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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
24 August 2005 |
Statistics
and indicators on women and men |
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Table
2c - Legal age for marriage |
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| Country |
Year |
Legal age for marriage |
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|
W |
Notes |
M |
Notes |
| Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
| Algeria |
2003 |
18 |
|
21 |
|
| Benin |
2003 |
16 |
|
18 |
|
| Botswana |
2003 |
21 |
|
21 |
|
| Burkina Faso |
2003 |
18 |
|
21 |
|
| Cape Verde |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2003 |
18 |
|
21 |
|
| Egypt |
2003 |
16 |
|
18 |
|
| Ethiopia |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Gabon |
2003 |
15 |
|
18 |
|
| Ghana |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Kenya |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Madagascar |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Malawi |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Mali |
2003 |
18 |
|
20 |
|
| Mauritius |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Morocco |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Namibia |
2003 |
21 |
|
21 |
|
| Niger |
2003 |
21 |
|
21 |
|
| Rwanda |
2003 |
21 |
|
21 |
|
| South Africa |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Togo |
2003 |
17 |
|
20 |
|
| Tunisia |
2003 |
20 |
|
20 |
|
| Uganda |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| United
Republic of Tanzania |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Zambia |
2003 |
21 |
|
21 |
|
| America, North |
|
|
|
|
|
| Bahamas |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Barbados |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Belize |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Canada |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Costa Rica |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Cuba |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Dominica |
2003 |
16 |
|
16 |
|
| Dominican Republic |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| El Salvador |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Guatemala |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Jamaica |
2003 |
18 |
|
18 |
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