Child Marriage Rate (Women 20-24 married before 18)

Percentage of women aged 20-24 who were married before age 18. A measure of early marriage prevalence and its impact on girls' development.

%Source: NFHS ↗Data year: 2021↓ Lower is betterWeight: 1.5x

State Rankings — Child Marriage Rate (Women 20-24 married before 18)

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#	State / UT	Value	Score	Tier
1	Lakshadweep(UT)	1.3%	100.0	Champion
2	Ladakh(UT)	2.5%	99.1	Champion
3	Jammu & Kashmir(UT)	4.5%	93.9	Champion
4	Himachal Pradesh	5.4%	91.6	Champion
5	Nagaland	5.6%	91.1	Champion
6	Goa	5.8%	90.6	Champion
7	Kerala	6.3%	89.3	Champion
8	Puducherry(UT)	6.5%	88.8	Champion
9	Mizoram	8.0%	84.9	Champion
10	Punjab	8.7%	83.1	Champion
11	Chandigarh(UT)	9.7%	80.6	Champion
12	Uttarakhand	9.8%	80.3	Champion
13	Delhi(UT)	9.9%	80.0	Champion
14	Sikkim	10.8%	77.7	Champion
15	Chhattisgarh	12.1%	74.4	Contender
16	Haryana	12.5%	73.4	Contender
17	Tamil Nadu	12.8%	72.6	Contender
18	Uttar Pradesh	15.8%	64.9	Contender
19	Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT)	16.2%	63.9	Contender
20	Manipur	16.3%	63.6	Contender
21	Meghalaya	16.9%	62.1	Contender
22	Arunachal Pradesh	18.9%	56.9	Rising
23	Odisha	20.5%	52.8	Rising
24	Karnataka	21.3%	50.8	Rising
25	Gujarat	21.8%	49.5	Rising
26	Maharashtra	21.9%	49.2	Rising
27	Madhya Pradesh	23.1%	46.1	Rising
28	Telangana	23.5%	45.1	Rising
29	Rajasthan	25.4%	40.2	Developing
30	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu(UT)	26.4%	37.6	Developing
31	Andhra Pradesh	29.3%	30.2	Developing
32	Assam	31.8%	23.8	Developing
33	Jharkhand	32.2%	22.7	Developing
34	Tripura	40.1%	2.4	Developing
35	Bihar	40.8%	0.6	Developing
36	West Bengal	41.6%	0.0	Developing