| Target name | Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation |
|---|---|
| Indicator name | Proportion of women aged 20-24 years old who were married before age 18 |
| Global / Proxy indicator | Proxy indicator |
| Description of indicator | This indicator is calculated by dividing number of women who were married before age 18 and now in the 20-24 age group to the total women population in the same age group. It was calculated from administrative registers only for formal marriages. |
| Unit | % |
| Available disaggregation | - |
| Calculation | Proportion of women aged 20-24 years old who were married before age 18 = (Number of women in the 20-24 age group who married before the age of 18 / Total female population in the 20-24 age group) * 100 |
| Comparability | Comparable over time. Since it is a proxy indicator, it differs from global metadata in some way. |
| Revision | It is updated 1 year retrospectively due to new registrations (late marriage data) reflected in administrative records with a delay. |
| Other information | - |
| Data source | TurkStat, Marriage Statistics |
| Data source link | https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=nufus-ve-demografi-109&dil=2 |
Headline data
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.
| Target name |
Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation |
|---|---|
| Indicator name |
Proportion of women aged 20–24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18 |
| Designated tier |
Tier I |
| Custodian agency |
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Link to the global metadata of this indicator | United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 294 KB) opens in a new window |