People > Marriage, divorce and children > Teen marriage rate > Women: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Percentage of female population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of females in the same age group.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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=1 | Niger | 60.6 | 2006 | ||
=1 | Western Sahara | 60.6 | 1970 | ||
3 | Mali | 52.6 | 2006 | ||
4 | Bangladesh | 45.7 | 2011 | ||
5 | Chad | 45.3 | 2004 | ||
6 | Mozambique | 44.8 | 2007 | ||
7 | Central African Republic | 42.4 | 1994 | ||
8 | Madagascar | 39.9 | 2008 | ||
9 | Gambia | 38.8 | 1993 | ||
10 | Guinea | 37.9 | 2005 | ||
11 | Angola | 35.7 | 1970 | ||
12 | Burkina Faso | 32.4 | 2010 | ||
13 | Eritrea | 31.1 | 2002 | ||
14 | Sierra Leone | 30.9 | 2008 | ||
15 | Nicaragua | 30.3 | 2007 | ||
16 | Nigeria | 29.3 | 2008 | ||
=17 | Nepal | 28.9 | 2011 | ||
=17 | South Sudan | 28.9 | 2008 | ||
19 | Mauritania | 27.7 | 2000 | ||
20 | India | 27.6 | 2006 | ||
21 | Dominican Republic | 26.7 | 2007 | ||
22 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.3 | 1983 | ||
23 | Malawi | 26.2 | 2010 | ||
24 | Cameroon | 26.1 | 2011 | ||
25 | Zimbabwe | 25.9 | 2010 | ||
26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25.4 | 1998 | ||
27 | Senegal | 25.3 | 2010 | ||
28 | Honduras | 24.7 | 2005 | ||
=29 | Macau | 24.6 | 2011 | ||
=29 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24.6 | 2007 | ||
31 | Marshall Islands | 24.5 | 2007 | ||
32 | Sudan | 24.2 | 2008 | ||
=33 | Ethiopia | 23.1 | 2011 | ||
=33 | Cuba | 23.1 | 2002 | ||
35 | Uganda | 22.8 | 2011 | ||
36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.6 | 2008 | ||
37 | Gabon | 22.4 | 2000 | ||
=38 | Benin | 22.2 | 2006 | ||
=38 | Belize | 22.2 | 2000 | ||
=40 | Panama | 21.9 | 2010 | ||
=40 | Ecuador | 21.9 | 2010 | ||
=42 | Iran | 21.4 | 2011 | ||
=42 | American Samoa | 21.4 | 2000 | ||
44 | Liberia | 20.2 | 2008 | ||
45 | Nauru | 20.1 | 2007 | ||
=46 | Guatemala | 19.9 | 2002 | ||
=46 | Togo | 19.9 | 1998 | ||
=48 | Tanzania | 19.7 | 2010 | ||
=48 | Laos | 19.7 | 2005 | ||
=50 | Iraq | 19.4 | 2007 | ||
=50 | Zambia | 19.4 | 2007 | ||
52 | Haiti | 19.3 | 2006 | ||
53 | Guyana | 18.5 | 2009 | ||
54 | Kiribati | 18.3 | 2009 | ||
55 | Qatar | 17.9 | 2010 | ||
56 | Afghanistan | 17.3 | 2010 | ||
57 | Yemen | 17.2 | 2003 | ||
58 | Venezuela | 17.1 | 2001 | ||
=59 | Colombia | 17 | 2010 | ||
=59 | Mexico | 17 | 2010 | ||
=59 | El Salvador | 17 | 2007 | ||
62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.7 | 2002 | ||
63 | Papua New Guinea | 16 | 2006 | ||
64 | Peru | 15.7 | 2007 | ||
