Korea vs Sweden: Age at first marriage, female
Korea
31.5
in 2015
Sweden
31
in 2018
Korea rank
18th
Sweden rank
20th
Age at first marriage, female over time
- Korea
- Sweden
How they compare
Korea currently reports 31.5 against 31 in Sweden, a difference of 0.5.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.
Korea ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 20th of 166 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.5 | 24.7 | 1.2 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 24.4 | 24.15 | 0.25 | Korea |
| 1990s | 26.1 | 31.3 | 5.2 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 28.8 | 32.3 | 3.5 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 30.85 | 31.2 | 0.35 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Korea or Sweden?
- Korea, at 31.5 against 31 in Sweden as of 2015.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Korea and Sweden?
- 0.5, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Sweden?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2015.
- How do Korea and Sweden rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
- Korea ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 20th 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.