The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024 People and Society

Child marriage In 4 editions of 36.

Child marriage was published in 4 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2022 to 2025. The 2024 edition carries it in 99 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2024 edition
99
the first edition with it
2022
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Child marriage” (2022 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

women married by age 15:
5%
women married by age 18:
18.7% (2022 est.)
men married by age 18:
2.8% (2021 est.)

Africa

36 entries

Algeria

women married by age 18:
3.8% (2019 est.)

Angola

women married by age 15:
7.9%
women married by age 18:
30.3%
men married by age 18:
6% (2016 est.)

Benin

women married by age 15:
9.4%
women married by age 18:
30.6%
men married by age 18:
4.8% (2018 est.)

Burundi

women married by age 15:
2.8%
women married by age 18:
19%
men married by age 18:
1.4% (2017 est.)

Cameroon

women married by age 15:
10.7%
women married by age 18:
29.8%
men married by age 18:
2.9% (2018 est.)

Central African Republic

women married by age 15:
25.8%
women married by age 18:
61%
men married by age 18:
17.1% (2019 est.)

Chad

women married by age 15:
24.2%
women married by age 18:
60.6%
men married by age 18:
8.1% (2019 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

women married by age 15:
8.4%
women married by age 18:
29.1%
men married by age 18:
5.6% (2018 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

women married by age 15:
8.4%
women married by age 18:
29.1%
men married by age 18:
5.6% (2018 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

women married by age 15:
7%
women married by age 18:
27%
men married by age 18:
3.5% (2016 est.)

Djibouti

women married by age 15:
1.4%
women married by age 18:
6.5% (2019 est.)

Ethiopia

women married by age 15:
14.1%
women married by age 18:
40.3%
men married by age 18:
5% (2016 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

women married by age 15:
5.6%
women married by age 18:
23.1%
men married by age 18:
0.2% (2020 est.)

Ghana

women married by age 15:
5%
women married by age 18:
19.3%
men married by age 18:
3.9% (2018 est.)

Guinea

women married by age 15:
17%
women married by age 18:
46.5%
men married by age 18:
1.9% (2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

women married by age 15:
8.1%
women married by age 18:
25.7%
men married by age 18:
2.2% (2019 est.)

Lesotho

women married by age 15:
1%
women married by age 18:
16.4%
men married by age 18:
1.9% (2018 est.)

Liberia

women married by age 15:
5.8% NA
women married by age 18:
24.9% NA
men married by age 18:
8.4% (2020 est.)

Madagascar

women married by age 15:
12.7%
women married by age 18:
38.8%
men married by age 18:
11.2% (2021 est.)

Malawi

women married by age 15:
7.5%
women married by age 18:
37.7%
men married by age 18:
7% (2020 est.)

Mali

women married by age 15:
15.9%
women married by age 18:
53.7%
men married by age 18:
2.1% (2018 est.)

Mauritania

women married by age 15:
15.5%
women married by age 18:
36.6%
men married by age 18:
1.2% (2021 est.)

Morocco

women married by age 15:
0.5%
women married by age 18:
13.7% (2018 est.)

Nigeria

women married by age 15:
12.3%
women married by age 18:
30.3%
men married by age 18:
1.6% (2021 est.)

note: due to prolonged insecurity concerns, some parts of states, including Borno state, were not sampled

Rwanda

women married by age 18:
0.4% (2020 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

women married by age 15:
5.4%
women married by age 18:
28%
men married by age 18:
3.1% (2019 est.)

Senegal

women married by age 15:
8.8%
women married by age 18:
30.5%
men married by age 18:
0.7% (2019 est.)

Sierra Leone

women married by age 15:
8.6%
women married by age 18:
29.6%
men married by age 18:
4.1% (2019 est.)

Somalia

women married by age 15:
16.8%
women married by age 18:
35.5%
men married by age 18:
5.6% (2020 est.)

South Africa

women married by age 15:
0.9%
women married by age 18:
3.6%
men married by age 18:
0.6% (2016 est.)

Tanzania

women married by age 15:
5.2%
women married by age 18:
30.5%
men married by age 18:
3.9% (2016 est.)

Togo

women married by age 15:
6.4%
women married by age 18:
24.8%
men married by age 18:
2.6% (2017 est.)

Tunisia

women married by age 15:
1.5% (2018 est.)

Uganda

women married by age 15:
7.3%
women married by age 18:
34%
men married by age 18:
5.5% (2016 est.)

Zambia

women married by age 15:
5.2%
women married by age 18:
29%
men married by age 18:
2.8% (2018 est.)

Zimbabwe

women married by age 15:
5.4%
women married by age 18:
33.7%
men married by age 18:
1.9% (2019 est.)

Asia

17 entries

Afghanistan

women married by age 15:
4.2%
women married by age 18:
28.3% (2017 est.)

Armenia

women married by age 15:
0%
women married by age 18:
5.3%
men married by age 18:
0.4% (2016 est.)

Bangladesh

women married by age 15:
15.5%
women married by age 18:
51.4% (2019 est.)

China

women married by age 15:
0.1%
women married by age 18:
2.8%
men married by age 18:
0.7% (2020 est.)

Georgia

women married by age 15:
0.3%
women married by age 18:
13.9%
men married by age 18:
0.5% (2018 est.)

India

women married by age 15:
4.8%
women married by age 18:
23.3%
men married by age 18:
2.6% (2021 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

women married by age 18:
0.1% (2017 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

women married by age 15:
0.3%
women married by age 18:
12.9% (2018 est.)

Maldives

women married by age 18:
2.2%
men married by age 18:
2.2% (2017 est.)

Mongolia

women married by age 15:
0.9%
women married by age 18:
12%
men married by age 18:
2.1% (2018 est.)

