Japan vs Switzerland: Share of women who are married or in a union
Japan
0.3%
in 2020
Switzerland
0.4%
in 2022
Japan rank
211th
Switzerland rank
210th
Share of women who are married or in a union over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 211th and Switzerland ranks 210th of 221 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.7% | 4.1% | 2.4% | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 3.2% | 1.8% | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women who are married or in a union, Japan or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.4% against 0.3% in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in share of women who are married or in a union between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.1%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for share of women who are married or in a union?
- Japan ranks 211th and Switzerland ranks 210th of 221 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of women who are married or in a union. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women aged 15-19 sharing a household with their partner, whether married, cohabiting, in consensual partnerships, or in other non-marital unions.