Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba
Paraíba: Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 was 1.8 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba, 2013–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba stood at 1.8. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba peaked at 7.1 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.8, 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 Paraíba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7.1 | — |
| 2014 | 6.7 | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 5.6 | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 4.3 | -23.2% |
| 2017 | 3.7 | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 3.2 | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 3.7 | +15.6% |
| 2020 | 3 | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 2.79 | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 2.57 | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 2.1 | -18.3% |
| 2024 | 1.8 | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.9 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 2020s | 2.45 | 1.8 | 3 | 5 |
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More health data for Paraíba
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 14.44 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 19.6 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 8.97 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 2 (2024)
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old 14.6 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 87.08 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 12.5 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 78.44 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 12 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba?
- Percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 in Paraíba was 1.8 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 recorded in Paraíba?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1 in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 recorded in Paraíba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8 in 2024.
- How does Paraíba rank for percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18?
- Paraíba ranks 3rd out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of marriages involving children and adolescents under 18 rising or falling in Paraíba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraíba 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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