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 |
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Afghanistan | 15 | 40 | 2010-11 |
Albania | 0 | 10 | 2008-2009 |
Algeria | 0 | 2 | 2006 |
Armenia | 0 | 7 | 2010 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 12 | 2006 |
Bangladesh | 29 | 65 | 2011 |
Belarus | 0 | 3 | 2012 |
Belize | 3 | 26 | 2011 |
Benin | 11 | 32 | 2011-2012 |
Bhutan | 6 | 26 | 2010 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3 | 22 | 2008 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 4 | 2011-2012 |
Brazil | 11 | 36 | 2006 |
Burkina Faso | 10 | 52 | 2010 |
Burundi | 3 | 20 | 2010 |
Cabo Verde | 3 | 18 | 2005 |
Cambodia | 2 | 18 | 2010 |
Cameroon | 13 | 38 | 2011 |
Central African Republic | 29 | 68 | 2010 |
Colombia | 6 | 23 | 2010 |
Comoros | 10 | 32 | 2012 |
Congo | 6 | 33 | 2011-2012 |
Costa Rica | 7 | 21 | 2011 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 10 | 33 | 2011-2012 |
Cuba | 9 | 40 | 2010-2011 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 | 39 | 2010 |
Djibouti | 2 | 5 | 2006 |
Dominican Republic | 12 | 41 | 2009-2010 |
Ecuador | 4 | 22 | 2004 |
Egypt | 2 | 17 | 2008 |
El Salvador | 5 | 25 | 2008 |
Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 30 | 2011 |
Eritrea | 13 | 41 | 2010 |
Ethiopia | 16 | 41 | 2011 |
Gabon | 6 | 22 | 2012 |
Gambia | 7 | 36 | 2010 |
Georgia | 1 | 14 | 2010 |
Ghana | 5 | 21 | 2011 |
Guatemala | 7 | 30 | 2008/2009 |
Guinea | 21 | 52 | 2012 |
Guinea-Bissau | 7 | 22 | 2010 |
Guyana | 6 | 23 | 2009 |
Haiti | 3 | 18 | 2012 |
Honduras | 8 | 34 | 2011-2012 |
India | 18 | 47 | 2005-2006 |
Indonesia | 3 | 17 | 2012 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 | 17 | 2010 |
Iraq | 5 | 24 | 2011 |
Jamaica | 1 | 8 | 2011 |
Jordan | 0 | 8 | 2012 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 6 | 2010-2011 |
Kenya | 6 | 26 | 2008-2009 |
Kiribati | 3 | 20 | 2009 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 8 | 2012 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9 | 35 | 2011-2012 |
Lebanon | 1 | 6 | 2009 |
Lesotho | 2 | 19 | 2009 |
Liberia | 11 | 38 | 2007 |
Madagascar | 12 | 41 | 2012-2013 |
Malawi | 12 | 50 | 2010 |
Maldives | 0 | 4 | 2009 |
Mali | 15 | 55 | 2010 |
Marshall Islands | 6 | 26 | 2007 |
Mauritania | 14 | 34 | 2011 |
Mexico | 5 | 23 | 2009 |
Mongolia | 0 | 5 | 2010 |
Montenegro | 0 | 5 | 2005-2006 |
Morocco | 3 | 16 | 2003-2004 |
Mozambique | 14 | 48 | 2011 |
Namibia | 2 | 9 | 2006-2007 |
Nauru | 2 | 27 | 2007 |
Nepal | 10 | 41 | 2011 |
Nicaragua | 10 | 41 | 2006 |
Niger | 28 | 76 | 2012 |
Nigeria | 17 | 43 | 2013 |
Pakistan | 3 | 21 | 2012-2013 |
Papua New Guinea | 2 | 21 | 2006 |
Paraguay | – | 17.9 | 2004 |
Peru | 3 | 19 | 2012 |
Philippines | 2 | 14 | 2008 |
Republic of Moldova | 1 | 19 | 2005 |
Rwanda | 1 | 8 | 2010 |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 8 | 2012 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | 34 | 2008-2009 |
Senegal | 12 | 33 | 2010-2011 |
Serbia | 1 | 5 | 2010 |
Sierra Leone | 18 | 44 | 2010 |
Solomon Islands | 3 | 22 | 2007 |
Somalia | 8 | 45 | 2006 |
South Africa | 1 | 6 | 2003 |
South Sudan | 9 | 52 | 2010 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 12 | 2006-2007 |
State of Palestine | 2 | 21 | 2010 |
Sudan | 7 | 33 | 2010 |
Suriname | 5 | 19 | 2010 |
Swaziland | 1 | 7 | 2010 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 3 | 13 | 2006 |
Tajikistan | 0 | 12 | 2012 |
Thailand | 4 | 22 | 2012 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1 | 7 | 2011 |
Timor-Leste | 3 | 19 | 2009 |
Togo | 6 | 25 | 2010 |
Tonga | – | 6 | 2012 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 8 | 2006 |
Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 2011-2012 |
Turkey | 3 | 14 | 2008 |
Tuvalu | 0 | 10 | 2007 |
Uganda | 10 | 40 | 2011 |
Ukraine | 0 | 9 | 2012 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 7 | 37 | 2010 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 7 | 2006 |
Vanuatu | 3 | 21 | 2013 |
Viet Nam | 1 | 9 | 2011 |
Yemen | 12 | 32 | 2012 |
Zambia | 9 | 42 | 2007 |
Zimbabwe | 4 | 31 | 2010-2011 |