Greenland vs Netherlands: Age at first marriage, male
Greenland
34.7
in 2018
Netherlands
34.3
in 2018
Greenland rank
8th
Netherlands rank
9th
Age at first marriage, male over time
- Greenland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 34.7 against 34.3 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.4.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 8th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 144 countries.
Greenland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.74 | 25.46 | 5.29 | Greenland |
| 1980s | 33 | 27.46 | 5.54 | Greenland |
| 1990s | 33.98 | 30.48 | 3.5 | Greenland |
| 2000s | 33.7 | 33.7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 34.17 | 33.27 | 0.9 | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, male, Greenland or Netherlands?
- Greenland, at 34.7 against 34.3 in Netherlands as of 2018.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, male between Greenland and Netherlands?
- 0.4, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Netherlands?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
- How do Greenland and Netherlands rank globally for age at first marriage, male?
- Greenland ranks 8th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 144 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data, published as Age at first marriage, male. 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, male shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those males 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.