WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Under what circumstances can 13-year-old girls be married?

This map tells us the circumstances in which 13-year-old girls can legally be married.

No restrictions means that there are no legal restrictions on girls marrying at age 13.

Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law means that girls may be married at age 13 with parental permission and/or under religious or customary law. We do not consider that these requirements are protective of at-risk children.

Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy means girls may be married at age 13 only with approval that is likely to be more protective (such as court or social welfare center approval), or in the case of pregnancy or after the birth of a child.

Marriage legally prohibited means that there are no circumstances in which a 13-year-old girl can legally be married.

Countries

Djibouti - No restrictions

Iran - No restrictions

Lebanon - No restrictions

Mauritania - No restrictions

Micronesia, Federated States of - No restrictions

Sudan - No restrictions

Yemen - No restrictions

Bangladesh - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Botswana - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Brunei - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Cameroon - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Colombia - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Equatorial Guinea - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Eritrea - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Greece - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Indonesia - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Lesotho - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Malaysia - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Marshall Islands - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Namibia - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Niger - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Nigeria - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Oman - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Palau - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Papua New Guinea - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Qatar - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Saudi Arabia - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Sierra Leone - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Singapore - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Solomon Islands - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

South Africa - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Sri Lanka - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Suriname - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Eswatini - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Syria - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Thailand - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Uganda - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

United Arab Emirates - Can marry with parental consent and/or under religious or customary law

Albania - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Algeria - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Argentina - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Bahamas - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Belgium - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Burundi - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Republic of the Congo - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

France - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Gabon - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Greenland - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Guinea - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Guyana - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Haiti - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Iceland - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Libya - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Liechtenstein - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Lithuania - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Luxembourg - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Madagascar - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Morocco - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Senegal - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Somalia - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Tunisia - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

United States of America - Only permitted with court approval and/or pregnancy

Andorra - Marriage legally prohibited

Angola - Marriage legally prohibited

Antigua and Barbuda - Marriage legally prohibited

Armenia - Marriage legally prohibited

Australia - Marriage legally prohibited

Austria - Marriage legally prohibited

Azerbaijan - Marriage legally prohibited

Barbados - Marriage legally prohibited

Belarus - Marriage legally prohibited

Belize - Marriage legally prohibited

Benin - Marriage legally prohibited

Bhutan - Marriage legally prohibited

Bolivia - Marriage legally prohibited

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Marriage legally prohibited

Brazil - Marriage legally prohibited

Bulgaria - Marriage legally prohibited

Burkina Faso - Marriage legally prohibited

Cambodia - Marriage legally prohibited

Canada - Marriage legally prohibited

Cabo Verde - Marriage legally prohibited

Central African Republic - Marriage legally prohibited

Chad - Marriage legally prohibited

Chile - Marriage legally prohibited

China - Marriage legally prohibited

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Marriage legally prohibited

Costa Rica - Marriage legally prohibited

Cote d'Ivoire - Marriage legally prohibited

Croatia - Marriage legally prohibited

Cuba - Marriage legally prohibited

Cyprus - Marriage legally prohibited

Czech Republic - Marriage legally prohibited

Denmark - Marriage legally prohibited

Dominica - Marriage legally prohibited

Dominican Republic - Marriage legally prohibited

Ecuador - Marriage legally prohibited

Egypt - Marriage legally prohibited

El Salvador - Marriage legally prohibited

Estonia - Marriage legally prohibited

Fiji - Marriage legally prohibited

Finland - Marriage legally prohibited

The Gambia - Marriage legally prohibited

Georgia - Marriage legally prohibited

Germany - Marriage legally prohibited

Ghana - Marriage legally prohibited

Grenada - Marriage legally prohibited

Guatemala - Marriage legally prohibited

Honduras - Marriage legally prohibited

Hungary - Marriage legally prohibited

India - Marriage legally prohibited

Ireland - Marriage legally prohibited

Israel - Marriage legally prohibited

Italy - Marriage legally prohibited

Jamaica - Marriage legally prohibited

Japan - Marriage legally prohibited

Jordan - Marriage legally prohibited

Kazakhstan - Marriage legally prohibited

Kenya - Marriage legally prohibited

Kiribati - Marriage legally prohibited

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Marriage legally prohibited

Republic of Korea - Marriage legally prohibited

Kuwait - Marriage legally prohibited

Kyrgyzstan - Marriage legally prohibited

Laos - Marriage legally prohibited

Latvia - Marriage legally prohibited

Liberia - Marriage legally prohibited

North Macedonia - Marriage legally prohibited

Malawi - Marriage legally prohibited

Maldives - Marriage legally prohibited

Mali - Marriage legally prohibited

Malta - Marriage legally prohibited

Mauritius - Marriage legally prohibited

Mexico - Marriage legally prohibited

Moldova - Marriage legally prohibited

Monaco - Marriage legally prohibited

Mongolia - Marriage legally prohibited

Montenegro - Marriage legally prohibited

Mozambique - Marriage legally prohibited

Nauru - Marriage legally prohibited

Nepal - Marriage legally prohibited

The Netherlands - Marriage legally prohibited

New Zealand - Marriage legally prohibited

Nicaragua - Marriage legally prohibited

Norway - Marriage legally prohibited

Pakistan - Marriage legally prohibited

Panama - Marriage legally prohibited

Paraguay - Marriage legally prohibited

Peru - Marriage legally prohibited

The Philippines - Marriage legally prohibited

Poland - Marriage legally prohibited

Portugal - Marriage legally prohibited

Romania - Marriage legally prohibited

Russian Federation - Marriage legally prohibited

Rwanda - Marriage legally prohibited

Samoa - Marriage legally prohibited

San Marino - Marriage legally prohibited

Sao Tome and Principe - Marriage legally prohibited

Serbia - Marriage legally prohibited

Seychelles - Marriage legally prohibited

Slovakia - Marriage legally prohibited

Slovenia - Marriage legally prohibited

South Sudan - Marriage legally prohibited

Spain - Marriage legally prohibited

St. Kitts and Nevis - Marriage legally prohibited

St. Lucia - Marriage legally prohibited

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Marriage legally prohibited

Sweden - Marriage legally prohibited

Switzerland - Marriage legally prohibited

Tajikistan - Marriage legally prohibited

Timor-Leste - Marriage legally prohibited

Togo - Marriage legally prohibited

Tonga - Marriage legally prohibited

Trinidad and Tobago - Marriage legally prohibited

Türkiye - Marriage legally prohibited

Turkmenistan - Marriage legally prohibited

Tuvalu - Marriage legally prohibited

Ukraine - Marriage legally prohibited

United Kingdom - Marriage legally prohibited

Uruguay - Marriage legally prohibited

Uzbekistan - Marriage legally prohibited

Vanuatu - Marriage legally prohibited

Venezuela - Marriage legally prohibited

Vietnam - Marriage legally prohibited

Zambia - Marriage legally prohibited

Zimbabwe - Marriage legally prohibited