1. According to the departmental records on the National Population Register (NPR) the total number of girls under the age of 18 years married in the past eight years to date is as follows:
ACADEMIC YEAR |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
TOTAL UNDER-AGE MARRIAGES |
2015 |
|
|
14 |
57 |
71 |
2016 |
|
1 |
5 |
56 |
62 |
2017 |
|
1 |
7 |
25 |
33 |
2018 |
|
|
11 |
16 |
27 |
2019 |
|
1 |
13 |
29 |
43 |
2020 |
|
|
8 |
21 |
29 |
2021 |
|
1 |
7 |
13 |
21 |
2022 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
TOTAL |
|
4 |
65 |
218 |
287 |
2. The statistics above were recorded on the National Population Register (NPR) and were not registered per province. The statistics therefore only represent the total number of under-age marriages during the review period.
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