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Afghanistan



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Albania


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.

Algeria



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.

Andorra


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Angola



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Antigua and Barbuda



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Argentina



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Armenia



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Australia


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

Violence against women and children costs an estimated USD $11.38 billion per year.

In 2016, a CARE report, citing KPMG, stated that violence against women cost the Australian economy USD $19.2 billion.


Austria



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

2014: Estimated cost to the economy of €1.8 billion.


Azerbaijan



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bahamas



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bahrain



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bangladesh



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

2009-2017: USD $ 2.3billion.

2010: USD $2 billion or 2.10% of gross domestic product (‘GDP’).


Barbados



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Belarus



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.

Belgium



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

€2.4 billion per year.

Belize



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.

Benin



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bhutan



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bolivia



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

2015: Violence against women cost Bolivia’s economy USD $2.1 billion, the equivalent of 6.46% of GDP.



Bosnia and Herzegovina



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Botswana



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Brazil



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Brunei


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Bulgaria



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Burkina Faso



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Burundi



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Cabo Verde



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Cambodia



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Cameroon



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Canada



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

Annual costs of intimate partner violence were calculated at $CAN 1.16 billion in Canada.


Central African Republic


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Chad



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.

Chile



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

Intimate partner violence amounts to roughly 2.0% of GDP in Chile.


China



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Colombia


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

Although from 2003-2004, and, therefore, likely to somewhat out of date, the only research available estimates that domestic abuse costs the Colombian economy roughly COL $8.8 trillion, which amounts to 3.93% of Colombia’s GDP, the health costs amount to 0.062% of GDP and the lost earnings and unemployment amount to 2.431% of GDP.


















Comoros


Costa Rica



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Croatia



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

2012: The estimated annual cost of gender-based violence against women in Croatia amounts to €1,913,814,248.


Cuba



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Cyprus



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Cyprus could amount to €186 million per year.


Czech Republic



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



Denmark



Cost of Domestic Abuse To The Economy Each Year:

2016: The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Denmark could amount to EUR 1.2 billion per year.


Dijbouti



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Dominica



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Dominican Republic


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Ecuador


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Egypt



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


El Salvador



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Equatorial Guinea


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Eritrea


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Estonia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Estonia could amount to EUR 287 million per year. This figure was calculated according to the methodology used in EIGE’s 2014 study ?(6), which Member States can replicate, as done by Estonia in 2016 ?(7)


Eswatini


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Ethiopia


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Fiji



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Last year, Professor Biman Prasad, Dean from the University of the South Pacific, calculated that the cost of domestic violence to the Fijian economy was around 6.6 percent of GDP .


Finland



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


France



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in France could amount to EUR 14 billion per year. This figure was calculated according to the methodology used in EIGE’s 2014 study (6)?.


Gabon



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Gambia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Georgia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Germany



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

EUR Cost of interpersonal violence against women: 17,372,437,805/ EUR

Cost of interpersonal violence: 19,450,310,003

EUR Cost of gender-based violence against women: 35,952, 585, 307

EUR Cost of gender-based violence: 41,188,792,633



The minister announced that the government will spend €30 million ($33 million) each year over the next four years toward increasing the capacity of women's refuge shelters. There are currently only 350 women's shelters in Germany.


Ghana



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The economy is estimated to lose output equivalent to 5% of its female workforce not working annually due to VAWG.


Greece


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

EUR Cost of interpersonal violence against women 2,405,567,883

EUR Cost of interpersonal violence 2,693,291,614

EUR Cost of gender-based violence against women 4,978,367,774

EUR Cost of gender-based violence 5,703,427,338


Grenada



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

$3,374,419 assigned to a 4-year plan .


Guatemala



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Guinea



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Guinea-Bissau



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Guyana



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Haiti


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Honduras



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Hungary



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Iceland



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


India



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Estimated cost of work absenteeism related to domestic violence and abuse per annum: $880m. Estimated cost of lost economic output related to presenteeism, US$ million per annum: $1174mn (5% productivity loss).

