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Percentage of women aged 20-24 who were married/in union before the age of 18:
| Rank | Country | % girls married before 18 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 74.5 |
| 2 | Chad | 71.5 |
| 3 | Mali | 70.6 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 66.2 |
| 5 | Guinea | 63.1 |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 57.0 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 55.9 |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 51.9 |
| 9 | Nepal | 51.4 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 49.2 |
| 11 | Malawi | 48.9 |
| 12 | Madagascar | 48.2 |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 47.9 |
| 14 | Cameroon | 47.2 |
| 15 | Eritrea | 47.0 |
| 16 | Uganda | 46.3 |
| 17 | India | 44.5 |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 43.3 |
| 19 | Zambia | 41.6 |
| 20 | Tanzania | 41.1 |
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