GLOBAL DATABASES

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Child marriage

Last update: March 2018

Countries and areas

Child marriage (%)
(2010-2017)*
Married Married
by 15 by 18 Source
Afghanistan 9 35 DHS 2015
Albania 0 x 10 x DHS 2008-09
Algeria 0 3 MICS 2012-13
Andorra – –
Angola 8 30 DHS 2015-16
Antigua and Barbuda – –
Argentina – –
Armenia 0 5 DHS 2015-16
Australia – –
Austria – –
Azerbaijan 2 11 DHS 2011
Bahamas – –
Bahrain – –
Bangladesh 22 59 DHS 2014
Barbados 1 11 MICS 2012
Belarus 0 3 MICS 2012
Belgium – –
Belize 3 26 MICS 2011
Benin 7 26 MICS 2014
Bhutan 6 26 MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2 19 DHS 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 4 MICS 2011-12
Botswana – –
Brazil 11 x 36 x PNDS 2006
Brunei Darussalam – –
Bulgaria – –
Burkina Faso 10 52 DHS 2010
Burundi 3 20 DHS 2010
Cabo Verde 3 x 18 x DHS 2005
Cambodia 2 19 DHS 2014
Cameroon 10 31 MICS 2014
Canada – –
Central African Republic 29 68 MICS 2010
Chad 30 67 DHS 2014-15
Chile – –
China – –
Colombia 5 23 DHS 2015
Comoros 10 32 DHS 2012
Congo 7 27 MICS 2014-15
Cook Islands – –
Costa Rica 7 21 MICS 2011
Côte d'Ivoire 7 27 MICS 2016
Croatia – –
Cuba 5 26 MICS 2014
Cyprus – –
Czechia – –
Democratic People's Republic of K – –
Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 37 DHS 2013-14
Denmark – –
Djibouti 2 x 5 x MICS 2006
Dominica – –
Dominican Republic 12 36 MICS 2014
Ecuador 4 x 22 x ENDEMAIN 2004
Egypt 2 17 DHS 2014
El Salvador 6 26 ENS/MICS 2014
Equatorial Guinea 9 30 DHS 2011
Eritrea 13 41 EPHS 2010
Estonia – –
Ethiopia 14 40 DHS 2016
Fiji – –
Finland – –
France – –
Gabon 6 22 DHS 2012
Gambia 9 30 DHS 2013
Georgia 1 14 RHS 2010
Germany – –
Ghana 5 21 DHS 2014
Greece – –
Grenada – –
Guatemala 6 30 DHS 2015
Guinea 19 51 MICS 2016
Guinea-Bissau 6 24 MICS 2014
Guyana 4 30 MICS 2014
Haiti 3 18 DHS 2012
Holy See – –
Honduras 8 34 DHS 2011-12
Hungary – –
Iceland – –
India 7 27 NFHS 2015-16
Indonesia 1 14 SUSENAS 2013
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3 17 MIDHS 2010
Iraq 5 24 MICS 2011
Ireland – –
Israel – –
Italy – –
Jamaica 1 8 MICS 2011
Japan – –
Jordan 0 8 DHS 2012
Kazakhstan 0 7 MICS 2015
Kenya 4 23 DHS 2014
Kiribati 3 x 20 x DHS 2009
Kuwait – –
Kyrgyzstan 1 12 MICS 2014
Lao People's Democratic Republic 9 35 MICS 2011-12
Latvia – –
Lebanon 1 x 6 x MICS 2009
Lesotho 1 17 DHS 2014
Liberia 9 36 DHS 2013
Libya – –
Liechtenstein – –
Lithuania – –
Luxembourg – –
Madagascar 12 41 ENSOMD 2012-13
Malawi 9 42 DHS 2015
Malaysia – –
Maldives 0 x 4 x DHS 2009
Mali 17 52 MICS 2015
Malta – –
Marshall Islands 6 x 26 x DHS 2007
Mauritania 18 37 MICS 2015
Mauritius – –
Mexico 4 26 MICS 2015
Micronesia (Federated States of) – –
Monaco – –
Mongolia 0 5 MICS 2013
Montenegro 1 5 MICS 2013
Morocco 3 x 16 x DHS 2003-04
Mozambique 14 48 DHS 2011
Myanmar 2 16 DHS 2015
Namibia 2 7 DHS 2013
