List of countries by age at first marriage

This is a list of countries by age at first marriage. The list is current from contemporary surveys. It does not treat the topic in history. Currency of information varies by country. Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages, the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry; for most reporting sources, however, only the average age at marriage is reported.^{[citation needed]}

Africa

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Algeria ^(more info)	33.2	30.8	32	2.4	1.08	2020
Angola	26.7	23.4	25.1	3.3	1.14	2009
Benin	24.4	19.9	22.2	4.5	1.23	2012
Botswana	30.9	26.4	28.7	4.5	1.17	2001
Burkina Faso	26.3	19.9	23.1	6.4	1.32	2018
Burundi	24.6	21.3	23	3.3	1.15	2019
Cape Verde	35.2	32.0	33.6	3.2	1.1	2019
Cameroon ^(more info)	26.0	19.6	22.8	6.4	1.33	2017
Central African Republic	23.7	20.3	22	3.4	1.17	2019
Chad	25.3	19.1	22.2	6.2	1.32	2011
Comoros	25.6	20.4	23	5.2	1.25	1996
Congo	26.1	22.0	24.1	4.1	1.19	2016
Ivory Coast	26.7	19.5	23.1	7.2	1.37	2005
DR Congo	26.2	21.0	23.6	5.2	1.25	2019
Djibouti	31.3	27.4	29.4	3.9	1.14	2009
Egypt ^(more info)	31.0	25.0	28	6	1.24	2019
Equatorial Guinea	26.1	20.5	23.3	5.6	1.27	2011
Eritrea	29.1	20.6	24.9	8.5	1.41	2002
Eswatini	30.5	26.5	28.5	4	1.15	2007
Ethiopia	26.8	22.3	24.6	4.5	1.2	2019
Gabon	25.5	21.4	23.5	4.1	1.19	2007
Gambia	30.7	22.7	26.7	8	1.35	2019
Ghana ^(more info)	25.7	21.7	23.7	4	1.18	2008
Guinea	28.0	19.8	23.9	8.2	1.41	2014
Guinea-Bissau	28.1	20.9	24.5	7.2	1.34	2000
Kenya	29.6	25.6	27.6	4	1.16	2018-2019
Lesotho	25.5	20.9	23.2	4.6	1.22	2009
Liberia	23.0	19.0	21	4	1.21	2009
Libya	32.0	30.0	31	2	1.07	2003
Madagascar	25.5	22.8	24.2	2.7	1.12	2019
Malawi	25.3	20.9	23.1	4.4	1.21	2019
Mali	26.0	19.1	22.6	6.9	1.36	2018
Mauritania ^(more info)	27.1	19.2	23.2	7.9	1.41	2008-2009
Mauritius	36.4	32.4	34.4	4	1.12	2019
Morocco	31.3	25.7	28.5	5.6	1.22	2019
Mozambique	27.6	22.8	25.2	4.8	1.21	2020
Namibia	31.7	29.2	30.5	2.5	1.09	2006-2007
Niger	22.8	19.2	21	3.6	1.19	2017
Nigeria ^(more info)	24.8	19.2	22	5.6	1.29	2018
Rwanda	24.7	20.6	22.7	4.1	1.2	2010
São Tomé and Príncipe	24.1	19.1	21.6	5	1.26	2008-2009
Senegal	31.4	23.8	27.6	7.6	1.32	2020
Seychelles	35.3	31.1	33.2	4.2	1.14	2011
Somalia	26.5	20.6	23.6	5.9	1.29	1982
South Africa ^(more info)	35.0	31.0	33	4	1.13	2020
South Sudan	27.6	20.4	24	7.2	1.35	2019
Sudan ^(more info)	28.9	21.9	25.4	7	1.32	2014
Tanzania	23.8	19.0	21.4	4.8	1.25	2010
Togo	27.6	22.3	25	5.3	1.24	2014
Tunisia	32.9	28.2	30.6	4.7	1.17	2014
Uganda	24.4	20.2	22.3	4.2	1.21	2018
Zambia	25.7	20.7	23.2	5	1.24	2011
Zimbabwe	24.6	19.9	22.3	4.7	1.24	2010-2011

