Table 2.
Prevalence of girl child marriage in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan from early 1990s to mid 2000s.
| Country | Age at Marriage | 1991–1994 | 1995–1998 | 1999–2001 | 2002–2004 | 2005–2007 | Relative change1 |
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| Bangladesh2 | <14 | 33.8% | 35.0% | 24.9% | 24.4% | 18.5% | −45.3% |
| 14–15 | 24.3% | 21.0% | 24.6% | 25.5% | 27.1% | 11.5% | |
| 16–17 | 15.2% | 12.6% | 15.8% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 35.5% | |
| Total <18 | 73.3% | 68.5% | 65.3% | 68.7% | 66.2% | −9.7% | |
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| India3 | <14 | 9.6% | – | 8.0% | – | 6.3% | −34.4% |
| 14–15 | 19.5% | – | 18.5% | – | 16.3% | −16.4% | |
| 16–17 | 21.0% | – | 19.7% | – | 21.9% | 4.3% | |
| Total <18 | 50.2% | 46.2% | – | 44.5% | −11.4% | ||
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| Nepal4 | <14 | – | 8.6% | 3.6% | – | 3.8% | −55.8% |
| 14–15 | – | 25.6% | 24.5% | – | 18.7% | −27.0% | |
| 16–17 | – | 26.1% | 27.9% | 29.0% | 11.1% | ||
| Total <18 | – | 60.3% | 56.1% | – | 51.4% | −14.8% | |
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| Pakistan5 | <14 | 6.4% | – | – | – | 2.5% | −60.9% |
| 14–15 | 11.8% | – | – | – | 8.9% | −24.6% | |
| 16–17 | 13.4% | – | – | – | 12.7% | −5.2% | |
| Total <18 | 31.6% | – | – | – | 24.0% | −24.1% | |
Note: empty cells represent time periods in which a DHS was not conducted.
1
From Time 1 to Final time
2
Bangladesh DHS survey years: 1993–1994, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2004, 2007
3
India DHS survey years: 1992–1993, 1998–1999, 2005–2006
4
Nepal DHS survey years: 1996, 2001, 2006
5
Pakistan DHS survey years: 1990–1991, 2006–2007