Australia vs Namibia: Age at first marriage, female
Australia
29.9
in 2016
Namibia
30.3
in 2016
Australia rank
31st
Namibia rank
28th
Age at first marriage, female over time
- Australia
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 30.3 against 29.9 in Australia, a difference of 0.4.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 31st and Namibia ranks 28th of 166 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.8 | 19.4 | 6.4 | Australia |
| 1990s | 26.4 | 26.4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 28.9 | 28.9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 29.9 | 29.8 | 0.1 | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Australia or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 30.3 against 29.9 in Australia as of 2016.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Australia and Namibia?
- 0.4, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Namibia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2016.
- How do Australia and Namibia rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
- Australia ranks 31st and Namibia ranks 28th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019, published as Age at first marriage, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Mean age at marriage, female shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those females who marry before age 50. It is a synthetic indicator calculated from marital status categories of men and women aged 15 to 54 at the census or survey date.