Women who were first married by age 15 or 18 (% of women ages 20-24)

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EconomyYearWomen who were first married by age 15 (% of women ages 20-24)
Afghanistan20239.6%
Albania20181.4%
Algeria20190%
American Samoa2023N/A
Andorra2023N/A
Angola20167.9%
Antigua and Barbuda2023N/A
Argentina20202.4%
Armenia20160%
Aruba2023N/A
Australia2023N/A
Austria2023N/A
Azerbaijan2023N/A
Bahamas, The2023N/A
Bahrain2023N/A
Bangladesh201915.5%
Barbados2023N/A
Belarus20190.1%
Belgium20200%
Belize20166.3%
Benin20225.9%
Bermuda2023N/A
Bhutan2023N/A
Bolivia20163.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2023N/A
Botswana2023N/A
Brazil2023N/A
British Virgin Islands2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam2023N/A
Bulgaria2023N/A
Burkina Faso20217.8%
Burundi20172.8%
Cabo Verde20181.8%
Cambodia20221.9%
Cameroon201810.7%
Canada2023N/A
Cayman Islands2023N/A
Central African Republic201925.8%
Chad201924.2%
Channel Islands2023N/A
Chile2023N/A
China20200.1%
Colombia20154.9%
Comoros20224.9%
Congo, Dem. Rep.20188.4%
Congo, Rep.20156.9%
Costa Rica20182%
Cote d'Ivoire20217.4%
Croatia2023N/A
Cuba20194.8%
Curacao2023N/A
Cyprus2023N/A
Czechia2023N/A
Denmark2023N/A
Djibouti20191.4%
Dominica2023N/A
Dominican Republic20199.4%
Ecuador20183.8%
Egypt, Arab Rep.20211.8%
El Salvador20214.3%
Equatorial Guinea2023N/A
Eritrea2023N/A
Estonia2023N/A
Eswatini20220.1%
Ethiopia201614.1%
Faroe Islands2023N/A
Fiji20210.2%
Finland2023N/A
France2023N/A
French Polynesia2023N/A
Gabon20212.9%
Gambia, The20205.6%
Georgia20180.3%
Germany2023N/A
Ghana20223.3%
Gibraltar2023N/A
Greece2023N/A
Greenland2023N/A
Grenada2023N/A
Guam2023N/A
Guatemala20156.2%
Guinea201817%
Guinea-Bissau20198.1%
Guyana20206.3%
Haiti20172.1%
Honduras20199.2%
Hong Kong SAR, China2023N/A
Hungary2023N/A
Iceland2023N/A
India20214%
Indonesia20172%
Iran, Islamic Rep.2023N/A
Iraq20187.2%
Ireland2023N/A
Isle of Man2023N/A
Israel2023N/A
Italy2023N/A
Jamaica2023N/A
Japan2023N/A
Jordan20181.5%
Kazakhstan20150.2%
Kenya20222.2%
Kiribati20192.4%
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.20170%
Korea, Rep.2023N/A
Kosovo2023N/A
Kuwait2023N/A
Kyrgyz Republic20180.3%
Lao PDR20177.1%
Latvia2023N/A
Lebanon20161.4%
Lesotho20181%
Liberia20205.8%
Libya2023N/A
Liechtenstein2023N/A
Lithuania20220%
Luxembourg2023N/A
Macao SAR, China2023N/A
Madagascar202112.7%
Malawi20207.5%
Malaysia2023N/A
Maldives20170%
Mali201815.9%
Malta2023N/A
Marshall Islands2023N/A
Mauritania202115.5%
Mauritius2023N/A
Mexico20183.6%
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2023N/A
Moldova2023N/A
Monaco2023N/A
Mongolia20180.9%
Montenegro20181.9%
Morocco20180.5%
Mozambique202312.9%
Myanmar20161.9%
Namibia2023N/A
Nauru2023N/A
Nepal20225.8%
Netherlands2023N/A
New Caledonia2023N/A
New Zealand2023N/A
Nicaragua2023N/A
Niger2023N/A
Nigeria202112.3%
North Macedonia20190.3%
Northern Mariana Islands2023N/A
Norway20220%
Oman2023N/A
Pakistan20183.6%
Palau2023N/A
Panama2023N/A
Papua New Guinea20188%
Paraguay20163.6%
Peru20202%
Philippines20221.5%
Poland2023N/A
Portugal2023N/A
Puerto Rico2023N/A
Qatar2023N/A
Romania20210.5%
Russian Federation20170.3%
Rwanda20200.3%
Samoa20200.9%
San Marino2023N/A
Sao Tome and Principe20195.4%
Saudi Arabia2023N/A
Senegal20198.8%
Serbia20191.2%
Seychelles2023N/A
Sierra Leone20198.6%
Singapore20230%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2023N/A
Slovak Republic2023N/A
Slovenia2023N/A
Solomon Islands20155.6%
Somalia2023N/A
South Africa20160.9%
South Sudan2023N/A
Spain2023N/A
Sri Lanka20160.9%
St. Kitts and Nevis2023N/A
St. Lucia2023N/A
St. Martin (French part)2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2023N/A
Sudan2023N/A
Suriname20188.8%
Sweden2023N/A
Switzerland2023N/A
Syrian Arab Republic2023N/A
Tajikistan20170.1%
Tanzania20225.2%
Thailand20225.5%
Timor-Leste20162.6%
Togo20176.4%
Tonga20190.4%
Trinidad and Tobago20220.7%
Tunisia20180%
Turkiye20182%
Turkmenistan20190.2%
Turks and Caicos Islands20200%
Tuvalu20200%
Uganda20167.3%
Ukraine2023N/A
United Arab Emirates2023N/A
United Kingdom2023N/A
United States2023N/A
Uruguay2023N/A
Uzbekistan20220.2%
Vanuatu2023N/A
Venezuela, RB2023N/A
Vietnam20211.1%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza20200.7%
Yemen, Rep.20236.5%
Zambia20185.2%
Zimbabwe20195.4%

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