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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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