Women who were first married by age 18

percent of women aged 20 to 24, 1985–2016

Country	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Afghanistan																								39.00	39.47	39.93	40.40	37.87	35.33	32.80	34.80
Albania																					7.50	8.03	8.55	9.08	9.60
Algeria																						1.80	1.90	2.00	2.10	2.20	2.30	2.40	2.50
Armenia																19.10	17.26	15.42	13.58	11.74	9.90	9.36	8.82	8.28	7.74	7.20
Azerbaijan																						12.20	11.96	11.72	11.48	11.24	11.00
Bangladesh										73.30	71.70	70.10	68.50	67.43	66.37	65.30	66.15	67.00	67.85	68.70	66.40	64.10	66.20	65.88	65.55	65.23	64.90	58.60	52.30	58.60
Barbados																												10.70
Belarus																					6.60	6.11	5.63	5.14	4.66	4.17	3.69	3.20
Belize																											25.90
Benin												38.80	38.38	37.96	37.54	37.12	36.70	36.24	35.78	35.32	34.86	34.40	33.98	33.57	33.15	32.73	32.32	31.90
Bhutan																										25.80
Bolivia					23.70	23.94	24.18	24.42	24.66	24.90	23.98	23.05	22.13	21.20	22.12	23.04	23.96	24.88	25.80	24.98	24.16	23.34	22.52	21.70
Bosnia and Herzegovina																						5.50	5.17	4.83	4.50	4.17	3.83	3.50
Botswana				10.00
Brazil		21.80	21.99	22.18	22.37	22.56	22.75	22.94	23.13	23.32	23.51	23.70	24.89	26.08	27.27	28.46	29.65	30.84	32.03	33.22	34.41	35.60
Burkina Faso									61.70	61.80	61.90	62.00	62.10	62.20	62.30	59.70	57.10	54.50	51.90	50.53	49.17	47.80	48.75	49.70	50.65	51.60
Burundi			17.30	17.33	17.36	17.38	17.41	17.44	17.47	17.49	17.52	17.55	17.58	17.61	17.63	17.66	17.69	17.72	17.74	17.77	17.80	18.32	18.84	19.36	19.88	20.40
Cape Verde																					18.00
Cambodia																24.80	24.50	24.20	23.90	23.60	23.30	22.32	21.34	20.36	19.38	18.40	18.43	18.45	18.48	18.50
Cameroon							57.70	55.66	53.61	51.57	49.53	47.49	45.44	43.40	44.03	44.67	45.30	45.93	46.57	47.20	41.75	36.30	36.72	37.14	37.56	37.98	38.40
Central African Republic											57.00	57.33	57.65	57.98	58.31	58.64	58.96	59.29	59.62	59.95	60.27	60.60	62.43	64.25	66.08	67.90
Chad													71.40	71.41	71.43	71.44	71.46	71.47	71.49	71.50	70.93	70.37	69.80	69.23	68.67	68.10	67.86	67.62	67.38	67.14	66.90
Colombia		23.30	22.98	22.65	22.33	22.00	22.72	23.44	24.16	24.88	25.60	24.76	23.92	23.08	22.24	21.40	21.74	22.08	22.42	22.76	23.10	23.08	23.06	23.04	23.02	23.00	23.08	23.16	23.24	23.32	23.40
Comoros												29.70	29.82	29.94	30.06	30.18	30.29	30.41	30.53	30.65	30.77	30.89	31.01	31.13	31.24	31.36	31.48	31.60
Congo (Kinshasa)																							39.10	39.20	39.30	39.40	38.88	38.35	37.83	37.30
Congo (Brazzaville)																					30.80	31.43	32.05	32.68	33.30	33.07	32.83	32.60
Costa Rica																											21.20
Ivory Coast										43.50	41.44	39.38	37.32	35.26	33.20	33.42	33.63	33.85	34.07	34.28	34.50	34.31	34.13	33.94	33.76	33.57	33.39	33.20
Cuba																											40.40	35.60	30.80	26.00
Djibouti																						5.40
Dominican Republic		34.40	33.56	32.72	31.88	31.04	30.20	31.68	33.16	34.64	36.12	37.60	35.40	33.20	31.00	34.40	37.80	41.20	40.98	40.75	40.53	40.30	39.60	40.00	40.40	40.80	39.37	37.93	36.50
Ecuador			26.00	25.78	25.55	25.33	25.11	24.88	24.66	24.44	24.21	23.99	23.76	23.54	23.32	23.09	22.87	22.65	22.42	22.20
