demographic2024

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 (%)

Name: Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 (%)
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: demographic, %, proportion, women, aged, years, who, were, married, union, before, age

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•138 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

4.7%

Median: 3.1%

Countries Covered

138

with available data

Highest

Niger

28.0%

Lowest

Belgium

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Niger28.0%

2Central African Republic25.8%

3Chad24.2%

4Guinea17.0%

5Bangladesh16.7%

By Region

Other5.3%(95 countries)

North America5.0%(2 countries)

Africa4.8%(9 countries)

South America3.4%(6 countries)

Asia3.3%(20 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (28.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.7%)

Other (95)

North America (2)

Africa (9)

South America (6)

Asia (20)

Europe (6)

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 2024; 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 ↕
1	Niger	28.0%
2	Central African Republic	25.8%
3	Chad	24.2%
4	Guinea	17.0%
5	Bangladesh	16.7%
6	Mali	15.9%
7	Mauritania	15.5%
8	Ethiopia	14.1%
9	Eritrea	12.9%
10	Mozambique	12.9%
11	Madagascar	12.7%
12	Nigeria	12.3%
13	Sudan	11.9%
14	Cameroon	10.7%
15	Nicaragua	9.7%
16	Afghanistan	9.6%
17	Dominican Republic	9.4%
18	Honduras	9.2%
19	Senegal	9.0%
20	South Sudan	8.9%
21	Burkina Faso	8.9%
22	Suriname	8.8%
23	Equatorial Guinea	8.6%
24	Sierra Leone	8.6%
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.4%
26	Somalia	8.4%
27	Guinea-Bissau	8.1%
28	Papua New Guinea	8.0%
29	Angola	7.9%
30	Barbados	7.7%
31	Malawi	7.5%
32	Cote d'Ivoire	7.4%
33	Uganda	7.3%
34	Iraq	7.2%
35	Republic of the Congo	6.9%
36	Panama	6.8%
37	Yemen	6.5%
38	Togo	6.4%
39	Guyana	6.3%
40	Belize	6.3%
41	Guatemala	6.2%
42	Bhutan	6.2%
43	Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.1%
44	Benin	5.9%
45	Brazil	5.9%
46	Liberia	5.8%
47	Nepal	5.8%
48	Republic of The Gambia	5.6%
49	Jamaica	5.6%
50	Solomon Islands	5.6%
51	Marshall Islands	5.5%
52	Thailand	5.5%
53	Sao Tome and Principe	5.4%
54	Zimbabwe	5.4%
55	United Republic of Tanzania	5.2%
56	Zambia	5.2%
57	Colombia	4.9%
58	Comoros	4.9%
59	Cuba	4.8%
60	India	4.8%
61	Vanuatu	4.5%
62	El Salvador	4.3%
63	Ecuador	3.8%
64	Mexico	3.7%
65	Saint Lucia	3.7%
66	Pakistan	3.6%
67	Paraguay	3.6%
68	Bolivia	3.4%
69	Ghana	3.3%
70	Gabon	2.9%
71	Peru	2.9%
72	Burundi	2.8%
73	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.7%
74	Timor-Leste	2.6%
75	Syrian Arab Republic	2.5%
76	Kiribati	2.4%
77	Argentina	2.4%
78	Kenya	2.2%
79	Haiti	2.1%
80	Costa Rica	2.0%
81	Indonesia	2.0%
82	Türkiye	2.0%
83	Myanmar	1.9%
84	Cambodia	1.9%
85	Montenegro	1.9%
86	Cape Verde	1.8%
87	Egypt	1.8%
88	Namibia	1.6%
89	Philippines	1.5%
90	Djibouti	1.4%
91	Lebanon	1.4%
92	Lesotho	1.3%
93	Oman	1.2%
94	Serbia	1.2%
95	Vietnam	1.1%
96	Jordan	1.0%
97	Sri Lanka	0.9%
98	South Africa	0.9%
99	Samoa	0.9%
100	Nauru	0.8%
101	State of Palestine	0.7%
102	Trinidad and Tobago	0.7%
103	Uruguay	0.7%
104	Mongolia	0.6%
105	Morocco	0.5%
106	Romania	0.5%
107	Moldova, Republic of	0.4%
108	Saudi Arabia	0.4%
109	Tonga	0.4%
110	Kyrgyzstan	0.3%
111	Russian Federation	0.3%
112	Rwanda	0.3%
113	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.3%
114	Fiji	0.2%
115	Kazakhstan	0.2%
116	Turkmenistan	0.2%
117	Uzbekistan	0.2%
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2%
119	Belarus	0.1%
120	People's Republic of China	0.1%
121	Eswatini	0.1%
122	Tajikistan	0.1%
123	Tunisia	0.1%
124	Ukraine	0.1%
125	Azerbaijan	0.1%
126	Georgia	0.0%
127	Israel	0.0%
128	North Korea	0.0%
129	Lithuania	0.0%
130	Maldives	0.0%
131	Norway	0.0%
132	Qatar	0.0%
133	Singapore	0.0%
134	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0%
135	Tuvalu	0.0%
136	Algeria	0.0%
137	Armenia	0.0%
138	Belgium	0.0%

Showing 138 of 138 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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