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In some cases statistics will be skewed by the fact that not all rapes are reported. Apparently this is true to some extent for NZ and Australia... which makes our stats all the more worrying! It is particularly the case in South Africa however...
| Total recorded rapes. Rates per 100,000 | ||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
| South Africa | 121 | 126 | 128 | 119 | 122 | 124 |
| Canada | 95.34 | 91.00 | 90.04 | 84.61 | 78.23 | 78.08 |
| Australia | 72.52 | 79.46 | 77.58 | 76.26 | 74.23 | 81.41 |
| USA | 37.09 | 35.91 | 35.35 | 33.87 | 32.05 | . |
| New Zealand | 24.2 | 26.76 | 21.38 | 23.05 | 19.13 | 22.48 |
| England, Wales | 9.80 | 11.40 | 12.60 | 14.56 | 15.96 | 16.23 |
| France | 12.40 | 14.20 | 13.50 | 13.40 | 13.58 | 14.36 |
| Sth Korea | 10.43 | 11.66 | 11.58 | 12.38 | 13.14 | 12.98 |
| Netherlands | 9.14 | 9.21 | 9.78 | 10.40 | 11.23 | 10.36 |
| Norway | 8.46 | 9.66 | 9.63 | 10.29 | 10.47 | 12.36 |
| Finland | 8.73 | 7.71 | 9.11 | 8.99 | 9.95 | 11.18 |
| Germany | 7.56 | 7.60 | 8.08 | 9.65 | 9.21 | 9.12 |
| Denmark | 8.42 | 7.37 | 8.23 | 7.89 | 8.97 | 9.31 |
| Bulgaria | 11.01 | 9.18 | 9.31 | 9.34 | 9.02 | 7.26 |
| Thailand | 6.32 | 6.09 | 6.27 | 5.88 | 6.53 | 6.62 |
| Poland | 5.87 | 5.14 | 5.84 | 5.62 | 5.24 | 6.20 |
| Ireland | 5.30 | 4.96 | 6.98 | 7.87 | 5.81 | . |
| Russian Fed | 8.45 | 7.36 | 6.33 | 5.25 | 5.01 | 4.78 |
| Malaysia | 4.99 | 5.20 | 6.59 | 6.93 | 6.42 | 5.19 |
| Switzerland | 4.27 | 4.86 | 5.22 | 5.41 | 6.26 | 5.63 |
| Hungary | 4.08 | 4.15 | 3.84 | 6.59 | 6.68 | 5.89 |
| Portugal | 5.38 | 4.97 | 5.54 | 4.06 | 3.83 | 3.85 |
| Italy | 1.65 | 2.01 | 2.75 | 3.20 | 3.31 | 4.05 |
| Singapore | 3.42 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.72 | 3.26 | 3.20 |
| Greece | 1.64 | 1.37 | 1.58 | 2.03 | 2.28 | 1.08 |
| Japan | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.32 | 1.49 | 1.46 | 1.78 |
| Hong Kong | 1.67 | 1.36 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.53 |