Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará
Ceará: Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 was 1.4 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará, 2013–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará stood at 1.4. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 12.5% on the previous year and down 76.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará peaked at 6.2 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.4, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6.2 | — |
| 2014 | 6 | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 4.3 | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 3.1 | -27.9% |
| 2018 | 2.8 | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 2.8 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.5 | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 2.25 | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 2.02 | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 1.6 | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 1.4 | -12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.31 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.95 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5 |
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- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 21.17 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 10.46 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.52 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.65 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 13.2 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.16 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 11.3 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 88.98 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 48 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará?
- Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Ceará was 1.4 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 recorded in Ceará?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2 in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 recorded in Ceará?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4 in 2024.
- How does Ceará rank for percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18?
- Ceará ranks 5th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 rising or falling in Ceará?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ceará data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 years of age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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