Nauru 2 x 27 x DHS 2007
Nepal 7 40 DHS 2016
Netherlands – –
New Zealand – –
Nicaragua 10 35 ENDESA 2011-12
Niger 28 76 DHS 2012
Nigeria 18 44 MICS 2016-17
Niue – –
Norway – –
Oman – –
Pakistan 3 21 DHS 2012-13
Palau – –
Panama 7 26 MICS 2013
Papua New Guinea 2 x 21 x DHS 2006
Paraguay 4 22 MICS 2016
Peru 3 22 Continuous DHS 2015
Philippines 2 15 DHS 2013
Poland – –
Portugal – –
Qatar 0 4 MICS 2012
Republic of Korea – –
Republic of Moldova 0 12 MICS 2012
Romania – –
Russian Federation – –
Rwanda 0 7 DHS 2014-15
Saint Kitts and Nevis – –
Saint Lucia 1 8 MICS 2012
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – –
Samoa 1 11 DHS 2014
San Marino – –
Sao Tome and Principe 8 35 MICS 2014
Saudi Arabia – –
Senegal 9 31 Continuous DHS 2015
Serbia 0 3 MICS 2014
Seychelles – –
Sierra Leone 13 39 DHS 2013
Singapore – –
Slovakia – –
Slovenia – –
Solomon Islands 6 21 DHS 2015
Somalia 8 x 45 x MICS 2006
South Africa 1 x 6 x DHS 2003
South Sudan 9 52 SHHS 2010
Spain – –
Sri Lanka 2 x 12 x DHS 2006-07
State of Palestine 1 15 MICS 2014
Sudan 12 34 MICS 2014
Suriname 5 19 MICS 2010
Swaziland 1 5 MICS 2014
Sweden – –
Switzerland – –
Syrian Arab Republic 3 x 13 x MICS 2006
Tajikistan 0 12 DHS 2012
Thailand 4 23 MICS 2015
The former Yugoslav Republic of 1 7 MICS 2011
Timor-Leste 3 19 DHS 2009-10
Togo 6 22 DHS 2013-14
Tonga 0 6 DHS 2012
Trinidad and Tobago 3 11 MICS 2011
Tunisia 0 2 MICS 2011-12
Turkey 1 15 DHS 2013
Turkmenistan 0 6 MICS 2015-16
Tuvalu 0 x 10 x DHS 2007
Uganda 10 40 DHS 2011
Ukraine 0 9 MICS 2012
United Arab Emirates – –
United Kingdom – –
United Republic of Tanzania 5 31 DHS 2015-16
United States – –
Uruguay 1 25 MICS 2013
Uzbekistan 0 x 7 x MICS 2006
Vanuatu 3 21 DHS 2013
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) – –
Viet Nam 1 11 MICS 2014
Yemen 9 32 DHS 2013
Zambia 6 31 DHS 2013-14
Zimbabwe 4 32 DHS 2015

SUMMARY
Sub-Saharan Africa 12 38
Eastern and Southern Africa 9 35
West and Central Africa 14 41
Middle East and North Africa 3 17
South Asia 8 30
East Asia and Pacific – –
Latin America and Caribbean 5 25
Europe and Central Asia – –
Eastern Europe and Central Asi 1 11
Western Europe – –
North America – –
Least developed countries 12 40
World 5 21

Notes: – Data not available.

x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading. Such data are not included in the calculation of reg
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.

Indicator definition: Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before ages 15 and 18.

Source: UNICEF global databases, 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and othe

Prepared by the Data and Analytics Section; Division of Data, Research and Policy, UNICEF
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included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

r Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.