Abstract
The problem of statistical observation of the facts, causes and consequences of violence, in particular sexual violence, is identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation: there is a sharp increase in violence against women and girls in the world, and the number of cases of domestic violence has significantly increased. Sexual violence is considered to be one of the main risk factors for women's health vulnerability, mainly reproductive and psychological, which determines the importance of statistical assessment of the scale, level of prevalence and socio-economic consequences of this phenomenon. The article presents the rationale for the possibilities and the main methodological problems of conducting such a quantitative assessment.