WUNRN
UNICEF CHILDINFO
January 2013 Site Update
Percentage of Young Women Aged 20–24 Who Were First Married/In Union Before the Age of 18
Country or territory |
Total |
|
Residence |
Wealth Index Quintile |
Source |
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Urban |
Rural |
Poorest |
Second |
Middle |
Fourth |
Richest |
||||
|
40 |
|
30 |
43 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010-11 |
|
10 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2008-09 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2006 |
Andorra |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Angola |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Argentina |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Armenia |
7 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Australia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Austria |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Azerbaijan |
12 |
|
10 |
15 |
17 |
14 |
15 |
9 |
8 |
DHS 2006 |
Bahamas |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Bahrain |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Bangladesh |
66 |
|
53 |
70 |
83 |
77 |
73 |
68 |
53 |
DHS 2007 |
Barbados |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Belarus |
7 |
|
6 |
10 |
16 |
9 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
MICS 2005 |
Belgium |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Belize |
26 |
|
23 |
29 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2011 |
Benin |
34 |
|
19 |
47 |
57 |
51 |
45 |
27 |
11 |
DHS 2006 |
Bhutan |
26 |
|
17 |
31 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
22 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2008 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6 |
|
2 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
MICS 2006 |
Botswana |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Brazil |
36 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
PNDS 2006 |
Brunei Darussalam |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Bulgaria |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Burkina Faso |
52 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Burundi |
20 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Cambodia |
18 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Cameroon |
36 |
|
23 |
57 |
71 |
54 |
47 |
28 |
11 |
MICS 2006 |
Canada |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Cape Verde |
18 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2005 |
Central African Republic |
68 |
|
66 |
70 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 prelim |
Chad |
68 |
|
54 |
73 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Chile |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
China |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Colombia |
23 |
|
20 |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Comoros |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Congo |
33 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
AIS 2009 |
Cook Islands |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Costa Rica |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
35 |
|
27 |
43 |
47 |
43 |
43 |
31 |
18 |
AIS 2005 |
Croatia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Cuba |
40 |
|
37 |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010-11 |
Cyprus |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Czech Republic |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
39 |
|
27 |
45 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Denmark |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Djibouti |
5 |
|
5 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2006 |
Dominica |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Dominican Republic |
41 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ENHOGAR 2009-10 |
Ecuador |
22 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ENDEMAIN 2004 |
Egypt |
17 |
|
9 |
22 |
37 |
29 |
23 |
16 |
8 |
DHS 2008 |
El Salvador |
25 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
FESAL 2008 |
Equatorial Guinea |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Eritrea |
47 |
|
31 |
60 |
46 |
64 |
66 |
48 |
21 |
DHS 2002 |
Estonia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Ethiopia |
41 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2011 |
Fiji |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Finland |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
France |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Gabon |
34 |
x |
30 |
49 |
47 |
43 |
27 |
31 |
26 |
DHS 2000 |
Gambia |
36 |
|
24 |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 prelim |
Georgia |
14 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
RHS 2010 |
Germany |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Ghana |
21 |
|
12 |
32 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2011 prelim |
Greece |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Grenada |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Guatemala |
30 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ENSMI 2008/09 |
Guinea |
63 |
|
45 |
75 |
79 |
74 |
75 |
55 |
46 |
DHS 2005 |
Guinea-Bissau |
22 |
|
12 |
32 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 prelim |
Guyana |
23 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2009 |
Haiti |
30 |
|
27 |
33 |
38 |
32 |
32 |
35 |
19 |
DHS 2005-06 |
Holy See |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Honduras |
39 |
|
33 |
46 |
52 |
51 |
46 |
35 |
19 |
DHS 2005-06 |
Hungary |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Iceland |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
India |
47 |
|
29 |
56 |
75 |
67 |
52 |
37 |
16 |
NFHS 2005-06 |
Indonesia |
22 |
|
13 |
30 |
31 |
33 |
32 |
27 |
18 |
DHS 2007 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Iraq |
17 |
|
16 |
19 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2006 |
Ireland |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Israel |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Italy |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Jamaica |
9 |
|
7 |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2005 |
Japan |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Jordan |
10 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Interim DHS 2009 |
Kazakhstan |
6 |
|
5 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010-11 |
Kenya |
26 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2008-09 |
Kiribati |
20 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2009 |
Kuwait |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
10 |
|
7 |
14 |
17 |
7 |
14 |
12 |
5 |
MICS 2006 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Latvia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Lebanon |
6 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2009 |
Lesotho |
19 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2009 |
Liberia |
38 |
|
25 |
49 |
57 |
48 |
43 |
31 |
18 |
DHS 2007 |
Libya |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Liechtenstein |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Lithuania |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Luxembourg |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Madagascar |
48 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2008-09 |
Malawi |
50 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Malaysia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Maldives |
4 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2009 |
Mali |
