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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =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 |
