Sweden vs Switzerland: Age at first marriage, female
Sweden
31
in 2018
Switzerland
30.9
in 2017
Sweden rank
20th
Switzerland rank
23rd
Age at first marriage, female over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 31 against 30.9 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.1.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 20th and Switzerland ranks 23rd of 166 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.7 | 22.6 | 1.1 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 28.86 | 26.22 | 2.64 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 31.22 | 27.54 | 3.68 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 32.03 | 29.53 | 2.5 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 31.1 | 30.05 | 1.05 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, female, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Sweden, at 31 against 30.9 in Switzerland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, female between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 0.1, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for age at first marriage, female?
- Sweden ranks 20th 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.