What is the minimum marriage age in Papua New Guinea?
18+
Minimum marriage age: 21.
Papua New Guinea is one of 184 countries classified “18+” for the minimum marriage age — 97% of the 189 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Marriageable age
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Solomon Islands
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Micronesia
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Palau
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Timor-Leste
- 16–17 Minimum marriage age: 17.
- Australia
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Vanuatu
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 21.
Other laws in Papua New Guinea
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Illegal
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