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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 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.)

Argentina

women married by age 15: 2.4%

women married by age 18: 15.5% (2020 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.)

China

women married by age 15: 0.1%

women married by age 18: 2.8%

men married by age 18: 0.7% (2020 est.)

Congo, Democratic 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.)

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.)

Denmark

women married by age 18: 0.7% (2021 est.)

Djibouti

women married by age 15: 1.4%

women married by age 18: 6.5% (2019 est.)

Dominican Republic

women married by age 15: 9.4%

women married by age 18: 31.5% (2019 est.)

Ecuador

women married by age 15: 3.8%

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

El Salvador

women married by age 15: 4.3%

women married by age 18: 19.7% (2021 est.)

Ethiopia

women married by age 15: 14.1%

women married by age 18: 40.3%

men married by age 18: 5% (2016 est.)

Fiji

women married by age 15: 0.2%

women married by age 18: 4%

men married by age 18: 1.7% (2021 est.)

Finland

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

Gambia, The

women married by age 15: 5.6%

women married by age 18: 23.1%

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.)

Honduras

women married by age 15: 9.2%

women married by age 18: 34%

men married by age 18: 10% (2019 est.)

India

women married by age 15: 4.8%

women married by age 18: 23.3%

men married by age 18: 2.6% (2021 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.)

Korea, North

women married by age 18: 0.1% (2017 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: 5.8% NA

women married by age 18: 24.9% NA

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

Lithuania

women married by age 18: 0.3% (2021 est.)

Madagascar

women married by age 15: 12.7%

women married by age 18: 38.8%

men married by age 18: 11.2% (2021 est.)

Malawi

women married by age 15: 7.5%

women married by age 18: 37.7%

men married by age 18: 7% (2020 est.)

Maldives

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.)

Mauritania

women married by age 15: 15.5%

women married by age 18: 36.6%

men married by age 18: 1.2% (2021 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: 12.3%

women married by age 18: 30.3%

men married by age 18: 1.6% (2021 est.)

note: due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled

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%

women married by age 18: 14.1% (2020 est.)

Philippines

women married by age 15: 2.2%

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

Russia

women married by age 15: 0.3%

women married by age 18: 6.2% (2017 est.)

Rwanda

women married by age 18: 0.4% (2020 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.)

Singapore

women married by age 18: 0.1% (2022 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.)

Tokelau

women married by age 15: 0.4%

women married by age 18: 10.1%

men married by age 18: 2.8% (2019 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.)

Tunisia

women married by age 15: 1.5% (2018 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.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

women married by age 18: 23.3%

men married by age 18: 5.1% (2020 est.)

Tuvalu

women married by age 18: 1.8%

men married by age 18: 1.7% (2020 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.)

Uzbekistan

women married by age 15: 0.2%

women married by age 18: 3.4% (2022 est.)

Vietnam

women married by age 15: 1.1%

women married by age 18: 14.6%

men married by age 18: 1.9% (2021 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

World

women married by age 15: 5%

women married by age 18: 18.7% (2022 est.)

men married by age 18: 2.8% (2021 est.)

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.)