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Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union by country

Percentage of women aged 15–49 who are married, or who live with a partner without being married.

Countries reporting
224
Highest
70.8%
Bangladesh
Lowest
41.3%
Martinique
Median
54.3%
Years covered
80
1971–2050
Data points
7,095

What the numbers show

Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union is currently reported for 224 countries. The highest value is 70.8% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 41.3% in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 54.3%, and the mean is 54.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Northern Mariana Islands (up 38.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 11.6%).

Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 70.8% 2050 down 10.2% falling
2 Nepal 67.6% 2050 down 7.7% falling
3 North Korea 66.8% 2050 down 4.0% flat
4 United Arab Emirates 65.5% 2050 down 6.3% flat
5 Vietnam 65.2% 2050 down 5.0% falling
6 China 64.8% 2050 up 4.3% falling
7 India 64.5% 2050 down 7.2% falling
8 Mali 63.8% 2050 down 11.4% falling
9 South Sudan 63.5% 2050 down 11.4% falling
9 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 63.5% 2050 up 3.1% rising
11 Indonesia 63.4% 2050 down 5.5% falling
12 Cambodia 62.9% 2050 down 4.7% falling
12 Wallis and Futuna 62.9% 2050 up 3.6% rising
14 Albania 62.8% 2050 down 7.0% falling
14 Burkina Faso 62.8% 2050 down 8.9% falling
16 Niger 62.5% 2050 down 11.6% falling
17 Iraq 61.9% 2050 down 6.6% flat
17 Sri Lanka 61.9% 2050 down 4.3% falling
19 Ethiopia 61.3% 2050 down 7.4% falling
20 French Polynesia 61.2% 2050 down 3.0% falling
20 Uzbekistan 61.2% 2050 down 6.0% falling
22 North Macedonia 61.0% 2050 up 0.5% falling
23 Maldives 60.9% 2050 down 0.7% falling
24 Egypt 60.7% 2050 down 4.3% falling
25 Tuvalu 60.6% 2050 up 3.9% falling
26 Vanuatu 60.5% 2050 down 6.8% falling
27 Bhutan 60.3% 2050 down 4.9% flat
28 Cook Islands 60.2% 2050 up 14.0% rising
29 Iran 60.1% 2050 down 1.8% falling
29 Liechtenstein 60.1% 2050 down 3.2% falling
31 Georgia 60.0% 2050 up 0.2% falling
32 Tajikistan 59.7% 2050 down 5.2% falling
33 Senegal 59.6% 2050 down 8.0% falling
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.4% 2050 down 2.8% falling
35 Moldova 59.2% 2050 down 0.7% falling
35 Malaysia 59.2% 2050 down 0.7% flat
37 Qatar 59.1% 2050 down 0.7% falling
38 Belarus 58.9% 2050 up 5.2% flat
38 Kiribati 58.9% 2050 down 5.2% falling
40 Pakistan 58.8% 2050 down 5.3% falling
40 Palestine 58.8% 2050 down 2.5% flat
40 Samoa 58.8% 2050 down 1.3% flat
43 Solomon Islands 58.7% 2050 down 5.5% falling
44 Nigeria 58.6% 2050 down 7.0% falling
45 Turkmenistan 58.5% 2050 down 0.2% falling
45 Western Sahara 58.5% 2050 down 3.0% falling
47 Austria 58.4% 2050 up 1.6% flat
48 Kuwait 58.2% 2050 up 2.5% falling
48 Marshall Islands 58.2% 2050 up 11.1% falling
50 Ukraine 58.1% 2050 up 4.9% falling
51 Afghanistan 57.9% 2050 down 6.9% falling
51 Comoros 57.9% 2050 down 3.2% falling
51 Estonia 57.9% 2050 up 7.2% rising
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.9% 2050 up 0.2% rising
55 Curacao 57.8% 2050 up 2.5% rising
55 Mauritania 57.8% 2050 down 7.5% falling
55 Turks and Caicos Islands 57.8% 2050 down 0.3% flat
58 Bahrain 57.7% 2050 up 1.1% flat
58 Papua New Guinea 57.7% 2050 down 5.1% falling
60 Finland 57.6% 2050 up 1.4% flat
61 Fiji 57.5% 2050 down 0.9% flat
61 Laos 57.5% 2050 down 2.7% falling