Indian women can lose an average of at least five paid work days for each incident of intimate partner violence. This fact would mean the affected woman would get 25 per cent less of her salary each time an incident of violence happens.


Indonesia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Iran



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.



Iraq



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Ireland



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The estimated economic cost of domestic violence to the Irish economy is €2.2billion a year. This is based on the Council of Europe (COE) figure that domestic violence costs each member state €555 per citizen (amounting to a total cost of €33 billion for the whole COE) annually in policing, health bills, lost productivity and court procedures.

Estimated cost of work absenteeism related to domestic violence and abuse per annum: $29m and estimated cost of lost economic output related to presenteeism, US$ million per annum: $75mn (5% productivity loss).


Israel


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Italy



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Estimated cost of work absenteeism related to domestic violence and abuse per annum: $146m.

Estimated cost of lost economic output related to presenteeism, US$ million per annum: $658m (5% productivity loss)


Jamaica



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Japan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Jordan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Kazakhstan


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Kenya


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Estimated cost of work absenteeism related to domestic violence and abuse per annum: $50m

Estimated cost of lost economic output related to presenteeism, US$ million per annum: $128m (5% productivity loss)



Kiribati



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Kuwait



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Kyrgyzstan


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Laos



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

1.7% of GDP

Latvia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Latvia could amount to EUR 442 million per year. (European Institute for Gender Equality (2014). Estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.), 3.2% of GDP



Lebanon



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

5.6% of GDP



Lesotho



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

10.4% of GDP


Liberia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

22.7% of GDP


Libya



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

19.6% of GDP , some say as high as 35% of GDP .


Liechtenstein



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Lithuania



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

3.2% of GDP .


Luxembourg



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Luxembourg could amount to € 113 million per year.


Madagascar



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

2.5% of GDP


Malawi



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

7% of GDP


Malaysia


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

2.7% of GDP


Maldives



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Mali



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

6.2% of GDP

Malta



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Malta could amount to EUR 90 million per year.


Marshall Islands


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Mauritania



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Mauritius


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Mexico



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Micronesia


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Moldova


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Monaco



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Mongolia


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research, but calls for further research into this .


Estimated % change due to COVID-19:

Montenegro



Cost to the country's economy:

17.9 million EUR cost to the economy due to the consequences of partner violence, which reflects negatively on the productivity of employed women. Therefore, the annual loss is about 0.5% of the GDP. The cost for the next ten years is estimated to be 241 million EUR .


Morocco


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Mozambique



Cost to the country's economy:

No evidence.


Myanmar



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Namibia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Nauru



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Nepal



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Netherlands



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


New Zealand



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Family violence is estimated to cost the country between NZ$4.1bn and $7bn a year.

Nicaragua




Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Productivity loss of $29.5 million


Niger



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Nigeria



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


North Korea



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


North Macedonia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Norway



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Oman



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Pakistan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Palau




Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Palestine



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Panama



Number of people experiencing domestic abuse each year:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence: 14.4 % of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their life.

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months: 10.1 % .

Between 2014–2015, a population-based study of women 15–49 years of age at the country level reported a lifetime prevalence of IPV of 34.0% and a 6.2% prevalence of sexual violence .

No research on male victims or other gender identities.

Papua New Guinea



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Paraguay



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Peru



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Philippines



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Poland


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in Poland could amount to EUR 8 billion per year.


Portugal



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Qatar



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Republic of Korea


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Romania


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Russia Federation


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Rwanda


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Saint Kitts and Nevis


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Saint Lucia


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

Samoa


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


San Marino



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


San Tome and Principe



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Saudi Arabia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Senegal



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The cost of lost productivity due to forms of violence from 2006 – 2015 was 2,923,494


Serbia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Thus, calculated total costs for Serbian society in 2009, would have amounted to between RSD 1.6 and 4.1 billion (EUR 16.8 – 43.9 million) .


Seychelles



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

In 2016, domestic abuse cost 4.6% of GDP.


