Women who were first married by age 15

Women who were first married by age 15 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 15.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
142
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    UNICEF

    UNICEF Data, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/overview.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: PT_F_20-24_MRD_U15; Indicator name from the original source: Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 15, type: API

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    Demographic & Health Surveys

    DHS API, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, uri: https://api.dhsprogram.com/#/index.html, note: Indicator code from the original source: MA_MBAG_W_B15; Indicator name from the original source: Women first married by exact age 15, type: API

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Bangladesh202513.40percent
Libya20250.30percent
Singapore20250percent
Angola20246.20percent
Chile20240percent
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the20247.80percent
Kazakhstan20240.20percent
Lesotho20241.30percent
Malawi20246.40percent
Mali202414.40percent

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