Egypt				30.50	29.55	28.60	27.65	26.70	26.73	26.77	26.80	25.34	23.88	22.42	20.96	19.50	19.17	18.83	18.50	17.55	16.60	16.60	16.60	16.60	16.73	16.87	17.00	17.13	17.27	17.40
El Salvador	37.70	37.13	36.56	35.98	35.41	34.84	34.27	33.69	33.12	32.55	31.98	31.41	30.83	30.26	29.69	29.12	28.54	27.97	27.40	27.00	26.60	26.20	25.80	25.40
Equatorial Guinea																											29.50
Eritrea											54.20	53.17	52.14	51.11	50.09	49.06	48.03	47.00	46.21	45.43	44.64	43.85	43.06	42.28	41.49	40.70
Ethiopia																49.10	49.12	49.14	49.16	49.18	49.20	47.83	46.47	45.10	43.73	42.37	41.00
Gabon																33.60	32.63	31.65	30.68	29.70	28.73	27.75	26.78	25.80	24.83	23.85	22.88	21.90
Gambia																						35.90	36.03	36.15	36.28	36.40	34.40	32.40	30.40
Georgia																					17.20	16.56	15.92	15.28	14.64	14.00
Ghana				40.90	40.24	39.58	38.92	38.26	37.60	37.18	36.76	36.34	35.92	35.50	33.98	32.46	30.94	29.42	27.90	25.93	23.97	22.00	23.30	24.60	23.30	22.00	20.70	20.70	20.70	20.70
Guatemala			41.20	40.88	40.55	40.23	39.90	39.58	39.25	38.93	38.60	37.53	36.45	35.38	34.30	34.53	34.77	35.00	34.33	33.66	32.99	32.31	31.64	30.97	30.30	30.17	30.03	29.90	29.77	29.63	29.50
Guinea															64.50	64.27	64.03	63.80	63.57	63.33	63.10	61.47	59.84	58.21	56.59	54.96	53.33	51.70
Guinea Bissau																						24.10	23.58	23.05	22.53	22.00
Guyana																					28.20	24.00	19.80	21.40	23.00
Haiti											23.80	23.86	23.92	23.98	24.04	24.10	25.07	26.03	27.00	27.97	28.93	29.90	27.83	25.77	23.70	21.63	19.57	17.50
Honduras																						38.80	37.93	37.07	36.20	35.33	34.47	33.60
India									50.20	50.17	50.13	50.10	50.07	50.03	50.00	49.63	49.26	48.89	48.51	48.14	47.77	47.40
Indonesia			35.10	34.85	34.60	34.35	34.10	33.00	31.90	30.80	30.40	30.00	29.60	28.70	27.80	26.90	26.00	25.10	24.20	23.65	23.10	22.55	22.00	21.00	20.00	19.00	18.00	17.00	13.60
Iran																										16.70	17.00
Iraq																						17.00	18.46	19.92	21.38	22.84	24.30
Jamaica																					8.60	8.48	8.37	8.25	8.13	8.02	7.90
Jordan						16.40	15.99	15.57	15.16	14.74	14.33	13.91	13.50	13.02	12.54	12.06	11.58	11.10	10.80	10.50	10.20	9.90	9.60	9.90	10.20	9.60	9.00	8.40
Kazakhstan											18.50	17.48	16.45	15.43	14.40	13.39	12.37	11.36	10.34	9.33	8.31	7.30	7.06	6.82	6.58	6.34	6.10
Kenya					31.00	30.28	29.55	28.83	28.10	27.40	26.70	26.00	25.30	24.60	24.60	24.60	24.60	24.60	24.60	24.90	25.20	25.50	25.80	26.10	26.40	25.70	25.00	24.30	23.60	22.90
Kiribati																									20.30
Kyrgyzstan													21.20	20.00	18.80	17.60	16.40	15.20	14.00	12.80	11.60	10.40	9.97	9.53	9.10	8.67	8.23	7.80	9.70	11.60
Laos																												35.40
Lebanon																									6.10
Lesotho																				23.00	22.16	21.32	20.48	19.64	18.80	18.50	18.20	17.90	17.60	17.30
Liberia		48.40	47.90	47.40	46.90	46.40	45.90	45.40	44.90	44.40	43.90	43.40	42.90	42.40	41.90	41.40	40.90	40.40	39.90	39.40	38.90	38.40	37.90	37.57	37.23	36.90	36.57	36.23	35.90
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)																					3.60	4.15	4.70	5.25	5.80	6.35	6.90
