Child marriage [short]
বাল্যবিবাহ
Public health
state
crisis
score
97.0
as of
2026-06-08
crisis skill: indicative
"Indicative" means no validated crisis-prediction skill: the labelled-episode record is too thin to score a crisis probability, so the page shows the benchmark-anchored state and (where available) the forecast trajectory only, never a crisis probability.
Drivers
| Indicator | Value | z-score | Weight | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wb sp m18 2024 fe zs | 51.40 | - | 1.00 | 2019-12-31 |
Notes
child_marriage: Child marriage (% women 20-24 married before age 18) 51.4% (as of 2019-12-31); level-anchored thresholds. SDG Target 5.3: eliminate child marriage by 2030 (SDG 5.3.1, % women 20-24 married before 18). UNICEF 2022 global estimate: 18.5% (1 in 5). South and Central Asia: 24.6%. Sub-Saharan Africa: 30.7%. Bands anchored: calm <10% (low-burden, app Forward forecast omitted (series too short to validate).