65 | Mayotte | 15.4 | 2007 | ||
66 | Bolivia | 14.7 | 2008 | ||
67 | Lesotho | 14.5 | 2006 | ||
68 | Indonesia | 14.4 | 2010 | ||
69 | Bhutan | 14.3 | 2007 | ||
70 | Georgia | 13.7 | 2005 | ||
71 | Egypt | 13.5 | 2008 | ||
72 | Tajikistan | 13.4 | 2010 | ||
73 | Paraguay | 13.2 | 2004 | ||
=74 | Costa Rica | 13 | 2011 | ||
=74 | Uzbekistan | 13 | 1996 | ||
=76 | Argentina | 12.9 | 2010 | ||
=76 | Kenya | 12.9 | 2008 | ||
78 | Solomon Islands | 12.5 | 2007 | ||
=79 | Puerto Rico | 11.9 | 2000 | ||
=79 | Vanuatu | 11.9 | 1989 | ||
81 | Comoros | 11.5 | 1996 | ||
82 | Uruguay | 11.3 | 2011 | ||
83 | Thailand | 11.2 | 2000 | ||
84 | Morocco | 11.1 | 2004 | ||
85 | Tuvalu | 11 | 2007 | ||
=86 | Cambodia | 10.9 | 2010 | ||
=86 | Syria | 10.9 | 2001 | ||
88 | Pakistan | 10.8 | 2007 | ||
=89 | Moldova | 10.6 | 2005 | ||
=89 | Cape Verde | 10.6 | 2005 | ||
91 | Fiji | 10.3 | 1996 | ||
=92 | Burundi | 9.9 | 2010 | ||
=92 | Vietnam | 9.9 | 2009 | ||
=94 | Turkey | 9.8 | 2008 | ||
=94 | Mauritius | 9.8 | 2000 | ||
96 | Ghana | 9.4 | 2008 | ||
97 | Sri Lanka | 9.2 | 2007 | ||
98 | Bulgaria | 8.5 | 2011 | ||
=99 | Armenia | 8.4 | 2010 | ||
=99 | New Zealand | 8.4 | 2006 | ||
=99 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.4 | 2001 | ||
102 | Azerbaijan | 8.3 | 2009 | ||
=103 | East Timor | 8.1 | 2009 | ||
=103 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.1 | 2009 | ||
105 | Russia | 7.9 | 2010 | ||
106 | Virgin Islands | 7.7 | 1990 | ||
107 | Samoa | 7.6 | 2009 | ||
=108 | Albania | 7.2 | 2011 | ||
=108 | Burma | 7.2 | 2007 | ||
110 | Swaziland | 6.9 | 2007 | ||
=111 | Jordan | 6.8 | 2009 | ||
=111 | United Arab Emirates | 6.8 | 2005 | ||
=111 | Saint Lucia | 6.8 | 2001 | ||
=114 | Ukraine | 6.6 | 2007 | ||
=114 | Seychelles | 6.6 | 2002 | ||
=114 | Brunei | 6.6 | 2001 | ||
=117 | Malaysia | 6.1 | 2010 | ||
=117 | Palestine | 6.1 | 2007 | ||
=119 | Chile | 5.9 | 2011 | ||
=119 | Turkmenistan | 5.9 | 2000 | ||
121 | Guam | 5.8 | 1990 | ||
122 | Maldives | 5.6 | 2009 | ||
123 | Namibia | 5.4 | 2006 | ||
=124 | Philippines | 5.3 | 2007 | ||
=124 | Djibouti | 5.3 | 2002 | ||
=124 | Botswana | 5.3 | 2001 | ||
127 | Serbia | 5.2 | 2002 | ||
128 | Kuwait | 5 | 2005 | ||
129 | Estonia | 4.9 | 2000 | ||
130 | Montenegro | 4.7 | 2003 | ||
131 | Portugal | 4.6 | 2001 | ||
132 | Kazakhstan | 4.5 | 2009 | ||
133 | Tonga | 4.4 | 2006 | ||
=134 | Brazil | 4.2 | 2010 | ||
=134 | Oman | 4.2 | 2003 | ||
=134 | Bahrain | 4.2 | 2001 | ||
=137 | Belarus | 4 | 2009 | ||
=137 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2007 | ||
139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.9 | 2001 | ||
