Egypt vs Senegal: Age at first marriage, female

Egypt
22.3
in 2017
Senegal
22.2
in 2017
Egypt rank
117th
Senegal rank
118th

Age at first marriage, female over time

  • Egypt
  • Senegal
0510152025196119892017

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 22.3 against 22.2 in Senegal, a difference of 0.1.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 117th and Senegal ranks 118th of 166 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Senegal Difference Ahead
1980s 22.1 20.1 2 Egypt
2000s 22.85 21.35 1.5 Egypt
2010s 22.15 22.1 0.05 Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Egypt or Senegal?
Egypt, at 22.3 against 22.2 in Senegal as of 2017.
What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Egypt and Senegal?
0.1, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Senegal?
5 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2017.
How do Egypt and Senegal rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
Egypt ranks 117th and Senegal ranks 118th 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

Indicator
Age at first marriage, female
Source
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
166 places, 1,932 data points, 1960–2019
Last refreshed

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.