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Last update: Jan 2012

Percentage of 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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Country or territory	Total	Urban	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest	Source
Afghanistan	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	NRVA 2007/2008
Albania	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-09
Algeria	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Andorra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Armenia	10	7	16	22	11	10	5	7	DHS 2005
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	48	29	61	61	64	60	57	26	MICS 2006
Burundi	18	14	18	21	21	20	14	13	MICS 2005
Cambodia	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Cameroon	36	23	57	71	54	47	28	11	MICS 2006
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2005
Central African Republic	61	57	64	59	64	66	59	56	MICS 2006
Chad	72	65	73	67	70	82	75	65	DHS 2004
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	40	36	50	64	51	40	29	21	DHS 2007
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	49	27	55	61	60	56	52	30	DHS 2005
Fiji	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	34	30	49	47	43	27	31	26	DHS 2000
Gambia	36	24	45	56	42	40	35	18	MICS 2005-06
Georgia	17	12	23	29	21	18	11	13	MICS 2005
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	25	13	38	52	27	31	22	5	DHS 2008
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
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	7	6	9	8	10	8	5	6	MICS 2006
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	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2000
Lesotho	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Liberia	38	25	49	57	48	43	31	18	DHS 2007
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Madagascar	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2008-09
Malawi	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maldives	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Mali	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010
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	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	RHS 2008
Montenegro	5	5	5	10	9	2	3	1	MICS 2005
Monteserrat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	16	12	21	23	22	16	11	8	DHS 2003-04
Mozambique	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2008
Myanmar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Namibia	9	6	11	18	7	13	6	1	DHS 2006-07
Nauru	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Nepal	51	41	54	60	60	58	46	38	DHS 2006
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	PCBS 2004
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	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS (Cont. s.) 2010
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	13	9	14	15	13	18	14	8	DHS 2005
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	39	23	55	63	59	44	28	17	DHS 2005
Serbia	6	4	8	18	6	6	3	1	MICS 2005
Seychelles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	48	30	61	62	63	65	45	23	DHS 2008
Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Somalia	45	35	52	44	59	56	43	28	MICS 2006
South Africa	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2003
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2006-07
Suriname	19	14	33	45	18	15	12	11	MICS 2006
Swaziland	5	1	6	13	6	6	2	2	DHS 2006-07
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	4	3	4	11	4	3	3	0	MICS 2005
Timor-Leste	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2009
Togo	25	15	36	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2010
Tokelau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tuvalu	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2007
Uganda	46	27	52	62	59	47	49	26	DHS 2006
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	10	3	13	26	11	11	7	2	MICS 2006
Yemen	32	28	35	49	35	27	34	23	MICS 2006
Zambia	42	26	53	63	55	48	41	13	DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	MIMS 2009

MEMORANDUM
Sudan & South Sudan*	34	24	40	50	50	41	28	10	SHHS 2006
AIS: AIDS Indicator Surveys DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys DHS (cont.s.): Continuous DHS (Peru) 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) ENSMI: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil (Guatemala) FESAL: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (El Salvador) MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MIMS: Multiple Indicator Monitoring Survey (Zimbabwe) NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India) NRVA: National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (Afghanistan) PCBS: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PNDS: Pesquisa Nacional Demografia e Saúde (Brazil) RHS: Reproductive Health Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Paraguay) RHS: Reproductive Health Survey by the United Nations Population Fund (Mongolia) SHHS: Sudan Household Health Survey * Due to the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan from the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 14 July 2011, disaggregated data for Sudan and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available for most indicators. Aggregated data presented are for Sudan pre-cession (see Memorandum item). "-" = Data not available