Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) - Gender Statistics

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Women who were first married by age 18 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 18.
Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) - Gender Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Niger (1998)76.6
2Chad (1997)71.4
3Bangladesh (2004)68.7
4Mali (2001)65.4
5Guinea (1999)64.5
6Central African Republic (1995)57
7Nepal (2001)56.1
8Mozambique (2003)55.9
9Uganda (2001)54.1
10Burkina Faso (2003)51.9
11India (1993)50.2
12Ethiopia (2000)49.1
13Yemen (1997)48.4
14Liberia (1986)48.4
15Cameroon (2004)47.2
16Eritrea (2002)47
17Malawi (2000)46.9
18Ivory Coast (1994)43.5
19Nigeria (2003)43.3
20Nicaragua (2001)43.3
21Zambia (2002)42.1
22Dominican Republic (2002)41.2
23Tanzania (1999)39.3
24Madagascar (2004)38.8
25Mauritania (2001)37.2
26Benin (2001)36.7
27Senegal (1997)36.1
28Trinidad and Tobago (1987)34.4
29Guatemala (1999)34.3
30Gabon (2000)33.6
31Pakistan (1991)31.6
32Togo (1998)30.5
33Comoros (1996)29.7
34Zimbabwe (1999)28.7
35Ghana (2003)27.9
36Mexico (1987)27.6
37Sudan (1990)26.9
38Ecuador (1987)26
39Bolivia (2003)25.8
40Cambodia (2000)24.8
41Kenya (2003)24.6
42Indonesia (2003)24.2
43Paraguay (1990)24.2
44Haiti (2000)24.1
45Brazil (1996)23.7
46Turkey (1998)23
47Colombia (2000)21.4
48Kyrgyzstan (1997)21.2
49Thailand (1987)20.5
50Rwanda (2000)19.5
51Egypt (2000)19.5
52Armenia (2000)19.1
53Peru (2000)18.7
54Burundi (1987)17.3
55Morocco (2004)15.9
56Uzbekistan (1996)15.3
57Kazakhstan (1999)14.4
58Philippines (2003)14
59Sri Lanka (1987)13.7
60Jordan (2002)11.1
61Vietnam (2002)11.1
62Botswana (1998)10
63Namibia (2000)9.8
64Tunisia (1988)9.7
65Turkmenistan (2000)9.1
66South Africa (1998)7.9
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