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.
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
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 2025 | 13.40 | percent |
| Libya | 2025 | 0.30 | percent |
| Singapore | 2025 | 0 | percent |
| Angola | 2024 | 6.20 | percent |
| Chile | 2024 | 0 | percent |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | 2024 | 7.80 | percent |
| Kazakhstan | 2024 | 0.20 | percent |
| Lesotho | 2024 | 1.30 | percent |
| Malawi | 2024 | 6.40 | percent |
| Mali | 2024 | 14.40 | percent |
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