Finland vs Switzerland: Age at first marriage, female
Finland
30.7
in 2018
Switzerland
30.9
in 2017
Finland rank
24th
Switzerland rank
23rd
Age at first marriage, female over time
- Finland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 30.9 against 30.7 in Finland, a difference of 0.2.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Switzerland ahead.
Finland ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 23rd of 166 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.5 | 22.6 | 0.1 | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 26.3 | 26.1 | 0.2 | Finland |
| 1990s | 28.98 | 27.4 | 1.58 | Finland |
| 2000s | 30.43 | 29.37 | 1.06 | Finland |
| 2010s | 30.29 | 30.1 | 0.1857 | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Finland or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 30.9 against 30.7 in Finland as of 2017.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Finland and Switzerland?
- 0.2, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Switzerland?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
- How do Finland and Switzerland rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
- Finland ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 23rd 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.