140 | Rwanda | 3.7 | 2010 | ||
=141 | Mongolia | 3.6 | 2010 | ||
=141 | Palau | 3.6 | 2005 | ||
=141 | Greece | 3.6 | 2001 | ||
=144 | South Africa | 3.4 | 2011 | ||
=144 | Lebanon | 3.4 | 2007 | ||
=144 | Suriname | 3.4 | 2004 | ||
147 | Israel | 3.3 | 2009 | ||
=148 | Canada | 3.1 | 2006 | ||
=148 | The Bahamas | 3.1 | 2000 | ||
150 | United States | 2.8 | 2009 | ||
=151 | Romania | 2.6 | 2011 | ||
=151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.6 | 2000 | ||
153 | Libya | 2.5 | 2006 | ||
154 | Croatia | 2.4 | 2001 | ||
155 | Cook Islands | 2.2 | 1996 | ||
=156 | China | 2.1 | 2010 | ||
=156 | Tunisia | 2.1 | 2004 | ||
=156 | Wallis and Futuna | 2.1 | 1996 | ||
159 | Algeria | 1.8 | 2002 | ||
160 | Cyprus | 1.7 | 2011 | ||
=161 | French Guiana | 1.6 | 2006 | ||
=161 | Poland | 1.6 | 2002 | ||
163 | Anguilla | 1.5 | 2001 | ||
164 | Luxembourg | 1.4 | 2001 | ||
165 | British Virgin Islands | 1.3 | 1991 | ||
=166 | Cayman Islands | 1.2 | 2010 | ||
=166 | Spain | 1.2 | 2001 | ||
168 | Gibraltar | 1.1 | 2001 | ||
169 | Slovakia | 1 | 2010 | ||
170 | Reunion | 0.9 | 2006 | ||
=171 | Aruba | 0.8 | 2010 | ||
=171 | Australia | 0.8 | 2006 | ||
=171 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.8 | 2001 | ||
=171 | Guadeloupe | 0.8 | 1999 | ||
=175 | Latvia | 0.7 | 2011 | ||
=175 | Hungary | 0.7 | 2010 | ||
=175 | Switzerland | 0.7 | 2009 | ||
=178 | Japan | 0.6 | 2010 | ||
=178 | Belgium | 0.6 | 2009 | ||
=178 | French Polynesia | 0.6 | 2007 | ||
=178 | Grenada | 0.6 | 1991 | ||
=178 | Barbados | 0.6 | 1990 | ||
=183 | Slovenia | 0.5 | 2011 | ||
=183 | Iceland | 0.5 | 2010 | ||
=183 | Malta | 0.5 | 2010 | ||
=183 | Sweden | 0.5 | 2010 | ||
=183 | Finland | 0.5 | 2010 | ||
=183 | France | 0.5 | 2009 | ||
=183 | New Caledonia | 0.5 | 2004 | ||
=183 | Jamaica | 0.5 | 2001 | ||
=183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5 | 1980 | ||
=192 | Ireland | 0.4 | 2011 | ||
=192 | Singapore | 0.4 | 2010 | ||
=192 | Italy | 0.4 | 2010 | ||
=192 | United Kingdom | 0.4 | 2009 | ||
=192 | Hong Kong | 0.4 | 2006 | ||
=192 | South Korea | 0.4 | 2005 | ||
=192 | Martinique | 0.4 | 1999 | ||
=199 | Germany | 0.3 | 2011 | ||
=199 | Greenland | 0.3 | 2011 | ||
=199 | North Korea | 0.3 | 2008 | ||
=199 | Montserrat | 0.3 | 1980 | ||
=203 | Czech Republic | 0.2 | 2011 | ||
=203 | Lithuania | 0.2 | 2011 | ||
=203 | Netherlands | 0.2 | 2011 | ||
=203 | Norway | 0.2 | 2010 | ||
=203 | Liechtenstein | 0.2 | 2010 | ||
=203 | Faeroe Islands | 0.2 | 2008 | ||
=203 | San Marino | 0.2 | 2005 | ||
=203 | Dominica | 0.2 | 2001 | ||
=211 | Denmark | 0.1 | 2011 | ||
=211 | Bermuda | 0.1 | 2010 | ||
213 | Austria | 0.0 | 2011 |