The graph shows the number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 and the number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 15 in selected countries in Latin America in 2016. In Brazil, 2.93 million girls were married before they were 18 and 864 thousand before they were 15. Child marriage prevalence rate in Brazil amounted to 36 percent that year.
Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016
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Married before 18
Married before 15
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Girls Not Brides. (January 19, 2017). Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/
Girls Not Brides. "Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in thousands)." Chart. January 19, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/
Girls Not Brides. (2017). Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/
Girls Not Brides. "Number of Women Aged 20 to 24 Who Were First Married before They Turned 18 in Selected Countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/
Girls Not Brides, Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of women aged 20 to 24 who were first married before they turned 18 in selected countries in Latin America as of 2016 (in thousands) [Graph], Girls Not Brides, January 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/709578/child-marriage-number-women-latam/