Rate of child abuse

By Metro Creative

Data from the World Health Organization indicates that nearly three in four children between the ages of two and four regularly suffer physical punishment and/or psychological violence at the hands of parents and caregivers. The WHO also reports that one in five women and one in 13 men report having been sexually abused as a child.

Data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services indicates that abuse of children under the age of one is especially prevalent, with approximately 94,000 cases of such abuse reported in 2020.

Child abuse also poses a significant problem in Canada, where results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces found that 27% of Canadians have experienced at least one instance of physical or sexual abuse by an adult prior to their fifteenth birthday.