Is FGM banned in Saudi Arabia?
No specific ban
No specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
Saudi Arabia is one of 25 countries classified “No specific ban” for female genital mutilation — 26% of the 95 with data. (Also searched as FGM.)
Source
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Kuwait
- No specific ban Kuwait has no specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
- Bahrain
- No specific ban No legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
- Qatar
- No specific ban No specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
- Yemen
- No specific ban FGM is not specifically illegal in Yemen as of March 2020.
- Iraq
- Specifically banned FGM is specifically criminalized in the Kurdistan Region under the 2012 law.
- Jordan
- No specific ban Jordan has no specific legal ban on FGM as of March 2020.
Other laws in Saudi Arabia
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