Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Women who were first married by age 18 refers to the percentage of women ages 20-24 who were first married by age 18.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), AIDS Indicator Surveys(AIS), Reproductive Health Survey(RHS), and other household surveys.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 76.30 | 2012 |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 61.00 | 2019 |
| 3 | Chad | 60.60 | 2019 |
| 4 | Mali | 53.70 | 2018 |
| 5 | Mozambique | 52.90 | 2015 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 51.60 | 2010 |
| 7 | Guinea | 46.50 | 2018 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 43.40 | 2018 |
| 9 | Malawi | 42.10 | 2016 |
| 10 | Eritrea | 40.68 | 2010 |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 40.30 | 2016 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 40.28 | 2018 |
| 13 | Mauritania | 36.98 | 2015 |
| 14 | Somalia | 35.50 | 2020 |
| 15 | Sudan | 34.20 | 2014 |
| 16 | Uganda | 34.00 | 2016 |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 33.66 | 2019 |
| 18 | Comoros | 31.60 | 2012 |
| 19 | Benin | 30.60 | 2018 |
| 20 | Tanzania | 30.50 | 2016 |
| 20 | Senegal | 30.50 | 2019 |
| 22 | Angola | 30.30 | 2016 |
| 23 | Cameroon | 29.80 | 2018 |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 29.60 | 2019 |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.50 | 2011 |
| 26 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 29.11 | 2018 |
| 27 | Zambia | 29.00 | 2018 |
| 28 | São Tomé and Principe | 28.00 | 2019 |
| 29 | Congo | 27.30 | 2015 |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27.00 | 2016 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.70 | 2019 |
| 32 | Liberia | 24.90 | 2020 |
| 33 | Togo | 24.80 | 2017 |
| 34 | The Gambia | 23.10 | 2020 |
| 35 | Kenya | 22.90 | 2014 |
| 36 | Gabon | 21.90 | 2012 |
| 37 | Ghana | 19.33 | 2018 |
| 38 | Burundi | 19.00 | 2017 |
| 39 | Cabo Verde | 18.00 | 2005 |
| 40 | Egypt | 17.40 | 2014 |
| 41 | Lesotho | 16.41 | 2018 |
| 42 | Morocco | 13.70 | 2018 |
| 43 | Botswana | 10.00 | 1988 |
| 44 | Namibia | 6.90 | 2013 |
| 45 | Rwanda | 5.50 | 2020 |
| 46 | Eswatini | 5.30 | 2014 |
| 47 | Djibouti | 5.30 | 2012 |
| 48 | Algeria | 3.80 | 2019 |
| 49 | South Africa | 3.60 | 2016 |
| 50 | Tunisia | 1.49 | 2018 |
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Periodicity: Annual
