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Laws on child marriage

Name: Laws on child marriage by country, 2019
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 178 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2019

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178 countries · 2019

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Laws on child marriage league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Tanzania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Pakistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
3	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
4	Taiwan	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Malaysia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
7	Syrian Arab Republic	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
8	Burkina Faso	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Senegal	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Bahrain	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
12	Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Seychelles	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
14	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
15	Uzbekistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
16	Samoa	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
18	Cameroon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
19	Papua New Guinea	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
20	United States	0.75	North America	High income
21	Brazil	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	Canada	0.75	North America	High income
23	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
24	Jamaica	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Kuwait	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
26	Lebanon	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
27	Mexico	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	Malta	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
29	West Bank and Gaza	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Saudi Arabia	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
31	Sudan	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Solomon Islands	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
33	South Sudan	0.75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Slovak Republic	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Thailand	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Timor-Leste	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
37	Uruguay	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
38	Yemen, Rep.	0.75	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
39	Italy	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Costa Rica	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Cuba	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Cyprus	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Czechia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Mozambique	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Mauritania	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Mauritius	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
47	Benin	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Namibia	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Niger	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	Nigeria	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Nicaragua	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
52	Norway	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Nepal	0.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
54	New Zealand	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
55	Oman	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
56	Belgium	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Peru	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Philippines	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Burundi	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Poland	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Portugal	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Paraguay	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Azerbaijan	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
64	Romania	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Russian Federation	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Chile	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Austria	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Singapore	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Central African Republic	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Sierra Leone	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Serbia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
73	Botswana	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
74	Sao Tome and Principe	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Slovenia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Eswatini	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	Australia	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
78	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Chad	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
80	Togo	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Brunei Darussalam	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
82	Tajikistan	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
83	Barbados	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Tunisia	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Turkiye	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
86	Armenia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Argentina	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Uganda	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Ukraine	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Bolivia	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
91	United Arab Emirates	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
92	Albania	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Venezuela, RB	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
94	Angola	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
95	Belize	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	South Africa	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
97	Zambia	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Zimbabwe	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
99	Cabo Verde	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
100	Djibouti	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	Dominica	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Dominican Republic	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
103	Algeria	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
104	Ecuador	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Eritrea	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Spain	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Estonia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Ethiopia	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
109	Finland	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	France	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	United Kingdom	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Georgia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
114	Ghana	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Bahamas, The	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Gambia, The	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Guinea-Bissau	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
118	Equatorial Guinea	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
119	Greece	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Grenada	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
121	Guyana	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
123	Honduras	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Croatia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Bulgaria	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Hungary	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Indonesia	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	India	0.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
129	Ireland	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Comoros	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Iraq	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
132	Iceland	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Israel	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
134	Colombia	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	Jordan	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
136	Japan	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Kazakhstan	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	Kyrgyz Republic	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
139	Cambodia	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
140	Congo, Rep.	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
141	Liberia	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Libya	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
143	Sri Lanka	0.5	South Asia	Upper middle income
144	Lesotho	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Lithuania	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Luxembourg	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Latvia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Morocco	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
149	Moldova	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Madagascar	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Maldives	0.5	South Asia	Upper middle income
152	Belarus	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
153	North Macedonia	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Bangladesh	0.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
155	Cote d'Ivoire	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Myanmar	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
157	Montenegro	0.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Mongolia	0.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Malawi	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Turkmenistan	0.25	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
161	Germany	0.25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Viet Nam	0.25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
163	Kenya	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Bhutan	0.25	South Asia	Lower middle income
165	Rwanda	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.25	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
167	China	0.25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
168	Netherlands	0.25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Guatemala	0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
170	Lao PDR	0.25	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
171	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Fiji	0.25	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	El Salvador	0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Trinidad and Tobago	0.25	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
175	Panama	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Laws on child marriage