The practice of child marriage continues to decline globally, Unicef says in a report published last year. Today, one in five young women aged 20 to 24 years were married as children versus nearly one in four 10 years ago. However, at current rates, it will take another 300 years until child marriage is eliminated.

An estimated 290-million child brides live in South Asia (45%), with India alone accounting for one-third of the world’s child brides. The next largest share in sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for 20% or 127-million child brides.

 🔗 Unicef