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Which country has the highest child marriage rate?
Niger ranks #1 for child marriage rate at 76.3%, among 126 countries on The World Truth Map.
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Child Marriage Rate by country
Share of women aged 20–24 first married by 18 (UNICEF SDG 5.3.1 via Our World in Data, latest survey year per country)
| Rank | Country | Child Marriage Rate |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Niger | 76.3% |
| #2 | Central African Republic | 61.0% |
| #3 | Chad | 60.6% |
| #4 | South Sudan | 51.5% |
| #5 | Mali | 48.5% |
| #6 | Mozambique | 48.4% |
| #7 | Bangladesh | 47.2% |
| #8 | Guinea | 46.5% |
| #9 | Somalia | 45.3% |
| #10 | Eritrea | 40.7% |
| #11 | Ethiopia | 40.3% |
| #12 | Madagascar | 38.8% |
| #13 | Malawi | 38.7% |
| #14 | Burkina Faso | 38.2% |
| #15 | Mauritania | 36.6% |
| #16 | Suriname | 36.0% |
| #17 | Nicaragua | 35.2% |
| #18 | Nepal | 34.9% |
| #19 | Sudan | 34.2% |
| #20 | Honduras | 34.0% |
| #21 | Uganda | 34.0% |
| #22 | Zimbabwe | 33.7% |
| #23 | Nigeria | 33.4% |
| #24 | Guyana | 32.3% |
| #25 | Dominican Republic | 31.5% |
| #26 | Laos | 30.5% |
| #27 | Senegal | 30.2% |
| #28 | DR Congo | 29.9% |
| #29 | Cameroon | 29.8% |
| #30 | Sierra Leone | 29.6% |
| #31 | Yemen | 29.6% |
| #32 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.5% |
| #33 | Guatemala | 29.5% |
| #34 | Cuba | 29.4% |
| #35 | Tanzania | 29.1% |
| #36 | Afghanistan | 28.7% |
| #37 | Iraq | 27.9% |
| #38 | Benin | 27.5% |
| #39 | Congo | 27.3% |
| #40 | Papua New Guinea | 27.3% |
| #41 | Jamaica | 26.9% |
| #42 | Panama | 26.4% |
| #43 | Brazil | 26.2% |
| #44 | Cote d'Ivoire | 25.8% |
| #45 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.7% |
| #46 | Liberia | 24.9% |
| #47 | Togo | 24.8% |
| #48 | Uruguay | 24.6% |
| #49 | Zambia | 23.9% |
| #50 | Colombia | 23.4% |
| #51 | Angola | 23.1% |
| #52 | Gambia | 23.1% |
| #53 | India | 22.3% |
| #54 | Ecuador | 22.2% |
| #55 | Paraguay | 21.6% |
| #56 | El Salvador | 19.7% |
| #57 | Burundi | 19.0% |
| #58 | Pakistan | 18.3% |
| #59 | Mexico | 18.2% |
| #60 | Cambodia | 17.9% |
| #61 | Peru | 17.9% |
| #62 | Costa Rica | 17.1% |
| #63 | Thailand | 17.0% |
| #64 | Iran | 16.7% |
| #65 | Indonesia | 16.3% |
| #66 | Ghana | 16.1% |
| #67 | Myanmar | 16.0% |
| #68 | Egypt | 15.8% |
| #69 | Argentina | 15.5% |
| #70 | Azerbaijan | 15.0% |
| #71 | Haiti | 14.9% |
| #72 | Timor-Leste | 14.9% |
| #73 | Turkey | 14.7% |
| #74 | Vietnam | 14.6% |
| #75 | Bolivia | 14.5% |
| #76 | Morocco | 13.7% |
| #77 | Lesotho | 13.4% |
| #78 | Gabon | 13.3% |
| #79 | Syria | 13.3% |
| #80 | Kenya | 12.5% |
| #81 | Moldova | 12.2% |
| #82 | Albania | 11.8% |
| #83 | Botswana | 10.0% |
| #84 | Jordan | 9.9% |
| #85 | Sri Lanka | 9.8% |
| #86 | Georgia | 9.4% |
| #87 | Philippines | 9.4% |
| #88 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.2% |
| #89 | Ukraine | 9.1% |
| #90 | Bhutan | 9.0% |
| #91 | Tajikistan | 8.8% |
| #92 | Mongolia | 8.1% |
| #93 | Namibia | 6.9% |
| #94 | Romania | 6.9% |
| #95 | Djibouti | 6.5% |
| #96 | Russia | 6.2% |
| #97 | Kazakhstan | 6.1% |
| #98 | Turkmenistan | 6.1% |
| #99 | Lebanon | 6.0% |
| #100 | Montenegro | 5.8% |
| #101 | Rwanda | 5.5% |
| #102 | Serbia | 5.5% |
| #103 | Armenia | 5.3% |
| #104 | Belarus | 4.7% |
| #105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.2% |
| #106 | Libya | 4.1% |
| #107 | Oman | 4.0% |
| #108 | Algeria | 3.8% |
| #109 | South Africa | 3.6% |
| #110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.5% |
| #111 | Saudi Arabia | 3.4% |
| #112 | Uzbekistan | 3.4% |
| #113 | China | 2.8% |
| #114 | Tunisia | 2.4% |
| #115 | Eswatini | 1.9% |
| #116 | Qatar | 1.7% |
| #117 | Israel | 0.8% |
| #118 | Denmark | 0.7% |
| #119 | Lithuania | 0.2% |
| #120 | Belgium | 0.1% |
| #121 | Finland | 0.1% |
| #122 | North Korea | 0.1% |
| #123 | Singapore | 0.1% |
| #124 | Chile | 0.0% |
| #125 | Norway | 0.0% |
| #126 | United Kingdom | 0.0% |
FAQ
- Which country has the highest child marriage rate?
- Niger ranks #1 for child marriage rate at 76.3%, among 126 countries on The World Truth Map.
- How is child marriage rate measured?
- Share of women aged 20–24 first married by 18 (UNICEF SDG 5.3.1 via Our World in Data, latest survey year per country)
- How many countries have data for child marriage rate?
- 126 of 164 countries on this map have a value for child marriage rate.