Child marriage

This entry provides data on the prevalence of child marriage in a country.  Data includes the percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 15, and before age 18; and men aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18.  Most girls who marry early drop out of school and often have early, high-risk pregnancies.  Child brides are also at risk of abuse, exploitation, and separation from relatives and friends.

• Afghanistan

  women married by age 15: 4.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 28.3% (2017 est.)

• Albania

  women married by age 15: 1.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 11.8%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.2% (2018 est.)

• Algeria

  women married by age 15: 0%
  
  women married by age 18: 3.8% (2019 est.)

• Angola

  women married by age 15: 7.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 30.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 6% (2016 est.)

• Armenia

  women married by age 15: 0%
  
  women married by age 18: 5.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.4% (2016 est.)

• Bangladesh

  women married by age 15: 15.5%
  
  women married by age 18: 51.4% (2019 est.)

• Belarus

  women married by age 15: 0.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 4.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.6% (2019 est.)

• Belize

  women married by age 15: 6.3%
  
  women married by age 18: 33.5%
  
  men married by age 18: 22.2% (2016 est.)

• Benin

  women married by age 15: 9.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 30.6%
  
  men married by age 18: 4.8% (2018 est.)

• Bolivia

  women married by age 15: 3.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 19.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 5.2% (2016 est.)

• Burma

  women married by age 15: 1.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 16%
  
  men married by age 18: 5% (2016 est.)

• Burundi

  women married by age 15: 2.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 19%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.4% (2017 est.)

• Cameroon

  women married by age 15: 10.7%
  
  women married by age 18: 29.8%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.9% (2018 est.)

• Central African Republic

  women married by age 15: 25.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 61%
  
  men married by age 18: 17.1% (2019 est.)

• Chad

  women married by age 15: 24.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 60.6%
  
  men married by age 18: 8.1% (2019 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  women married by age 15: 0%
  
  women married by age 18: 0.1%
  
  men married by age 18: 0% (2017 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  women married by age 15: 8.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 29.1%
  
  men married by age 18: 5.6% (2018 est.)

• Costa Rica

  women married by age 15: 2%
  
  women married by age 18: 17.1% (2018 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  women married by age 15: 7%
  
  women married by age 18: 27%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.5% (2016 est.)

• Cuba

  women married by age 15: 4.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 29.4%
  
  men married by age 18: 5.9% (2019 est.)

• Ecuador

  women married by age 15: 3.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 22.2% (2018 est.)

• Ethiopia

  women married by age 15: 14.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 40.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 5% (2016 est.)

• Finland

  women married by age 18: 0% (2017 est.)

• Gambia, The

  women married by age 15: 7.5%
  
  women married by age 18: 25.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.2% (2020 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  women married by age 15: 0.7%
  
  women married by age 18: 13.4% (2020 est.)
  
  note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Georgia

  women married by age 15: 0.3%
  
  women married by age 18: 13.9%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.5% (2018 est.)

• Ghana

  women married by age 15: 5%
  
  women married by age 18: 19.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.9% (2018 est.)

• Guinea

  women married by age 15: 17%
  
  women married by age 18: 46.5%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.9% (2018 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  women married by age 15: 8.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 25.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.2% (2019 est.)

• Haiti

  women married by age 15: 2.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 14.9%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.6% (2017 est.)

• India

  women married by age 15: 6.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 27.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 4.2% (2016 est.)

• Indonesia

  women married by age 15: 2%
  
  women married by age 18: 16.3% (2017 est.)

• Iraq

  women married by age 15: 7.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 27.9% (2018 est.)

• Jordan

  women married by age 15: 1.5%
  
  women married by age 18: 9.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.1% (2018 est.)

• Kiribati

  women married by age 15: 2.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 18.4%
  
  men married by age 18: 8.6% (2019 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  women married by age 15: 0.3%
  
  women married by age 18: 12.9% (2018 est.)

• Laos

  women married by age 15: 7.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 32.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 10.8% (2017 est.)

• Lebanon

  women married by age 15: 1.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 6% (2016 est.)

