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Average age of women at marriage by country

Average age of women who got married for the first time that year.

Countries reporting
41
Highest
34.9 years
Spain
Lowest
24.9 years
Israel
Median
30.7 years
Years covered
21
2001–2021
Data points
693

What the numbers show

Average age of women at marriage is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 34.9 years in Spain; the lowest is 24.9 years in Israel.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.7 years, and the mean is 30.4 years.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 16.6%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 0.3%).

Average age of women at marriage: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Spain 34.9 years 2020 up 12.9% rising
2 Sweden 34.8 years 2020 up 6.4% rising
3 Norway 34.1 years 2020 up 10.7% rising
4 Italy 33.6 years 2020 up 10.9% rising
5 France 33.1 years 2018 up 9.6% rising
6 Denmark 33 years 2020 up 5.8% rising
7 Iceland 32.4 years 2011 up 7.3% rising
8 Portugal 32.3 years 2020 up 16.6% rising
9 Luxembourg 32.1 years 2019 up 8.1% rising
9 United Kingdom 32.1 years 2019 up 7.4% rising
11 Austria 32 years 2019 up 7.0% rising
11 Belgium 32 years 2020 up 8.8% rising
13 Finland 31.9 years 2019 up 6.3% rising
13 Ireland 31.9 years 2016 up 3.9% flat
15 Netherlands 31.8 years 2020 up 6.7% rising
16 Chile 31.5 years 2016 up 15.0% rising
17 Germany 31.2 years 2017 up 6.5% rising
18 Slovenia 31.1 years 2020 up 7.2% rising
19 Switzerland 30.9 years 2020 up 3.7% rising
20 Korea 30.78 years 2020 up 6.5% rising
21 Greece 30.7 years 2020 up 4.8% rising
22 Estonia 29.9 years 2018 up 9.1% rising
23 Latvia 29.8 years 2020 up 10.0% rising
24 Czechia 29.7 years 2020 up 6.5% rising
25 New Zealand 29.6 years 2021 up 4.2% rising
26 Hungary 29.5 years 2020 up 4.2% rising
27 Japan 29.4 years 2020 up 2.1% rising
28 Australia 29.2 years 2020 up 4.7% rising
28 Malta 29.2 years 2011 up 9.0% rising
30 Canada 28.9 years 2017 down 0.3% flat
31 Slovak Republic 28.8 years 2020 up 5.9% rising
32 Croatia 28.7 years 2020 up 5.9% rising
33 United States 28.6 years 2021 up 8.3% rising
34 Lithuania 28.4 years 2020 up 7.2% rising
35 Bulgaria 28.1 years 2020 up 5.6% rising
36 Poland 27.9 years 2020 up 6.9% rising
37 Cyprus 27.7 years 2006 up 1.8% flat
38 Mexico 27.5 years 2014 up 6.6% rising
39 Romania 27.3 years 2020 up 6.6% rising
40 Türkiye 25.2 years 2020 up 5.9% rising
41 Israel 24.9 years 2019 up 0.4% flat

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Indicator
Average age of women at marriage
Unit
years
Source
OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
41 places, 693 data points, 2001–2021
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Average age of women who got married for the first time that year.