Nepal

women married by age 15:
7.9%
women married by age 18:
32.8%
men married by age 18:
9% (2019 est.)

Pakistan

women married by age 15:
3.6%
women married by age 18:
18.3%
men married by age 18:
4.7% (2018 est.)

Russia

women married by age 15:
0.3%
women married by age 18:
6.2% (2017 est.)

Sri Lanka

women married by age 15:
0.9%
women married by age 18:
9.8% (2016 est.)

Tajikistan

women married by age 15:
0.1%
women married by age 18:
8.7% (2017 est.)

Turkmenistan

women married by age 15:
0.2%
women married by age 18:
6.1% (2019 est.)

Uzbekistan

women married by age 15:
0.2%
women married by age 18:
3.4% (2022 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

8 entries

Belize

women married by age 15:
6.3%
women married by age 18:
33.5%
men married by age 18:
22.2% (2016 est.)

Costa Rica

women married by age 15:
2%
women married by age 18:
17.1% (2018 est.)

Cuba

women married by age 15:
4.8%
women married by age 18:
29.4%
men married by age 18:
5.9% (2019 est.)

Dominican Republic

women married by age 15:
9.4%
women married by age 18:
31.5% (2019 est.)

El Salvador

women married by age 15:
4.3%
women married by age 18:
19.7% (2021 est.)

Haiti

women married by age 15:
2.1%
women married by age 18:
14.9%
men married by age 18:
1.6% (2017 est.)

Honduras

women married by age 15:
9.2%
women married by age 18:
34%
men married by age 18:
10% (2019 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

women married by age 18:
23.3%
men married by age 18:
5.1% (2020 est.)

Europe

9 entries

Albania

women married by age 15:
1.4%
women married by age 18:
11.8%
men married by age 18:
1.2% (2018 est.)

Belarus

women married by age 15:
0.1%
women married by age 18:
4.7%
men married by age 18:
1.6% (2019 est.)

Denmark

women married by age 18:
0.7% (2021 est.)

Finland

women married by age 18:
0.1% (2017 est.)

Lithuania

women married by age 18:
0.3% (2021 est.)

Montenegro

women married by age 15:
1.9%
women married by age 18:
5.8%
men married by age 18:
3.2% (2018 est.)

North Macedonia

women married by age 15:
0.3%
women married by age 18:
7.5% (2019 est.)

Serbia

women married by age 15:
1.2%
women married by age 18:
5.5% (2019 est.)

United Kingdom

women married by age 18:
0.1% (2020 est.)

Middle East

6 entries

Gaza Strip

women married by age 15:
0.7%
women married by age 18:
13.4% (2020 est.)

note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iraq

women married by age 15:
7.2%
women married by age 18:
27.9% (2018 est.)

Jordan

women married by age 15:
1.5%
women married by age 18:
9.7%
men married by age 18:
0.1% (2018 est.)

Lebanon

women married by age 15:
1.4%
women married by age 18:
6% (2016 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

women married by age 15:
2%
women married by age 18:
14.7% (2018 est.)

West Bank

women married by age 15:
0.7%
women married by age 18:
13.4% (2020 est.)

note: includes both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

North America

1 entry

Mexico

women married by age 15:
3.6%
women married by age 18:
20.7% (2018 est.)

Oceania

7 entries

Fiji

women married by age 15:
0.2%
women married by age 18:
4%
men married by age 18:
1.7% (2021 est.)

Kiribati

women married by age 15:
2.4%
women married by age 18:
18.4%
men married by age 18:
8.6% (2019 est.)

Papua New Guinea

women married by age 15:
8%
women married by age 18:
27.3%
men married by age 18:
3.7% (2018 est.)

Samoa

women married by age 15:
0.9%
women married by age 18:
7.4%
men married by age 18:
2% (2020 est.)

Tokelau

women married by age 15:
0.4%
women married by age 18:
10.1%
men married by age 18:
2.8% (2019 est.)

Tonga

women married by age 15:
0.4%
women married by age 18:
10.1%
men married by age 18:
2.8% (2019 est.)

Tuvalu

women married by age 18:
1.8%
men married by age 18:
1.7% (2020 est.)

South America

6 entries

Argentina

women married by age 15:
2.4%
women married by age 18:
15.5% (2020 est.)

Bolivia

women married by age 15:
3.4%
women married by age 18:
19.7%
men married by age 18:
5.2% (2016 est.)

Ecuador

women married by age 15:
3.8%
women married by age 18:
22.2% (2018 est.)

Paraguay

women married by age 15:
3.6%
women married by age 18:
21.6% (2016 est.)

Peru

women married by age 15:
2%
women married by age 18:
14.1% (2020 est.)

Suriname

women married by age 15:
8.8%
women married by age 18:
36%
men married by age 18:
19.6% (2018 est.)

Southeast Asia

8 entries

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

women married by age 15:
1.9%
women married by age 18:
16%
men married by age 18:
5% (2016 est.)

Indonesia

women married by age 15:
2%
women married by age 18:
16.3% (2017 est.)

Laos

women married by age 15:
7.1%
women married by age 18:
32.7%
men married by age 18:
10.8% (2017 est.)

Philippines

women married by age 15:
2.2%
women married by age 18:
16.5% (2017 est.)

Singapore

women married by age 18:
0.1% (2022 est.)

Thailand

women married by age 15:
3%
women married by age 18:
20.2%
men married by age 18:
9.8% (2019 est.)

Timor-Leste

women married by age 15:
2.6%
women married by age 18:
14.9%
men married by age 18:
1.2% (2016 est.)

Vietnam

women married by age 15:
1.1%
women married by age 18:
14.6%
men married by age 18:
1.9% (2021 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Child marriage”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/child-marriage/2024.

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