63 Somalia 57.3% 2050 down 6.1% falling
63 Zimbabwe 57.3% 2050 down 4.2% falling
65 Dominica 57.2% 2050 up 2.3% rising
65 Philippines 57.2% 2050 up 1.6% rising
67 Benin 57.1% 2050 down 5.6% falling
68 New Zealand 57.0% 2050 up 0.5% flat
69 Barbados 56.9% 2050 down 0.9% flat
69 Cuba 56.9% 2050 up 1.2% flat
71 Guinea 56.8% 2050 down 6.9% falling
71 Kazakhstan 56.8% 2050 up 0.5% falling
73 Belize 56.6% 2050 down 1.7% flat
73 Guyana 56.6% 2050 down 1.9% falling
75 Chile 56.5% 2050 up 5.8% rising
75 Uruguay 56.5% 2050 up 2.9% rising
77 Chad 56.4% 2050 down 9.9% falling
78 Cote d'Ivoire 56.3% 2050 down 3.4% falling
78 Poland 56.3% 2050 up 5.4% falling
80 Azerbaijan 56.1% 2050 up 0.4% falling
80 Jordan 56.1% 2050 up 0.2% flat
82 Myanmar 55.8% 2050 unchanged flat
83 Yemen 55.7% 2050 down 4.9% falling
84 Togo 55.4% 2050 down 5.0% falling
85 Saint Lucia 55.2% 2050 up 0.9% flat
85 Mozambique 55.2% 2050 down 6.6% falling
85 Nicaragua 55.2% 2050 unchanged flat
85 Turkey 55.2% 2050 up 1.8% falling
89 Switzerland 55.1% 2050 up 3.4% falling
89 Sudan 55.1% 2050 down 4.3% falling
91 Central African Republic 55.0% 2050 down 10.1% falling
91 Montenegro 55.0% 2050 up 3.2% falling
93 Armenia 54.9% 2050 up 1.1% falling
93 Colombia 54.9% 2050 up 1.9% rising
95 Czechia 54.8% 2050 up 10.0% flat
95 France 54.8% 2050 up 3.4% flat
95 Hungary 54.8% 2050 up 5.2% flat
98 Macao 54.7% 2050 up 6.8% falling
98 East Timor 54.7% 2050 up 0.6% flat
100 Paraguay 54.6% 2050 up 0.7% flat
101 Brazil 54.5% 2050 up 2.4% flat
101 Kyrgyzstan 54.5% 2050 up 1.3% flat
101 Tokelau 54.5% 2050 down 4.6% rising
104 Aruba 54.4% 2050 up 7.7% rising
104 Denmark 54.4% 2050 up 0.9% flat
104 Gambia 54.4% 2050 down 2.3% falling
104 Morocco 54.4% 2050 up 2.1% falling
104 Syria 54.4% 2050 down 6.8% flat
109 Guatemala 54.3% 2050 up 0.4% flat
109 Italy 54.3% 2050 up 7.1% rising
109 Norway 54.3% 2050 up 1.9% flat
109 Suriname 54.3% 2050 up 1.7% rising
109 Sweden 54.3% 2050 up 6.3% flat
114 Australia 54.2% 2050 up 3.2% flat
114 Brunei 54.2% 2050 up 2.7% flat
114 Germany 54.2% 2050 up 5.2% flat
114 New Caledonia 54.2% 2050 up 5.9% rising
114 El Salvador 54.2% 2050 up 2.3% rising
119 Micronesia (country) 54.1% 2050 down 0.6% rising
120 Lebanon 54.0% 2050 up 4.0% rising
120 Mongolia 54.0% 2050 up 5.3% falling
120 United States 54.0% 2050 up 3.1% rising
123 Haiti 53.9% 2050 up 1.3% flat
123 Lithuania 53.9% 2050 up 6.7% flat
125 Burundi 53.8% 2050 unchanged flat
125 Cape Verde 53.8% 2050 up 11.6% rising
125 Equatorial Guinea 53.8% 2050 down 2.9% falling
125 Mauritius 53.8% 2050 up 2.7% rising
125 Panama 53.8% 2050 up 2.9% flat
125 Russia 53.8% 2050 up 9.3% falling
131 Netherlands 53.7% 2050 up 0.8% flat
131 United States Virgin Islands 53.7% 2050 up 5.1% rising
133 Canada 53.6% 2050 up 4.3% flat
134 Belgium 53.4% 2050 up 7.2% flat
134 Eritrea 53.4% 2050 down 2.7% falling
134 Hong Kong 53.4% 2050 up 10.6% flat
134 Latvia 53.4% 2050 up 15.6% rising
134 Rwanda 53.4% 2050 up 1.7% rising
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.4% 2050 up 7.7% flat
134 British Virgin Islands 53.4% 2050 up 7.9% rising
141 Sierra Leone 53.3% 2050 down 1.3% falling
142 Argentina 53.2% 2050 up 7.5% rising
142 American Samoa 53.2% 2050 up 19.8% rising
142 Malawi 53.2% 2050 down 4.1% falling
142 Anguilla 53.2% 2050 up 10.8% rising
146 Peru 53.1% 2050 up 2.7% flat
146 Romania 53.1% 2050 up 5.6% flat
146 Tonga 53.1% 2050 up 6.2% rising
146 Venezuela 53.1% 2050 up 5.6% flat
