Child Marriage: Even in 2025, child marriage remains one of the biggest human rights challenges worldwide. Although many countries have taken strict legal and social steps to end the practice, millions of children are still married before the age of 18. Let us know which is the country where child marriages take place the most in the world.

Where in the world do most child marriages take place?

According to the new data of 2025, the highest number of child marriages take place in Niger. About 76% of girls in Niger get married before the age of 18 and about 28% get married before the age of 15. The situation is even more worrying in some places like Maradi. The rate of child marriage here has reached 89%. The legal framework here is behind this crisis. Here the minimum age of marriage for boys is 18 years and the legal age of marriage for girls is only 15 years.

Why are there so many child marriages here?

Extreme poverty plays a large role in maintaining child marriage in Niger and other African countries like it. Families struggling to make ends meet often see early marriage as a way to reduce financial burdens or receive dowry-related benefits. Limited access to education is exacerbating this problem. Because girls who drop out of school are more likely to get married early.

Where else do child marriages take place except Niger?

After Niger, countries like the Central African Republic, Chad and Mali have some of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Rates have been reported to be around 68% in the Central African Republic, 67% in Chad and 54% in Mali.

What is the situation in India?

Whereas Niger is at the forefront in terms of percentage, India has a different and equally disturbing record. Due to such a large population, India has the highest number of child brides in the world. By 2025, an estimated 22.24 crore women in India were married before the age of 18. In simple words, one out of every three child brides across the world lives in India.

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In Pakistan, common people are struggling due to inflation and unemployment, while the country’s army has transformed itself into Pakistan’s largest business empire. According to the IANS report, Economic Policy and Business Development Think Tank (EPBD) released by Wealth Perception Index 2025 has included a list of top 40 business groups in the country.

The dominance of military related companies can be clearly seen in this list, as well as the first dollar billion billion companies were identified for the first time.

Army under billions of dollars control

According to the report, according to foreign estimates by 2025, the annual value of business expansion of Pakistan Army is in tens of billion billion. This amount is shocking for the country, which is constantly facing poverty and economic crisis. At the top of the list is Fauji Foundation, an estimated price of $ 5.9 billion, while nine other military affiliated companies cost more than $ 1 billion.

‘Not limited to defense just’

Army’s access is not limited to arms only. Institutions like Fauji Foundation, Army Welfare Trust and Defense Housing Authority (DHA) are active in areas like banking, agriculture, manufacturing, real estate, education and retail. These institutions get tax exemption, special rights on government land and regulatory security, which keeps them different from normal market competition. In this way retired and active officials have extreme control, while civilian business is facing difficulties.

Poverty versus tanks and fighter aircraft

Despite being dependent on the IMF, Pakistan’s army continues heavy expenditure on tanks and fighter jets. In contrast, ordinary families have a problem of increasing unemployment and declining income. Pakistan’s per capita income in 2025 is $ 6,950, which is much less than in neighboring countries. According to the World Bank’s 2025 report, Pakistan’s 44.7 percent of the population is living below the poverty line of $ 4.20 per day. Apart from this, 16.5 percent people i.e. about 39.8 million people are living in extreme poverty, which was 4.9 percent earlier.

The Fauji Foundation with a wealth of about $ 6 billion is equivalent to some medium -sized Indian companies such as Apollo Hospitals and JSW Energy, but it is still much smaller than big companies such as HDFC Bank ($ 145 billion) or Tata Group ($ 436 billion).

India is a country known for its diversity. Here everything is seen here, green deserts, golden desert and blue sea. But an inequality is also hidden between this diversity. This inequality is of richness and poverty. Due to this problem, there has been a change in many times from the power of the country to the system. This gap has started since Kovid in recent years. In the last one year, there has been a rapid decrease in poverty data in India. A latest report of the World Bank has come, which has seen a decrease in the rate of poverty in India in the last 11 years.

How much poverty has reduced in India

According to this report, poverty in India has come down from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2023-24. In this report, the World Bank revised its poverty line and fixed three dollars per day based on 2021 prices, which is 15% more than the earlier $ 2.15 limit. According to this new standard, 5.44 million people in India were living less than three million dollars per day in 2024. According to the report, the rate of excessive poverty has also come down between 2011 and 2023 and it has come down from 16.2% to 2.3%. According to this, about 17.1 crore people came above the poverty line so far. Poverty figures in both rural and urban areas have decreased. This report states that 54% of extremely poor people live in five most populous states.

How many people have been rich so far

Talking about the rich in India, the Night Frank’s The Wealth Report 2025, which came in March 2025, states that the number of rich is rising rapidly here. Not only this, the figure of richness is expected to increase further in the coming few years. High net worth individuals in India, ie those who have assets worth more than Rs 87 crore, can reach around 93,753 by 2028. In the year 2024, this number has increased from 80,686 to 85,698. In the next four years, more than 8000 new rich are expected to be added to it. This shows India’s economy growing rapidly. India is also becoming one of the countries making wealth in the world.

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World Bank on Rising Poverty in Pakistan: The whole world knows about Pakistan’s financial condition. The Pakistani government is begging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and many countries of the world to run their country’s expenses. On the other hand, the government does not have money to feed the citizens of its country, but it has to fight the war with India.

Amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, a report of the World Bank has now surfaced, Pakistan’s financial condition has been completely exposed. According to the World Bank report, General Sales Tax (GST) has the biggest role in increasing poverty in Pakistan, while the country’s poorest families have been the greatest impact in reducing the inequality of the monthly Cass transfer program.

The report of the World Bank titled ‘The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Iniv ways and Poverty in Pakistan’ stated that GST payment in Pakistan is more than 7 percent of the pre-tax expression. This is the reason that the situation of poor and weaker sections in Pakistan is getting worse.

Pakistan’s GST is the reason for increasing poverty in the country

Pakistan’s newspaper Don on Sunday (May 25, 2025) cited the report of the World Bank, saying that when an individual fiscal instrument estimates the marginal contribution of an individual fiscal instrument or a marginal contribution of a marginal contribution of individual fiscal instruments, the effect on the poverty or inequality, when all the fiscal instruments are mixed together, it is clear. That GST has the biggest role in increasing the poverty of the country. Apart from this, it was also told in the report that the second biggest impact on inequality in the country is due to the expenses incurred on pre-primary and primary education.

To reduce inequality in the country Bisp effective

At the same time, Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), which provides monthly cash assistance to the poorest families, has proved to be the most effective in reducing inequality in Pakistan. According to the report, BISP does the largest marginal contraction in reducing cash transfer inequality.

The World Bank has recently released a report, which has revealed encouraging figures about India’s poverty. According to the report, in the last 10 years more than 17 crore Indians have come out of extreme poverty. This reflects India’s economic progress and the success of social policies. In addition, the gap of poverty between rural and urban areas has also decreased. This difference has come down from 7.7% to 1.7%, indicating equal development in the country. This report tells an inspirational story of India’s development. Watch the video till the end for complete information.