Gender-Based Violence Thematic Report based on UDHS 2022
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) · Published October 2025; posted March 2026 · last checked 30 October 2026
A deeper analysis of the UDHS 2022 data on violence against women and men. It gives the detailed breakdowns that the main UDHS report and slides only summarise, including spousal violence by type in the past year.
Gender-Based Violence Thematic Report based on UDHS 2022
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| Indicator | Population | Estimate | Source table / page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical violence by current or most recent partner, past 12 months | Ever-married women 15-49 | 24.8% | Chapter 2 |
| Sexual violence by current or most recent partner, past 12 months | Ever-married women 15-49 | 12.8% | Chapter 2 |
| Emotional violence by current or most recent partner, past 12 months | Ever-married women 15-49 | 32.8% | Chapter 2 |
| Any physical, sexual or emotional spousal violence, past 12 months | Ever-married women 15-49 | 43.3% | Chapter 2 |
| Physical violence since age 15 | Women 15-49 | 43.7% | Figure 2.1 |
Source: UBOS GBV thematic report based on UDHS 2022. A national figure may not fit your study population; check the population and period before you use one as p in a sample size calculation.
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A deeper analysis of the UDHS 2022 data on violence against women and men. It gives the detailed breakdowns that the main UDHS report and slides only summarise, including spousal violence by type in the past year.
- Latest round
- Published October 2025; posted March 2026
- Access
- Open
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
How researchers can use it
- Prevalence figures for proposals on gender-based violence, with the right denominator.
- The expected proportion for sample size calculations in GBV studies.
- Comparing types of violence (physical, sexual, emotional) and lifetime versus past-year experience.
Physical, sexual and emotional violence, spousal violence, help-seeking, and characteristics associated with experiencing violence, all from the UDHS 2022 dataset.
Access the data
- Download the report from the UBOS release page (link below).
Methodological cautions
- Spousal violence figures are for ever-married women (including those living together as married), not all ever-partnered women.
- The report gives two different lifetime sexual violence figures (17% in Figure 2.18 and 11% in the text of Section 2.3.2). Quote the table you use and its page.
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Publisher's own citation: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), 2025, Gender Based Violence (GBV) Thematic Report: Based on UDHS 2022, Kampala, Uganda.
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