Countries With the Highest Women's Age at First Marriage
Every country with a figure for women's age at first marriage, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Spain (34.9), Sweden (34.8) and Norway (34.1). The middle country of the 40 has 30.8.
What this measures
Mean age of women at first marriage, in years. Source: OECD. For this measure, no agreed better direction.
Published from 2001. How many countries report it varies from year to year: 25 in 2012, two in 2021. So the latest value in the time window used is from a different year for different countries. No "better" direction is set.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2011–2021. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Women's age at first marriage | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 34.9 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2 | Sweden | 34.8 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 3 | Norway | 34.1 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 4 | Italy | 33.6 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | France | 33.1 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 6 | Denmark | 33 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 7 | Iceland | 32.4 | 2011 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Portugal | 32.3 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 32.1 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 32.1 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 11 | Austria | 32 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 12 | Belgium | 32 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 13 | Finland | 31.9 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 14 | Ireland | 31.9 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | Netherlands | 31.8 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 16 | Chile | 31.5 | 2016 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 17 | Germany | 31.2 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Slovenia | 31.1 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | Switzerland | 30.9 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 20 | Korea, Rep. | 30.8 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 21 | Greece | 30.7 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 22 | Estonia | 29.9 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Latvia | 29.8 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 24 | Czechia | 29.7 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | New Zealand | 29.6 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 26 | Hungary | 29.5 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 27 | Japan | 29.4 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 28 | Australia | 29.2 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 29 | Malta | 29.2 | 2011 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 30 | Canada | 28.9 | 2017 | North America |
| 31 | Slovak Republic | 28.8 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 32 | Croatia | 28.7 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | United States | 28.6 | 2021 | North America |
| 34 | Lithuania | 28.4 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 28.1 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 36 | Poland | 27.9 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 37 | Mexico | 27.5 | 2014 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 38 | Romania | 27.3 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 39 | Turkiye | 25.2 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 40 | Israel | 24.9 | 2019 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
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- Countries With the Lowest Women's Age at First Marriage
- Women's age at first marriage by country: trend over time and what it goes with
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