Madagascar								36.90	37.60	38.30	39.00	39.70	40.40	40.17	39.94	39.71	39.49	39.26	39.03	38.80	40.68	42.56	44.44	46.32	48.20	46.45	44.70	42.95	41.20
Malawi								54.90	53.90	52.90	51.90	50.90	49.90	48.90	47.90	46.90	47.40	47.90	48.40	48.90	49.55	50.20	50.05	49.90	49.75	49.60	48.78	47.95	47.13	46.30	44.20	42.10
Maldives																									3.90
Mali			78.10	77.19	76.28	75.37	74.46	73.54	72.63	71.72	70.81	69.90	69.00	68.10	67.20	66.30	65.40	66.44	67.48	68.52	69.56	70.60	66.70	62.80	58.90	55.00	56.53	58.07	59.60
Marshall Islands																							26.30
Mauritania																	37.20	36.90	36.60	36.30	36.00	35.70	35.40	35.13	34.85	34.58	34.30
Mexico			27.60	27.34	27.08	26.83	26.57	26.31	26.05	25.79	25.54	25.28	25.02	24.76	24.51	24.25	23.99	23.73	23.47	23.22	22.96	22.70	22.77	22.83	22.90
Moldova																					18.90	17.94	16.99	16.03	15.07	14.11	13.16	12.20
Mongolia																						9.00	6.45	3.90	4.30	4.70
Montenegro																					4.80	4.80	4.76	4.71	4.67	4.63	4.59	4.54	4.50
Morocco			24.00	22.88	21.76	20.64	19.52	18.40	18.19	17.98	17.78	17.57	17.36	17.15	16.94	16.73	16.53	16.32	16.11	15.90
Mozambique													56.60	56.48	56.37	56.25	56.13	56.02	55.90	55.08	54.26	53.44	52.62	51.80	56.20	52.20	48.20
Burma (Myanmar)																																16.00
Namibia								11.40	11.20	11.00	10.80	10.60	10.40	10.20	10.00	9.80	9.63	9.46	9.29	9.11	8.94	8.77	8.60	8.32	8.03	7.75	7.47	7.18	6.90
Nauru																							26.80
Nepal												60.30	59.46	58.62	57.78	56.94	56.10	55.16	54.22	53.28	52.34	51.40	49.26	47.12	44.98	42.84	40.70	39.33	37.97	36.60
Nicaragua														50.30	47.97	45.63	43.30	42.76	42.22	41.68	41.14	40.60	40.60
Niger								83.50	82.35	81.20	80.05	78.90	77.75	76.60	76.34	76.08	75.81	75.55	75.29	75.03	74.76	74.50	74.80	75.10	75.40	75.70	76.00	76.30
Nigeria						51.90	50.53	49.17	47.80	46.43	45.07	43.70	42.33	40.97	39.60	40.53	41.45	42.38	43.30	42.52	41.74	40.96	40.18	39.40	39.27	39.13	39.00	40.90	42.80
Pakistan							31.60	31.13	30.65	30.18	29.70	29.23	28.75	28.28	27.80	27.33	26.85	26.38	25.90	25.43	24.95	24.48	24.00	23.50	23.00	22.50	22.00	21.50	21.00
Panama																													26.40
Papua New Guinea																						21.30
Paraguay						24.20	23.75	23.30	22.85	22.40	21.95	21.50	21.05	20.60	20.15	19.70	19.25	18.80	18.35	17.90
Peru		19.90	19.53	19.17	18.80	18.43	18.07	17.70	18.60	19.50	20.40	21.30	20.65	20.00	19.35	18.70	18.50	18.30	18.10	17.90	17.70	17.50	17.50	17.50	19.00	20.10	18.80	19.10	18.85	18.60
Philippines									14.20	14.28	14.36	14.44	14.52	14.60	14.48	14.36	14.24	14.12	14.00	14.04	14.08	14.12	14.16	14.20	14.36	14.52	14.68	14.84	15.00
Qatar																												4.20
Rwanda								14.80	15.39	15.98	16.56	17.15	17.74	18.33	18.91	19.50	18.26	17.02	15.78	14.54	13.30	12.26	11.22	10.18	9.14	8.10	7.84	7.58	7.32	7.06	6.80
Samoa																														10.80
Saint Thomas and Principe																						33.40	33.73	34.07	34.40
Senegal		58.80	57.21	55.63	54.04	52.46	50.87	49.29	47.70	44.80	41.90	39.00	36.10	36.46	36.83	37.19	37.55	37.91	38.28	38.64	39.00	37.98	36.97	35.95	34.93	33.92	32.90	31.35	29.80	32.30
Serbia																						5.80	5.60	5.40	5.20	5.00	4.40	3.80	3.20
Sierra Leone																					55.60	53.03	50.47	47.90	45.80	43.70	42.10	40.50	38.90
