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demographic2019

Laws on child marriage

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•178 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5value
Median: 0.5value
Countries Covered
178
with available data
Highest
Cameroon
1.0value
Lowest
Switzerland
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Cameroon1.0value
2Taiwan, Province of China1.0value
3Gabon1.0value
4Guinea1.0value
5Haiti1.0value
By Region
Asia0.6value(26 countries)
North America0.6value(4 countries)
South America0.6value(7 countries)
Other0.6value(98 countries)
Oceania0.5value(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5value)

Asia (26)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Other (98)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2019; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Cameroon1.0value
2Taiwan, Province of China1.0value
3Gabon1.0value
4Guinea1.0value
5Haiti1.0value
6Malaysia1.0value
7Mali1.0value
8Pakistan1.0value
9Papua New Guinea1.0value
10Qatar1.0value
11Senegal1.0value
12Seychelles1.0value
13Syrian Arab Republic1.0value
14United Republic of Tanzania1.0value
15Burkina Faso1.0value
16Uzbekistan1.0value
17Samoa1.0value
18Afghanistan1.0value
19Bahrain1.0value
20Canada0.8value
21State of Palestine0.8value
22Islamic Republic of Iran0.8value
23Jamaica0.8value
24Kuwait0.8value
25Lebanon0.8value
26Malta0.8value
27Mexico0.8value
28Timor-Leste0.8value
29Saudi Arabia0.8value
30Slovakia0.8value
31South Sudan0.8value
32Sudan0.8value
33Thailand0.8value
34United States of America0.8value
35Uruguay0.8value
36Yemen0.8value
37Brazil0.8value
38Solomon Islands0.8value
39Bulgaria0.5value
40Myanmar0.5value
41Burundi0.5value
42Belarus0.5value
43Cambodia0.5value
44Cape Verde0.5value
45Central African Republic0.5value
46Sri Lanka0.5value
47Chad0.5value
48Chile0.5value
49Colombia0.5value
50Comoros0.5value
51Republic of the Congo0.5value
52Costa Rica0.5value
53Croatia0.5value
54Cuba0.5value
55Cyprus0.5value
56Czech Republic0.5value
57Benin0.5value
58Dominica0.5value
59Dominican Republic0.5value
60Ecuador0.5value
61Equatorial Guinea0.5value
62Ethiopia0.5value
63Eritrea0.5value
64Estonia0.5value
65Finland0.5value
66France0.5value
67Djibouti0.5value
68Georgia0.5value
69Republic of The Gambia0.5value
70Ghana0.5value
71Greece0.5value
72Grenada0.5value
73Guyana0.5value
74Honduras0.5value
75Hong Kong0.5value
76Hungary0.5value
77Iceland0.5value
78India0.5value
79Indonesia0.5value
80Iraq0.5value
81Ireland0.5value
82Israel0.5value
83Italy0.5value
84Cote d'Ivoire0.5value
85Japan0.5value
86Kazakhstan0.5value
87Jordan0.5value
88Kyrgyzstan0.5value
89Lesotho0.5value
90Latvia0.5value
91Liberia0.5value
92Libya0.5value
93Lithuania0.5value
94Luxembourg0.5value
95Madagascar0.5value
96Maldives0.5value
97Mauritania0.5value
98Mauritius0.5value
99Mongolia0.5value
100Moldova, Republic of0.5value
101Montenegro0.5value
102Morocco0.5value
103Mozambique0.5value
104Oman0.5value
105Namibia0.5value
106Nepal0.5value
107New Zealand0.5value
108Nicaragua0.5value
109Niger0.5value
110Nigeria0.5value
111Norway0.5value
112Paraguay0.5value
113Peru0.5value
114Philippines0.5value
115Poland0.5value
116Portugal0.5value
117Guinea-Bissau0.5value
118Romania0.5value
119Russian Federation0.5value
120Sao Tome and Principe0.5value
121Serbia0.5value
122Sierra Leone0.5value
123Singapore0.5value
124Slovenia0.5value
125Somalia0.5value
126South Africa0.5value
127Zimbabwe0.5value
128Spain0.5value
129Eswatini0.5value
130Tajikistan0.5value
131Togo0.5value
132United Arab Emirates0.5value
133Tunisia0.5value
134Türkiye0.5value
135Uganda0.5value
136Ukraine0.5value
137The Republic of North Macedonia0.5value
138United Kingdom0.5value
139Venezuela0.5value
140Zambia0.5value
141Albania0.5value
142Algeria0.5value
143Angola0.5value
144Antigua and Barbuda0.5value
145Azerbaijan0.5value
146Argentina0.5value
147Australia0.5value
148Austria0.5value
149Bahamas0.5value
150Bangladesh0.5value
151Armenia0.5value
152Barbados0.5value
153Belgium0.5value
154Bolivia0.5value
155Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5value
156Botswana0.5value
157Belize0.5value
158Brunei Darussalam0.5value
159People's Republic of China0.3value
160Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3value
161El Salvador0.3value
162Fiji0.3value
163Germany0.3value
164Guatemala0.3value
165Kenya0.3value
166Lao People's Democratic Republic0.3value
167Malawi0.3value
168Netherlands0.3value
169Rwanda0.3value
170Vietnam0.3value
171Trinidad and Tobago0.3value
172Turkmenistan0.3value
173Egypt0.3value
174Bhutan0.3value
175Denmark0.0value
176Panama0.0value
177Sweden0.0value
178Switzerland0.0value
Showing 178 of 178 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2019).

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