WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

 

International Center for Research on Women - ICRW

http://www.icrw.org/child-marriage-facts-and-figures

 

CHILD MARRIAGE - Website Link Gives Figures & Facts

Rank

Country Name

% girls married before 18

1

Niger

74.5

2

Chad

71.5

3

Mali

70.6

4

Bangladesh

66.2

5

Guinea

63.1

6

Central African Republic

57

7

Mozambique

55.9

8

Burkina Faso

51.9

9

Nepal

51.4

10

Ethiopia

49.2

11

Malawi

48.9

12

Madagascar

48.2

13

Sierra Leone

47.9

14

Cameroon

47.2

15

Eritrea

47

16

Uganda

46.3

17

India

44.5

18

Nicaragua

43.3

19

Zambia

41.6

20

Tanzania

41.1


ICRW (2010). Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data. Most recent surveys for all DHS surveyed countries. Rankings are based on data in which women ages 20 – 24 reported being married by age 18.