Japan vs Singapore: Age at first marriage, male
Japan
30.5
in 2015
Singapore
30.4
in 2010
Japan rank
44th
Singapore rank
45th
Age at first marriage, male over time
- Japan
- Singapore
How they compare
Japan currently reports 30.5 against 30.4 in Singapore, a difference of 0.1.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Singapore ahead.
Japan ranks 44th and Singapore ranks 45th of 144 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Singapore in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.5 | 27.8 | 0.3 | Singapore |
| 1980s | 28.7 | 28.4 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 1990s | 30.3 | 29.9 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 2000s | 30.95 | 30.05 | 0.9 | Japan |
| 2010s | 31.2 | 30.4 | 0.8 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, male, Japan or Singapore?
- Japan, at 30.5 against 30.4 in Singapore as of 2015.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, male between Japan and Singapore?
- 0.1, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2010.
- How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for age at first marriage, male?
- Japan ranks 44th and Singapore ranks 45th 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.