In 2021, nearly 11 percent of women aged 20-24 years in Sub-Saharan Africa were married or in a union before age 15. The proportion was higher in West and Central Africa, at 12.5 percent. In the same sub-region, over 37 percent of young women were married before reaching 18 years. In Eastern and Central Africa, around nine percent married before age 15, while 32 percent did before age 18.
Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region
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UNICEF. (August 1, 2021). Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/
UNICEF. "Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region." Chart. August 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/
UNICEF. (2021). Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/
UNICEF. "Share of Women Who Were Married or in Union by Age 15 or 18 in Sub-saharan Africa in 2021, by Sub-region." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/
UNICEF, Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of women who were married or in union by age 15 or 18 in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021, by sub-region [Graph], UNICEF, August 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318440/share-of-young-women-married-or-in-union-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-sub-region/