55 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 prelim |
Malta |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Marshall Islands |
26 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2007 |
Mauritania |
35 |
|
27 |
44 |
51 |
46 |
39 |
33 |
20 |
MICS 2007 |
Mauritius |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mexico |
23 |
|
19 |
31 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ENADID 2009 |
Micronesia (Federated States of) |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Monaco |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Mongolia |
5 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 prelim |
Montenegro |
5 |
|
5 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
MICS 2005 |
Morocco |
16 |
|
12 |
21 |
23 |
22 |
16 |
11 |
8 |
DHS 2003-04 |
Mozambique |
56 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
AIS 2009 |
Myanmar |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Namibia |
9 |
|
6 |
11 |
18 |
7 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
DHS 2006-07 |
Nauru |
27 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2007 |
Nepal |
41 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2011 |
Netherlands |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
New Zealand |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Nicaragua |
41 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
ENDESA 2006-07 |
Niger |
75 |
|
42 |
84 |
81 |
83 |
84 |
84 |
48 |
DHS 2006 |
Nigeria |
39 |
|
22 |
50 |
71 |
65 |
43 |
23 |
11 |
DHS 2008 |
Niue |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Norway |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Oman |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Pakistan |
24 |
|
16 |
29 |
46 |
36 |
30 |
27 |
18 |
DHS 2006-07 |
Palau |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Panama |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Papua New Guinea |
21 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2006 |
Paraguay |
18 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
RHS 2004 |
Peru |
19 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS (Cont. s.) 2011 |
Philippines |
14 |
|
11 |
19 |
35 |
23 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
DHS 2008 |
Poland |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Portugal |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Qatar |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Republic of Korea |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Republic of Moldova |
19 |
|
16 |
22 |
23 |
28 |
19 |
13 |
17 |
DHS 2005 |
Romania |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Russian Federation |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Rwanda |
8 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Saint Lucia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Samoa |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
San Marino |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
34 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2008-09 |
Saudi Arabia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Senegal |
33 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010-11 |
Serbia |
5 |
|
5 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Seychelles |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sierra Leone |
44 |
|
31 |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Singapore |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Slovakia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Slovenia |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Solomon Islands |
22 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2007 |
Somalia |
45 |
|
35 |
52 |
44 |
59 |
56 |
43 |
28 |
MICS 2006 |
South Africa |
6 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2003 |
South Sudan |
52 |
|
51 |
52 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
SHHS-2 2010 prelim |
Spain |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sri Lanka |
12 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2006-07 |
State of Palestine |
19 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
PCBS 2004 |
Sudan |
33 |
|
22 |
39 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
SHHS-2 2010 prelim |
Suriname |
19 |
|
14 |
33 |
45 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
11 |
MICS 2006 |
Swaziland |
7 |
|
7 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Sweden |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Switzerland |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Syrian Arab Republic |
13 |
|
15 |
12 |
11 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
MICS 2006 |
Tajikistan |
13 |
|
13 |
13 |
15 |
10 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
MICS 2005 |
Thailand |
20 |
|
12 |
23 |
30 |
28 |
23 |
16 |
5 |
MICS 2005-06 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
7 |
|
5 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2011 prelim |
Timor-Leste |
19 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2009 |
Togo |
25 |
|
15 |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2010 |
Tonga |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
8 |
|
- |
- |
17 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
MICS 2006 |
Tunisia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey |
14 |
|
13 |
17 |
28 |
26 |
20 |
17 |
10 |
DHS 2008 |
Turkmenistan |
7 |
|
9 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
MICS 2006 |
Tuvalu |
10 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2007 |
Uganda |
40 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2011 |
Ukraine |
10 |
|
8 |
18 |
21 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
DHS 2007 |
United Arab Emirates |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
United Kingdom |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
United Republic of Tanzania |
37 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010 |
United States |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Uruguay |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Uzbekistan |
7 |
|
9 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
MICS 2006 |
Vanuatu |
27 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2007 |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Viet Nam |
9 |
|
4 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
MICS 2011 |
|
32 |
|
28 |
35 |
49 |
35 |
27 |
34 |
23 |
MICS 2006 |
Zambia |
42 |
|
26 |
53 |
63 |
55 |
48 |
41 |
13 |
DHS 2007 |
Zimbabwe |
31 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
DHS 2010-11 |
Notes:
AIS: AIDS Indicator
Surveys
Cont. s.: Continuous survey (Peru)
DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
ENADID: Encuesta Nacional de la Dinamica Demográfica (Mexico)
ENDEMAIN: Encuesta demográfica y de salud materno infantile (Ecuador)
ENDESA: Encuesta Nicaraguense de Demografia y Salud (Nicaragua)
ENHOGAR: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (Dominican
Republic)
ENSMI: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil (Guatemala)
FESAL: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (El Salvador)
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India)
PCBS: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
PNDS: Pesquisa Nacional Demografia e Saúde (Brazil)
RHS: Reproductive Health Surveys
SHHS: Sudan Household Health Survey
"-" Data not available
x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column
heading. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global
averages.
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