• Lesotho

  women married by age 15: 1%
  
  women married by age 18: 16.4%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.9% (2018 est.)

• Liberia

  women married by age 15: NA
  
  women married by age 18: NA
  
  men married by age 18: 8.4% (2020 est.)

• Madagascar

  women married by age 15: 12.7%
  
  women married by age 18: 40.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 11.8% (2018 est.)

• Maldives

  women married by age 15: 0%
  
  women married by age 18: 2.2%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.2% (2017 est.)

• Mali

  women married by age 15: 15.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 53.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.1% (2018 est.)

• Mexico

  women married by age 15: 3.6%
  
  women married by age 18: 20.7% (2018 est.)

• Mongolia

  women married by age 15: 0.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 12%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.1% (2018 est.)

• Montenegro

  women married by age 15: 1.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 5.8%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.2% (2018 est.)

• Morocco

  women married by age 15: 0.5%
  
  women married by age 18: 13.7% (2018 est.)

• Nepal

  women married by age 15: 7.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 32.8%
  
  men married by age 18: 9% (2019 est.)

• Nigeria

  women married by age 15: 15.7%
  
  women married by age 18: 43.4%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.2% (2018 est.)

• North Macedonia

  women married by age 15: 0.3%
  
  women married by age 18: 7.5% (2019 est.)

• Pakistan

  women married by age 15: 3.6%
  
  women married by age 18: 18.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 4.7% (2018 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  women married by age 15: 8%
  
  women married by age 18: 27.3%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.7% (2018 est.)

• Paraguay

  women married by age 15: 3.6%
  
  women married by age 18: 21.6% (2016 est.)

• Peru

  women married by age 15: 2.5%
  
  women married by age 18: 17.4% (2018 est.)

• Philippines

  women married by age 15: 2.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 16.5% (2017 est.)

• Samoa

  women married by age 15: 0.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 7.4%
  
  men married by age 18: 2% (2020 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  women married by age 15: 5.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 28%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.1% (2019 est.)

• Senegal

  women married by age 15: 8.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 30.5%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.7% (2019 est.)

• Serbia

  women married by age 15: 1.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 5.5% (2019 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  women married by age 15: 8.6%
  
  women married by age 18: 29.6%
  
  men married by age 18: 4.1% (2019 est.)

• Somalia

  women married by age 15: 16.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 35.5%
  
  men married by age 18: 5.6% (2020 est.)

• South Africa

  women married by age 15: 0.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 3.6%
  
  men married by age 18: 0.6% (2016 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  women married by age 15: 0.9%
  
  women married by age 18: 9.8% (2016 est.)

• Suriname

  women married by age 15: 8.8%
  
  women married by age 18: 36%
  
  men married by age 18: 19.6% (2018 est.)

• Tajikistan

  women married by age 15: 0.1%
  
  women married by age 18: 8.7% (2017 est.)

• Tanzania

  women married by age 15: 5.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 30.5%
  
  men married by age 18: 3.9% (2016 est.)

• Thailand

  women married by age 15: 3%
  
  women married by age 18: 20.2%
  
  men married by age 18: 9.8% (2019 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  women married by age 15: 2.6%
  
  women married by age 18: 14.9%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.2% (2016 est.)

• Togo

  women married by age 15: 6.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 24.8%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.6% (2017 est.)

• Tonga

  women married by age 15: 0.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 10.1%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.8% (2019 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  women married by age 15: 2%
  
  women married by age 18: 14.7% (2018 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  women married by age 15: 0.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 6.1% (2019 est.)

• Uganda

  women married by age 15: 7.3%
  
  women married by age 18: 34%
  
  men married by age 18: 5.5% (2016 est.)

• United Kingdom

  women married by age 18: 0.1% (2020 est.)

• West Bank

  women married by age 15: 0.7%
  
  women married by age 18: 13.4% (2020 est.)
  
  note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Zambia

  women married by age 15: 5.2%
  
  women married by age 18: 29%
  
  men married by age 18: 2.8% (2018 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  women married by age 15: 5.4%
  
  women married by age 18: 33.7%
  
  men married by age 18: 1.9% (2019 est.)