Solomon Islands																							22.40
Somalia																						45.30
South Africa														7.90	7.44	6.98	6.52	6.06	5.60
South Sudan																										51.50
Sri Lanka			13.70	13.61	13.51	13.42	13.32	13.23	13.13	13.04	12.94	12.85	12.75	12.66	12.56	12.47	12.37	12.28	12.18	12.09	11.99	11.90	11.80
Saint Lucia																												7.50
Sudan						26.90	27.34	27.79	28.23	28.68	29.12	29.56	30.01	30.45	30.89	31.34	31.78	32.23	32.67	33.11	33.56	34.00	33.73	33.45	33.18	32.90
Suriname																						19.10	19.03	18.95	18.88	18.80
Swaziland																							5.00	5.50	6.00	6.50
Syria																						13.30
Tajikistan																					12.70	12.54	12.39	12.23	12.07	11.91	11.76	11.60
Tanzania								36.60	37.95	39.30	38.70	38.10	38.50	38.90	39.30	38.50	37.70	36.90	36.10	35.30	41.10	40.00	38.90	37.80	37.35	36.90	34.00	31.10	30.95	30.80	30.65	30.50
Thailand			20.50	20.45	20.41	20.36	20.31	20.26	20.22	20.17	20.12	20.07	20.03	19.98	19.93	19.88	19.84	19.79	19.74	19.69	19.65	19.60	20.02	20.43	20.85	21.27	21.68	22.10
Timor Leste																										18.90
Togo				43.60	42.29	40.98	39.67	38.36	37.05	35.74	34.43	33.12	31.81	30.50	29.73	28.95	28.18	27.40	26.63	25.85	25.08	24.30	24.53	24.75	24.98	25.20	24.35	23.50	22.65	21.80
Tonga																												5.60
Trinidad and Tobago			34.40	33.02	31.63	30.25	28.86	27.48	26.09	24.71	23.33	21.94	20.56	19.17	17.79	16.41	15.02	13.64	12.25	10.87	9.48	8.10
Tunisia				9.70	9.36	9.03	8.69	8.35	8.01	7.68	7.34	7.00	6.66	6.33	5.99	5.65	5.31	4.98	4.64	4.30	3.96	3.63	3.29	2.95	2.61	2.28	1.94	1.60
Turkey									23.30	23.24	23.18	23.12	23.06	23.00	22.08	21.16	20.24	19.32	18.40	17.52	16.64	15.76	14.88	14.00	14.14	14.28	14.42	14.56	14.70
Turkmenistan																9.10	8.80	8.50	8.20	7.90	7.60	7.30
Tuvalu																							9.90
Uganda					52.60	52.85	53.10	53.35	53.60	53.85	54.10	54.07	54.03	54.00	53.97	53.93	53.90	53.28	52.65	52.03	51.40	46.30	44.98	43.66	42.34	41.02	39.70
Ukraine															14.20	12.90	11.60	10.30	9.00	7.70	6.40	8.15	9.90	9.74	9.58	9.42	9.26	9.10
Uruguay																													24.60
Uzbekistan												15.30	14.90	14.50	14.10	13.70	13.30	12.90	11.48	10.05	8.63	7.20
Vanuatu																							27.10	26.15	25.20	24.25	23.30	22.35	21.40
Vietnam													12.40	12.14	11.88	11.62	11.36	11.10	10.80	10.50	10.20	10.40	10.18	9.96	9.74	9.52	9.30	9.73	10.17	10.60
West Bank and Gaza																				18.90	19.18	19.47	19.75	20.03	20.32	20.60	19.28	17.95	16.63	15.30
Yemen								49.20	49.04	48.88	48.72	48.56	48.40	46.61	44.82	43.03	41.24	39.46	37.67	35.88	34.09	32.30	32.30	32.30	32.30	32.30	32.30	32.30	31.90
Zambia								43.30	43.53	43.75	43.98	44.20	43.85	43.50	43.15	42.80	42.45	42.10	42.00	41.90	41.80	41.70	41.60	40.14	38.69	37.23	35.77	34.31	32.86	31.40
Zimbabwe				33.10	32.75	32.40	32.05	31.70	31.35	31.00	30.54	30.08	29.62	29.16	28.70	29.40	30.10	30.80	31.50	32.20	32.90	33.60	32.43	31.27	30.10	30.30	30.50	31.50	32.50	33.50	32.40

Women who were first married by age 18 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 18.

Source: World Bank Gender Statistics

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