GLOBAL DATABASES

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Child marriage

Last update: February 2020

Child marriage (%)

2013–2019*
Female Male
Married Married Reference Data source Married by 18 Reference Data source
Countries and areas by 15 by 18 year year

Afghanistan 4 28 2017 ALCS 2016-17 7 2015 DHS 2015

Albania 1 12 2018 DHS 2017-18 1 2018 DHS 2017-18
Algeria 0 3 2013 MICS 2012-13
Andorra
Angola 8 30 2016 DHS 2015-16 6 2016 DHS 2015-16
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia 0 5 2016 DHS 2015-16 0 2016 DHS 2015-16
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan 2 x 11 x 2011 DHS 2011 0 x 2006 DHS 2006
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh 22 59 2014 DHS 2014 4 x 2011 DHS 2011
Barbados 8 x 29 x 2012 MICS 2012
Belarus 0 5 2019 MICS 2019 1 x 2012 MICS 2012
Belgium
Belize 6 34 2016 MICS 2015-16 22 2016 MICS 2015-16
Benin 9 31 2018 DHS 2017-18 5 2018 DHS 2017-18
Bhutan 6 x 26 x 2010 MICS 2010
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3 20 2016 DHS 2016 8 x 2008 DHS 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 x 4 x 2012 MICS 2011-12 0 x 2012 MICS 2011-12
Botswana
Brazil 6 x 26 x 2006 PNDS 2006 (recalculated)
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso 10 x 52 x 2010 DHS 2010 4 x 2010 DHS 2010
Burundi 3 19 2017 DHS 2016-17 1 2017 DHS 2016-17
Cabo Verde 3 x 18 x 2005 DHS 2005 3 x 2005 DHS 2005
Cambodia 2 19 2014 DHS 2014 4 2014 DHS 2014
Cameroon 10 31 2014 MICS 2014 4 2014 MICS 2014
Canada
Central African Republic 29 x 68 x 2010 MICS 2010 28 x 2010 MICS 2010
Chad 30 67 2015 DHS 2014-15 8 2015 DHS 2014-15
Chile
China
Colombia 5 23 2015 DHS 2015 7 2015 DHS 2015
Comoros 10 x 32 x 2012 DHS 2012 12 x 2012 DHS 2012
Congo 7 27 2015 MICS 2014-15 6 x 2012 DHS 2011-12
Cook Islands
Costa Rica 7 x 21 x 2011 MICS 2011
Côte d'Ivoire 7 27 2016 MICS 2016 4 2016 MICS 2016
Croatia
Cuba 5 26 2014 MICS 2014 11 2014 MICS 2014
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic People's Republic of 0 0 2018 MICS 2018 0 2018 MICS 2018
Democratic Republic of the Cong 10 37 2014 DHS 2013-14 6 2014 DHS 2013-14
Denmark
Djibouti 1 x 5 x 2012 PAPFAM 2012
Dominica
Dominican Republic 12 36 2014 MICS 2014 8 2013 DHS 2013
Ecuador 3 x 20 x 2012 ENSANUT 2012
Egypt 2 17 2014 DHS 2014 0 x 2009 Survey of Young People 2009
El Salvador 6 26 2014 ENS/MICS 2014
Equatorial Guinea 9 x 30 x 2011 DHS 2011 4 x 2011 DHS 2011
Eritrea 13 x 41 x 2010 EPHS 2010 2 x 2010 EPHS 2010
Estonia
Eswatini 1 5 2014 MICS 2014 1 2014 MICS 2014
Ethiopia 14 40 2016 DHS 2016 5 2016 DHS 2016
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon 6 x 22 x 2012 DHS 2012 5 x 2012 DHS 2012
Gambia 8 26 2018 MICS 2018 0 2018 MICS 2018
Georgia 0 14 2018 MICS 2018 1 2018 MICS 2018
Germany
Ghana 5 21 2017 MHS 2017 2 2014 DHS 2014
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala 6 30 2015 DHS 2015 10 2015 DHS 2015
Guinea 17 47 2018 DHS 2018 2 2018 DHS 2018
Guinea-Bissau 6 24 2014 MICS 2014 2 2014 MICS 2014
Guyana 4 30 2014 MICS 2014 9 2014 MICS 2014
Haiti 2 15 2017 DHS 2016-17 2 2017 DHS 2016-17
Holy See
Honduras 8 x 34 x 2012 DHS 2011-12 12 x 2012 DHS 2011-12
Hungary
Iceland
India 7 27 2016 NFHS 2015-16 4 2016 NFHS 2015-16
Indonesia 2 16 2017 DHS 2017 5 x 2012 DHS 2012
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3 x 17 x 2010 MIDHS 2010
Iraq 7 28 2018 MICS 2018
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica 1 x 8 x 2011 MICS 2011
Japan
Jordan 2 10 2018 DHS 2017-18 0 2018 DHS 2017-18
Kazakhstan 0 7 2015 MICS 2015 0 x 2011 MICS 2010-11
Kenya 4 23 2014 DHS 2014 3 2014 DHS 2014
Kiribati 3 x 20 x 2009 DHS 2009 5 x 2009 DHS 2009
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan 0 13 2018 MICS 2018 0 x 2012 DHS 2012
Lao People's Democratic Republi 7 33 2017 MICS 2017 11 2017 MICS 2017
Latvia
Lebanon 1 x 6 x 2009 MICS 2009
Lesotho 1 16 2018 MICS 2018 2 2018 MICS 2018
Liberia 9 36 2013 DHS 2013 5 2013 DHS 2013
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar 13 40 2018 MICS 2018 13 2013 ENSOMD 2012-13
Malawi 9 42 2015 DHS 2015 7 2015 DHS 2015
Malaysia
Maldives 0 2 2017 DHS 2016-17 2 2017 DHS 2016-17
Mali 16 54 2018 DHS 2018 2 2018 DHS 2018
Malta
Marshall Islands 6 x 26 x 2007 DHS 2007 12 x 2007 DHS 2007
