| Statistic Verification |
| Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice , CDC, Koss, Gidycz & Wisniewski College Study, United Nations |
| Research Date: 6.18.2013 |
| Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person’s consent. A person who commits an act of rape is known as a rapist. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. Victims of rape can be severely traumatized by the assault and may have difficulty functioning as well as they had been used to prior to the assault, with disruption of concentration, sleeping patterns and eating habits. |
| Rape Statistics | Percent |
| Average number of rape cases reported in the US annually | 89,000 |
| Percent of women who experienced an attempted or completed rape | 16 % |
| Percent of men who experienced an attempted or completed rape | 3 % |
| Decline in rape rate since 1993 | 60 % |
| Percent of rapes that are never reported to authorities | 60 % |
| Percent of college rapes that are never reported to authorities | 95 % |
| Percent of rapes where both victim and perpetrator had been drinking | 47 % |
| College Rape Statistics | Percent |
| The following is from a study of 6,000 college students on 32 college campuses nationwide in 1987 | |
| Percent of women who reported being raped | 15 % |
| Percent of women who reported an attempted rape | 12 % |
| The following is from a CDC study of 5,000 women on 138 college campuses in 1995 | |
| Percent who reported being raped | 20 % |
| Rape Perpetrator Statistics | Percent |
| Percent of victims raped by a friend or acquaintance | 38 % |
| Percent raped by "an intimate" | 28 % |
| Percent raped by a stranger | 26 % |
| Percent raped by a relative | 7 % |
| Rape Location Statistics | Percent |
| Perpetrators home | 30.9 % |
| Victims home | 26.6 % |
| Perpetrator and victims shared home | 10.1 % |
| At a party | 7.2 % |
| In a vehicle | 7.2 % |
| Outdoors | 3.6 % |
| In a bar | 2.2 % |
| Countries With Highest Rape Rates | Rate / 100,000 |
| Lesotho | 91.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 58.4 |
| Sweden | 53.2 |
| Korea | 33.7 |
| New Zealand | 30.9 |
| United States | 28.6 |
| Belgium | 26.3 |
| Zimbabwe | 25.6 |
| United Kingdom | 23.2 |
| Countries With Lowest Rape Rates | Rate / 100,000 |
| Egypt | 0.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.3 |
| Armenia | 0.6 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7 |
| Turkey | 1.4 |
| Sierra Leone | 1.4 |
| Canada | 1.5 |
| Ukraine | 1.9 |
| Kenya | 1.9 |
| Belarus | 2.5 |
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