Samoa vs Tonga: Age at first marriage, male
Samoa
27.3
in 2016
Tonga
27.4
in 2016
Samoa rank
87th
Tonga rank
86th
Age at first marriage, male over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 27.4 against 27.3 in Samoa, a difference of 0.1.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Tonga ahead.
Samoa ranks 87th and Tonga ranks 86th of 144 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.3 | 27.1 | 0.8 | Tonga |
| 1980s | 28 | 27.1 | 0.9 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 29 | 28 | 1 | Samoa |
| 2010s | 27.6 | 27.3 | 0.3 | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age at first marriage, male, Samoa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 27.4 against 27.3 in Samoa as of 2016.
- What is the difference in age at first marriage, male between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0.1, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2016.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for age at first marriage, male?
- Samoa ranks 87th and Tonga ranks 86th 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.