What is the minimum marriage age in the United Kingdom?
16–17
Minimum marriage age: 16.
The United Kingdom is one of 2 countries classified “16–17” for the minimum marriage age — 1% 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
- Ireland
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Netherlands
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Belgium
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Luxembourg
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- Denmark
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
- France
- 18+ Minimum marriage age: 18.
Other laws in United Kingdom
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Pornography
- Legal
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
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