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
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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

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.