Rates of child marriage


Countries without data are not included in table.

According to UNICEF, the main sources of the above data are national censuses and national household surveys, usually the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surverys (MICS) and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS).

Source: Data from UNICEF, child marriage statistics.

Countries without data include: Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Dominica, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Country % married by 15 % married by 18 Reference year
Afghanistan15402010-11
Albania0102008-2009
Algeria022006
Armenia072010
Azerbaijan1122006
Bangladesh29652011
Belarus032012
Belize3262011
Benin11322011-2012
Bhutan6262010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)3222008
Bosnia and Herzegovina042011-2012
Brazil11362006
Burkina Faso10522010
Burundi3202010
Cabo Verde3182005
Cambodia2182010
Cameroon13382011
Central African Republic 29682010
Colombia6232010
Comoros10322012
Congo6332011-2012
Costa Rica7212011
Côte d'Ivoire10332011-2012
Cuba9402010-2011
Democratic Republic of the Congo9392010
Djibouti252006
Dominican Republic12412009-2010
Ecuador4222004
Egypt2172008
El Salvador5252008
Equatorial Guinea9302011
Eritrea13412010
Ethiopia16412011
Gabon6222012
Gambia7362010
Georgia1142010
Ghana5212011
Guatemala7302008/2009
Guinea21522012
Guinea-Bissau7222010
Guyana6232009
Haiti3182012
Honduras8342011-2012
India18472005-2006
Indonesia3172012
Iran (Islamic Republic of)3172010
Iraq5242011
Jamaica182011
Jordan082012
Kazakhstan062010-2011
Kenya6262008-2009
Kiribati3202009
Kyrgyzstan082012
Lao People's Democratic Republic9352011-2012
Lebanon162009
Lesotho2192009
Liberia11382007
Madagascar12412012-2013
Malawi12502010
Maldives042009
Mali15552010
Marshall Islands6262007
Mauritania14342011
Mexico5232009
Mongolia052010
Montenegro052005-2006
Morocco3162003-2004
Mozambique14482011
Namibia292006-2007
Nauru2272007
Nepal10412011
Nicaragua10412006
Niger28762012
Nigeria17432013
Pakistan3212012-2013
Papua New Guinea2212006
Paraguay17.92004
Peru3192012
Philippines2142008
Republic of Moldova1192005
Rwanda182010
Saint Lucia182012
Sao Tome and Principe5342008-2009
Senegal12332010-2011
Serbia152010
Sierra Leone18442010
Solomon Islands3222007
Somalia8452006
South Africa162003
South Sudan9522010
Sri Lanka2122006-2007
State of Palestine2212010
Sudan7332010
Suriname5192010
Swaziland172010
Syrian Arab Republic3132006
Tajikistan0122012
Thailand4222012
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia172011
Timor-Leste3192009
Togo6252010
Tonga62012
Trinidad and Tobago282006
Tunisia022011-2012
Turkey3142008
Tuvalu0102007
Uganda10402011
Ukraine092012
United Republic of Tanzania7372010
Uzbekistan072006
Vanuatu3212013
Viet Nam192011
Yemen12322012
Zambia9422007
Zimbabwe4312010-2011

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