Child marriage is a truly global problem that cuts across countries

Child marriage around the world


Child marriage is a truly global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. Child brides can be found in every region in the world, from the Middle East to Latin America, South Asia to Europe


Every year, 12 million girls marry before the age of 18. Child marriage happens across countries, cultures and regions.

Our interactive atlas provides child marriage data for every country in the world. You can explore the map to understand the prevalence of child marriage globally, and find out what is being done to address it.

Countless underage girls around the world are being forced to work long, punishing hours. They’re cooking, cleaning, and caring for young children. They’re being denied education, access to future employment, and agency over their own bodies and lives. Every day, older men are raping these children, enslaving them, and violating their fundamental human rights.

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What's the child marriage rate? How big of an issue is child marriage?

35% of Afghan girls are married before the age of 18 and 9% are married before their 15th birthday.

The lowest median age at first marriage is in Nimroz.

According to UNICEF, Afghanistan has the 18th highest absolute number (572,000) of child brides in the world.

Afghanistan is a member of the South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) which adopted a regional action plan to end child marriage from 2015