According to Amnesty International, one in 20 women in the European Union has been raped.

Omissions

• The original source of this statistic is the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) 2014 Violence Against Women Survey, not Amnesty International itself; Amnesty International cited the FRA data
• The statistic refers to women who have been raped 'since the age of 15', not lifetime prevalence or current annual rates
• The data is from a 2014 survey (fieldwork conducted in 2012), making it over 12 years old by the time of the claim in 2026
• The FRA conducted a new survey in 2023-2024 with updated results that may differ from the 2014 figures

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - Violence against women: an EU-wide survey (2014)One in 20 women in the EU has been raped since the age of 15; this represents approximately 9 million women
• SecondaryAmnesty International Ireland - Women across Europe failed by outdated rape legislationAccording to the most recent survey from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), one in 20 women in the EU has been raped since the age of 15