India is the single country with the most children experiencing physical punishment

Evidence

India — approximately 70% prevalence. The Right to Education Act 2009, Section 17, prohibits corporal punishment in schools. Household corporal correction has not been comprehensively prohibited. India’s 1.4 billion population and approximately 470 million children under 18 make it the single country with the largest absolute number of children experiencing physical punishment globally. — , The Rod and the Child, 5464

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child corporal punishment rate of any world region — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4716; South Asia has the most children experiencing physical punishment of any region — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5459; Corporal punishment is the world’s most prevalent violence against any population group — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 10917

Related

• South Asia has the most children experiencing physical punishment of any region (similarity 0.93)
• Corporal punishment is the world’s most prevalent violence against any population group (similarity 0.90)
• Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child corporal punishment rate of any world region (similarity 0.88)
• School bans on corporal punishment far exceed household bans in this region (similarity 0.84)
• School corporal punishment remains legal in 17 US states with 66,000 annual instances (similarity 0.80)
• India’s 470 million children make its prohibition the world’s most consequential pending reform. (similarity 0.80)
• Child corporal punishment persists even among the wealthiest African households (similarity 0.80)
• Buddhist-majority countries show no lower rates of child violent discipline (similarity 0.79)
• Children across fifteen countries universally report being hit as painful and unfair (similarity 0.79)
• Buddhist doctrine has not measurably reduced corporal punishment in Mahāyāna countries (similarity 0.79)
• Corporal punishment rates in Muslim countries exceed those of non-Muslim populations (similarity 0.79)
• Central Asian states operate a dual legal regime for punishing children. (similarity 0.78)
• Corporal punishment is concentrated on society’s least powerful members (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Corporal punishment is the world’s most prevalent violence against any population group #corroborates (0.60) — , The Rod and the Child, 10917