Mauritania 18 37 2015 MICS 2015 2 2015 MICS 2015
Mauritius
Mexico 4 26 2015 MICS 2015
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia 1 12 2018 MICS 2018 2 2018 MICS 2018
Montenegro 2 6 2018 MICS 2018 0 2013 MICS 2013
Montserrat
Morocco 1 14 2018 ENPSF 2018
Mozambique 17 53 2015 AIS 2015 10 2015 AIS 2015
Myanmar 2 16 2015 DHS 2015 5 2015 DHS 2015
Namibia 2 7 2013 DHS 2013 1 2013 DHS 2013
Nauru 2 x 27 x 2007 DHS 2007 12 x 2007 DHS 2007
Nepal 7 40 2016 DHS 2016 10 2016 DHS 2016
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua 10 x 35 x 2012 ENDESA 2011-12 19 x 2012 ENDESA 2011-12
Niger 28 x 76 x 2012 DHS 2012 6 x 2012 DHS 2012
Nigeria 16 43 2018 DHS 2018 3 2018 DHS 2018
Niue
North Macedonia 1 x 7 x 2011 MICS 2011
Norway
Oman 1 4 2014 MICS 2014
Pakistan 4 18 2018 DHS 2017-18 5 2018 DHS 2017-18
Palau
Panama 7 26 2013 MICS 2013
Papua New Guinea 8 27 2018 DHS 2016-18 4 2018 DHS 2016-18
Paraguay 4 22 2016 MICS 2016
Peru 3 17 2018 ENDES 2018
Philippines 2 17 2017 DHS 2017 3 x 2003 DHS 2003
Poland
Portugal
Qatar 0 x 4 x 2012 MICS 2012 1 x 2012 MICS 2012
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova 0 x 12 x 2012 MICS 2012 1 x 2012 MICS 2012
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda 0 7 2015 DHS 2014-15 1 2015 DHS 2014-15
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia 4 x 24 x 2012 MICS 2012
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa 1 11 2014 DHS 2014 2 2014 DHS 2014
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe 8 35 2014 MICS 2014 3 2014 MICS 2014
Saudi Arabia
Senegal 8 29 2017 Continuous DHS 2017 1 2017 Continuous DHS 2017
Serbia 0 3 2014 MICS 2014 1 x 2010 MICS 2010
Seychelles
Sierra Leone 13 30 2017 MICS 2017 7 2017 MICS 2017
Singapore 0 0 2018 Singapore Department of Statistics
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands 6 21 2015 DHS 2015 4 2015 DHS 2015
Somalia 8 x 45 x 2006 MICS 2006
South Africa 1 4 2016 DHS 2016 1 2016 DHS 2016
South Sudan 9 x 52 x 2010 SHHS 2010
Spain
Sri Lanka 1 10 2016 DHS 2016
State of Palestine 1 15 2014 MICS 2014
Sudan 12 34 2014 MICS 2014
Suriname 9 36 2018 MICS 2018 20 2018 MICS 2018
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic 3 x 13 x 2006 MICS 2006
Tajikistan 0 9 2017 DHS 2017
Thailand 4 23 2015 MICS 2015 10 2015 MICS 2015
Timor-Leste 3 15 2016 DHS 2016 1 2016 DHS 2016
Togo 6 25 2017 MICS 2017 3 2017 MICS 2017
Tokelau
Tonga 0 x 6 x 2012 DHS 2012 6 x 2012 DHS 2012
Trinidad and Tobago 3 x 11 x 2011 MICS 2011
Tunisia 0 2 2018 MICS 2018 0 2018 MICS 2018
Turkey 2 15 2018 DHS 2018
Turkmenistan 0 6 2016 MICS 2015-16
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu 0 x 10 x 2007 DHS 2007 0 x 2007 DHS 2007
Uganda 7 34 2016 DHS 2016 6 2016 DHS 2016
Ukraine 0 x 9 x 2012 MICS 2012 4 x 2012 MICS 2012
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania 5 31 2016 DHS 2015-16 4 2016 DHS 2015-16
United States
Uruguay 1 25 2013 MICS 2013
Uzbekistan 0 x 7 x 2006 MICS 2006 1 x 2002 DHS 2002
Vanuatu 3 21 2013 DHS 2013 5 2013 DHS 2013
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam 1 11 2014 MICS 2014 3 x 2005 AIS 2005
Yemen 9 32 2013 DHS 2013
Zambia 5 29 2018 DHS 2018 3 2018 DHS 2018
Zimbabwe 5 34 2019 MICS 2019 2 2019 MICS 2019

SUMMARY
East Asia and Pacific 1 8 −
Europe and Central Asia − − −
Eastern Europe and Central A − − −
Western Europe − − −
Latin America and Caribbean − − −
Middle East and North Africa 3 17 −
North America − − −
South Asia 8 29 4
Sub-Saharan Africa 11 35 4
Eastern and Southern Africa 9 31 5
West and Central Africa 13 39 4
Least developed countries 12 38 6
World 5 20 −

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 regional and global averages.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.
Italicized data are from older sources than data presented for other indicators on the same topic within this table. Such discrepancies may be due to an indicator being unavail

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

Source: UNICEF global databases, 2020, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.

Prepared by the Data and Analytics Section; Division of Data, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring
Contact us: data@unicef.org
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