150 Sao Tome and Principe 53.0% 2050 down 0.7% flat
151 Madagascar 52.8% 2050 down 4.0% falling
151 Uganda 52.8% 2050 down 2.6% falling
153 Malta 52.7% 2050 up 5.8% flat
154 Kenya 52.6% 2050 down 0.8% flat
154 Mexico 52.6% 2050 up 4.2% flat
156 Bulgaria 52.5% 2050 up 5.0% falling
157 Tunisia 52.4% 2050 up 12.2% flat
158 Tanzania 52.3% 2050 down 3.9% falling
159 Grenada 52.2% 2050 up 10.6% rising
160 Angola 52.1% 2050 down 1.7% falling
160 Cyprus 52.1% 2050 up 5.5% falling
160 Algeria 52.1% 2050 up 12.8% falling
160 Thailand 52.1% 2050 up 7.2% flat
164 Cayman Islands 51.9% 2050 up 9.0% flat
164 Djibouti 51.9% 2050 up 4.0% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 51.9% 2050 down 0.6% falling
164 Honduras 51.9% 2050 up 1.4% falling
164 Montserrat 51.9% 2050 up 21.3% rising
169 Dominican Republic 51.8% 2050 up 4.6% flat
169 Greece 51.8% 2050 up 13.6% flat
171 Bermuda 51.6% 2050 up 9.6% rising
172 Ireland 51.5% 2050 up 12.2% rising
173 Faroe Islands 51.3% 2050 up 4.3% flat
174 Luxembourg 51.2% 2050 up 4.9% flat
175 Israel 51.1% 2050 up 6.7% flat
176 Nauru 50.7% 2050 up 4.1% falling
177 Bahamas 50.6% 2050 up 10.7% rising
178 Japan 50.5% 2050 up 11.5% rising
178 Puerto Rico 50.5% 2050 up 15.8% rising
180 Botswana 50.3% 2050 up 7.5% rising
180 Ecuador 50.3% 2050 up 9.3% rising
182 Congo 50.2% 2050 up 1.8% falling
183 Zambia 50.1% 2050 up 0.2% falling
184 Iceland 50.0% 2050 up 5.5% flat
184 Serbia 50.0% 2050 up 7.5% falling
184 Mayotte 50.0% 2050 up 2.2% falling
187 Oman 49.9% 2050 up 6.2% falling
188 United Kingdom 49.8% 2050 up 10.7% flat
188 San Marino 49.8% 2050 up 17.5% falling
190 Costa Rica 49.7% 2050 up 15.0% rising
190 Liberia 49.7% 2050 up 3.8% flat
192 Saudi Arabia 49.6% 2050 up 3.5% falling
193 Palau 49.4% 2050 up 13.0% rising
194 Ghana 48.9% 2050 up 3.2% falling
195 Reunion 48.7% 2050 up 14.1% rising
196 Northern Mariana Islands 48.5% 2050 up 38.6% rising
196 Slovakia 48.5% 2050 up 13.8% flat
196 Taiwan 48.5% 2050 up 16.3% flat
199 Cameroon 48.3% 2050 up 1.9% falling
200 Bolivia 48.2% 2050 up 5.7% flat
201 Democratic Republic of Congo 48.1% 2050 down 0.4% falling
202 Spain 48.0% 2050 up 14.6% flat
203 Jamaica 47.8% 2050 up 16.6% rising
204 Seychelles 47.7% 2050 up 9.7% rising
205 Portugal 47.6% 2050 up 9.4% flat
205 Singapore 47.6% 2050 down 6.5% rising
205 Falkland Islands 47.6% 2050 up 16.4% falling
208 South Korea 47.5% 2050 up 13.1% flat
209 Lesotho 47.3% 2050 up 10.0% flat
209 Trinidad and Tobago 47.3% 2050 up 17.4% rising
211 Gabon 47.2% 2050 up 9.5% flat
212 Greenland 47.1% 2050 up 14.9% rising
213 Croatia 47.0% 2050 up 12.4% flat
213 Slovenia 47.0% 2050 up 18.7% flat
215 Gibraltar 45.7% 2050 up 10.7% flat
216 Namibia 45.3% 2050 up 17.1% rising
217 Libya 44.7% 2050 up 23.8% flat
218 Antigua and Barbuda 44.4% 2050 up 22.3% rising
218 French Guiana 44.4% 2050 up 16.8% rising
220 Guam 43.4% 2050 up 20.6% rising
221 South Africa 42.6% 2050 up 20.7% rising
222 Guadeloupe 42.1% 2050 up 32.0% rising
223 Eswatini 42.0% 2050 up 20.0% rising
224 Martinique 41.3% 2050 up 36.8% rising

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Indicator
Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union
Unit
%
Source
United Nations (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
224 places, 7,095 data points, 1971–2050
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Percentage of women aged 15–49 who are married, or who live with a partner without being married.