TOTAL (per cent of all women)	0.19	1.41	1.99	2.40

16-24 years (per cent of all women in the age group)	0.84	5.55	7.90	8.88

25-39 years (per cent of all women in the age group)	0.15	1.43	1.51	3.24

40 year and more (per cent of all women in the age group)	0.05	0.37	0.66	0.62

PLACE OF OCCURENCE, TOTAL (per cent of women subjected to violence)	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Own residence (per cent of women subjected to violence)	19.40	13.80	15.50	20.60

Offenders residence (per cent of women subjected to violence)	22.20	22.00	27.40	25.70

Other private residence (per cent of women subjected to violence)	9.90	18.60	16.90	15.00

At work place, school, educational institution (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Pub, café, etc. (per cent of women subjected to violence)	7.40	12.00	5.70	7.20

Public place, street, square, park (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Public transport (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Other publicly available place (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Abroad (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Other (per cent of women subjected to violence)	..	..	..	..

Publicly available place (per cent of women subjected to violence)	30.30	15.90	20.40	23.10

Other inclusive abroad (per cent of women subjected to violence)	10.70	17.60	14.10	8.40

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Definition

The indicator shows the percentage of women who report having experienced sexual violence within the past 12 months. The number of women reporting such experiences is expressed as a percentage of all women. Due to the small number of incidents, the indicator is calculated using aggregated proportions.

The indicator differs from the UN definition, as the calculation covers women aged 16–74 at the time of the interview (16–79 in 2023 and 2024). This does not necessarily correspond to their age at the time the incident of violence occurred. The UN definition covers women aged 15 and above.

The scope of the indicator has also changed over time:

2008–2018: The indicator covers only women who have experienced rape or attempted rape. Experiencing rape or attempted rape is defined as a person reporting that, within the past 12 months, someone has used violence or threats of violence to attempt to force them to have sexual intercourse or has actually forced them to do so.
From 2019 onwards: The indicator covers women who have experienced rape, attempted rape or other forms of sexual assault. Other forms of sexual assault are defined as a person reporting having experienced sexual violations other than rape, such as indecent exposure; being forced to touch intimate parts of their own or another person's body; oral sex; someone sharing or threatening to share sexually explicit messages, videos or images; being forced to share such images; or similar forms of sexual violation against their will within the past 12 months.
From 2021: The wording of the question concerning rape and attempted rape was changed following the introduction of consent-based legislation in Denmark. Since then, rape or attempted rape has been defined as a person reporting that someone has had or attempted to have sexual intercourse with them without their consent.

Due to these changes, figures for individual years are generally not directly comparable over time and differ from the UN definitions in various ways across the period.

The indicator is calculated by the Research Unit of the Danish Ministry of Justice.

Last updated:

16-03-2026

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