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DEFINITION:
Percentage of women currently aged 20 to 24 who were married or in a marriage-like union before the age of 18.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 75% | 2014 | |
| 2 | Chad | 72% | 2014 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 66% | 2014 | |
| 4 | Guinea | 63% | 2014 | |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 61% | 2014 | |
| 6 | Mali | 55% | 2014 | |
| 7 | Mozambique | 52% | 2014 | |
| 8 | Malawi | 50% | 2014 | |
| =9 | Sierra Leone | 48% | 2014 | |
| =9 | Madagascar | 48% | 2014 | |
| =9 | Burkina Faso | 48% | 2014 | |
| =12 | Eritrea | 47% | 2014 | |
| =12 | India | 47% | 2014 | |
| 14 | Uganda | 46% | 2014 | |
| 15 | Somalia | 45% | 2014 | |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 43% | 2014 | |
| 17 | Zambia | 42% | 2014 | |
| =18 | Nepal | 41% | 2014 | |
| =18 | Ethiopia | 41% | 2014 | |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 40% | 2014 |