Child marriage in Mauritania

Child marriage in Mauritania: in 2017 in Mauritania, 37% of girls are married off before they are 18 years old; 14% are married before they turn 15. Mauritania is the 19th highest nation in the world for child marriage.

A third of women in Mauritania marry early.

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