Sierra Leone



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Singapore


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Slovak Republic


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in the Czech Republic could amount to EUR 2 billion per year. This figure was calculated according to the methodology used in EIGE’s 2014 study


Slovenia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Soloman Islands



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Somalia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.

South Africa


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


South Sudan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Spain



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Sri Lanka



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research available



Sudan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Evidence not available


Suriname



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Sweden


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

In 2004, the socio-economic costs of intimate partner violence was estimated at between SEK 2 695 million and SEK 3 300 million a year .


A 2006 report, “Kostander för våld mot kvinnor” by the National Board of Health and Welfare estimated that men’s violence against women in Sweden costs approximately SEK three billion per year. The calculations included both direct and indirect costs for various sectors of society. The direct costs amount to between SEK 2–2.5 billion for various measures including healthcare, legal services and social services. The indirect costs are estimated at between SEK 720–760 million and include the value of loss of production and the value of voluntary work.

Switzerland


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

In 2013, the Federal Office for Gender Equality, estimated a cost of CHF 164-287 million per year


Syria


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Tajikistan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research available.


Tanzania


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

The estimated productivity loss associated with partner violence amounted to 1.2 percent of Tanzania’s GDP. However, agricultural self-employment was not included in this study. If it had been, the percentage would have been higher. Each percentage point of partner violence costs just over 10 billion Tzs or almost US$8 million and amounts to 0.04 percent of Tanzania’s GDP."


Thailand



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Direct medical costs = 1.3 billion

Indirect costs were 14.4 billion Thai baht or 0.4% of the total Thai GDP


Timor-Leste



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Togolese Republic



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Tonga



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

WHO calculated the annual cost of violence against women to Tonga’s economy is TOP$18.3 million.


Trinidad and Tobago



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Cost of domestic abuse to individuals, the state, and businesses is approximately $8,250 to $12,500 per person .


Tunisia



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Turkey



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Turkmenistan



Cost to the country's economy

No research.


Tuvalu



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Uganda



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:


Estimate of the annual economic burden of domestic violence in Uganda = UGX 77.5 billion. This represents 0.25% of GDP in 2011. A recent study used well tested interpolation and statistical technics to monetize the cost of the response to Domestic Violence (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) in Uganda: it estimated that health care providers spend about UGX 18.3 billion annually to deal with the effects of GBV, police UGX 19.5 billion while the local councils spend UGX 12.7 billion. This does not account for the loss of productivity or other longer-term impacts of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. (Uganda Case Study 2012-2017) (5). Total cost of service providers addressing = UGX 21.9 billion. About 9% of violent incidents forced women to lose time from paid work (approximately 11 days a year/half a month’s salary) .


Ukraine



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:


UNFPA: With latency adjustments, the economic costs of violence against women totalled up to $208 million in 2015, or 0.23% of Ukraine’s GDP. This simulated estimate is nearly 20 times as high as the estimate based only on the registered violence cases ($10.8 million in 2015)


United Arab Emirates



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


United Kingdom



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Domestic violence alone costs approximately $32.9 billion in England and Wales .


United States of America


Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

Annual costs of intimate partner violence were calculated at $5.8 billion in the United States of America

However, 'the national economic cost of domestic and family violence is estimated to be over 12 billion dollars per year' .


Uruguay



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Uzbekistan



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Vanuatu



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Venezuela



Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:

No research.


Vietnam



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

Domestic violence survivors earn roughly 35% less than women who have not abused.

The total direct/ indirect costs of domestic violence on a woman’s monthly income amounts to close to 21% of their income.

2010: The direct cost of domestic violence in Vietnam amounted to around 1.4% of GDP, while total productivity losses and potential opportunity costs caused by domestic violence amounted to around 3% of GDP. The total loss in earnings due to violence against women amounted to roughly 1.41% of GDP.


Yemen



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.


Zambia



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

2010: USD $474 million, amounting to roughly 2.27% of GDP.


Zimbabwe



Cost of Domestic Abuse to the Economy Each Year:

No research.



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