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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.  

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.)