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Child Marriage, 2025 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2025; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

Child Marriage, 2025 compilation covers 145 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 61.0; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 16.1. 20 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Child Marriage · Latest available · compiled 2025

HighestCentral African Republic

61.0

Lowest3 countries share it

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Child Marriage, 2025 compilation, as published. UNICEF ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 145 countries · select a heading to sort

Child Marriage, 2025 compilation: every country, as published by UNICEF.
derived
1NigerNERWestern Africa · 2012 reading, too old to compare76.328.05.72012DHS 2012
2Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2019 reading61.025.817.12019MICS 2018-19
3ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2019 reading60.624.28.12019MICS 2019
4South SudanSSDEastern Africa · 2010 reading, too old to compare51.58.9—2010SHHS-2 2010
5Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2015 reading51.38.91.62015EMDS 2015
6MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2024 reading48.514.41.32024DHS 2023-24
7MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa · 2023 reading48.412.913.32023DHS 2022-23
8BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2025 reading47.213.44.42025MICS 2025
9GuineaGINWestern Africa · 2018 reading46.517.01.92018DHS 2018
10SomaliaSOMEastern Africa · 2006 reading, too old to compare45.38.4—2006MICS 2006
11EritreaERIEastern Africa · 2010 reading, too old to compare40.712.92.32010EPHS 2010
12EthiopiaETHEastern Africa · 2016 reading40.314.15.02016DHS 2016
13MadagascarMDGEastern Africa · 2021 reading38.812.711.22021DHS 2021
14MalawiMWIEastern Africa · 2024 reading38.76.47.92024DHS 2024
15MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa · 2021 reading36.615.51.22021DHS 2019-21
16SurinameSURSouth America · 2018 reading36.08.819.62018MICS 2018
17NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2012 reading, too old to compare35.29.719.42012ENDESA 2011-12
18NepalNPLSouthern Asia · 2022 reading34.95.87.02022DHS 2022
19SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2014 reading, too old to compare34.211.9—2014MICS 2014
=20HondurasHNDCentral America · 2019 reading34.09.210.02019MICS 2019
=20UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2016 reading34.07.35.52016DHS 2016
22ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa · 2019 reading33.75.41.92019MICS 2019
23BelizeBLZCentral America · 2016 reading33.56.322.22016MICS 2015-16
24NigeriaNGAWestern Africa · 2024 reading33.411.41.72024DHS 2023-24
25GuyanaGUYSouth America · 2020 reading32.36.311.92020MICS 2019-20

02In Child Marriage, 2025 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. 2Central African Republic61.0
  2. 3Chad60.6
  3. 5Burkina Faso51.3
  4. 6Mali48.5
  5. 7Mozambique48.4

Lowest

  1. 143Norwayshared0.0
  2. 143United Kingdomshared0.0
  3. 143Chileshared0.0
  4. 139Singaporeshared0.1
  5. 139North Koreashared0.1

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 16.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women 20–24 married before 15 (%)

    HighestCentral African Republic25.8

    Lowest15 share it

    Middle country: 2.3

  • Men 20–24 married before 18 (%)

    HighestBelize22.2

    Lowest5 share it

    Middle country: 2.7

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2025, from 2006 to 2025. 20 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 122 distinct values among 145

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 0.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UNICEF publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • 47 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNICEF (2025). Child Marriage, 2025 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/child-marriage/2025

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06Questions

Child Marriage, 2025 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest child marriage in Child Marriage, 2025 compilation?

Central African Republic, at 61.0, of the 145 countries in the file.

How many countries does Child Marriage, 2025 compilation cover?

145.

Where can I download Child Marriage, 2025 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Child Marriage, 2025 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-10, when it was read from the publisher.

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