THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE IN SOUTH ASIA

Figure 1
Child marriage, 1987 2006.
(% of women 20-24 years of age that were married or in union before they were 18 years old)

Figure 2

Percentage of children married under 18 years 1

Afghanistan Bangla Bhut

desh
an
55
74

Rural
Urba
n
Total

43

69

India

Nepal

Pakistan

26
55

60
34

Sri
Lanka
21
10
37
15

46

56

32

Figure

14

3Percentages of children aged 15-19 currently married

Banglades
h
Rural
Urba
n
Total

Bhutan India

53
29
46

Mald Nepal
ives

40
17
14

34

17

Pakista
n
44
16

17
8

40

13

Source: The State of the Worlds children, UNICEF, 2007

1.

Sri
Lanka