Americas

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Antigua and Barbuda	29.0	25.0	27	4	1.16	2001
Argentina	38.8	36.8	37.8	2	1.05	2020
Bahamas	30.6	27.0	28.8	3.6	1.13	2010
Barbados	35.3	32.9	34.1	2.4	1.07	2000
Belize	30.1	28.6	29.4	1.5	1.05	2010
Bolivia	26.6	24.1	25.4	2.5	1.1	2012
Brazil	31.5	29.2	30.4	2.3	1.08	2022
Canada ^(more info)	30.8	30.4	30.6	0.4	1.01	2022
Chile ^(more info)	39.4	37.8	38.6	1.6	1.04	2020
Colombia	26.2	22.7	24.5	3.5	1.15	2015
Costa Rica	34.0	31.0	32.5	3	1.1	2020
Cuba ^(more info)	25.4	21.3	23.4	4.1	1.19	2012
Ecuador	28.3	25.1	26.7	3.2	1.13	2020
El Salvador	25.5	22.5	24	3	1.13	2007
Grenada	35.2	32.0	33.6	3.2	1.1	2000
Guatemala	25.0	22.7	23.9	2.3	1.1	2018
Guyana	25.4	21.5	23.5	3.9	1.18	2009
Haiti	28.7	24.9	26.8	3.8	1.15	2016
Honduras	24.1	21.2	22.7	2.9	1.14	2012
Jamaica	35.4	33.8	34.6	1.6	1.05	2022
Mexico	33.4	30.6	32	2.8	1.09	2022
Nicaragua	24.4	20.6	22.5	3.8	1.18	2005
Panama	25.3	21.6	23.5	3.7	1.17	2010
Paraguay ^(more info)	26.8	22.7	24.8	4.1	1.18	2002
Peru	27.5	23.5	25.5	4	1.17	2012
Saint Kitts and Nevis	32.1	31.3	31.7	0.8	1.03	1980
Saint Lucia	36.1	34.9	35.5	1.2	1.03	2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.8	21.2	24.5	6.6	1.31	2012
Suriname	32.8	29.3	31.1	3.5	1.12	2012
Trinidad and Tobago	31.8	29.2	30.5	2.6	1.09	2011
United States ^(more info)	32.0	30.8	31.4	1.2	1.04	2024
Uruguay	37.2	34.8	36	2.4	1.07	2019
Venezuela	25.8	22.9	24.4	2.9	1.13	2011

Asia

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Afghanistan	25.6	22.4	24	3.2	1.14	2020
Armenia	30.5	27.1	28.8	3.4	1.13	2019
Azerbaijan	28.1	24.0	26.1	4.1	1.17	2019
Bahrain	33.6	29.2	31.4	4.4	1.15	2018
Bangladesh ^(more info)	27.2	24.8	26	2.4	1.1	2019
Bhutan	25.4	22.8	24.1	2.6	1.11	2007
Brunei	27.3	25.1	26.2	2.2	1.09	1991
Cambodia ^(more info)	23.4	21.0	22.2	2.4	1.11	2010
China ^(more info)	28.8	25.6	27.2	3.2	1.13	2021
Hong Kong	32.2	30.6	31.4	1.6	1.05	2022
India ^(more info)	30.0	27.2	28.6	2.8	1.1	2020
Indonesia ^(more info)	25.4	21.0	23.2	4.4	1.21	2020
Iran ^(more info)	28.0	24.0	26	4	1.17	2017
Iraq	28.2	25.3	26.8	2.9	1.11	2004
Israel ^(more info)	31.6	29.2	30.4	2.4	1.08	2019
Japan ^(more info)	31.1	29.7	30.4	1.4	1.05	2023
Jordan ^(more info)	31.3	26.6	29	4.7	1.18	2021
Kazakhstan	27.6	25.0	26.3	2.6	1.1	2019
Kuwait	29.9	28.7	29.3	1.2	1.04	2018
Kyrgyzstan	27.2	23.6	25.4	3.6	1.15	2019
Laos	23.3	20.5	21.9	2.8	1.14	2012
Lebanon	34.4	30.4	32.4	4	1.13	2019
Malaysia ^(more info)	31.0	29.4	30.2	1.6	1.05	2022
Maldives	24.1	21.6	22.9	2.5	1.12	2009
Mongolia	29.0	26.0	27.5	3	1.12	2019
Myanmar ^(more info)	24.6	21.1	22.9	3.5	1.17	2009
Nepal	23.6	20.1	21.9	3.5	1.17	2016
North Korea ^(more info)	29.0	25.5	27.3	3.5	1.14	2008
Oman	32.1	28.9	30.5	3.2	1.11	2009
Pakistan ^(more info)	28.4	25.6	27	2.8	1.11	2019
Palestine ^(more info)	31.4	26.2	28.8	5.2	1.2	2019
Philippines ^(more info)	28.2	25.4	26.8	2.8	1.11	2018
Qatar	31.3	29.4	30.4	1.9	1.06	2018
Saudi Arabia ^(more info)	29.3	25.9	27.6	3.4	1.13	2019
Singapore ^(more info)	30.1	29.5	29.8	0.6	1.02	2023
Sri Lanka	27.2	23.4	25.3	3.8	1.16	2012
South Korea ^(more info)	33.86	31.55	32.7	2.31	1.07	2024
Syria	31.8	26.3	29.1	5.5	1.21	2016
Taiwan ^(more info)	32.6	30.7	31.7	1.9	1.06	2020
Tajikistan	26.2	22.1	24.2	4.1	1.19	2019
Thailand	30.8	27.6	29.2	3.2	1.12	2021
Timor-Leste	25.0	20.6	22.8	4.4	1.21	2009-2010
Turkey ^(more info)	29.0	27.0	28	2	1.07	2020
Turkmenistan	24.6	23.3	24	1.3	1.06	2006
United Arab Emirates ^(more info)	26.8	25.3	26.1	1.5	1.06	2005
Uzbekistan	26.6	22.7	24.7	3.9	1.17	2019
Vietnam ^(more info)	29.3	25.1	27.2	4.2	1.17	2023
Yemen	26.1	23.0	24.6	3.1	1.13	2013

Europe

Country	Men	Women	Average	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Albania	30.9	27.8	29.4	3.1	1.11	2019
Austria ^(more info)	33.2	30.8	32	2.4	1.08	2019
Belarus	28.3	26.1	27.2	2.2	1.08	2019
Belgium	32.3	30.0	31.2	2.3	1.08	2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.5	26.8	28.2	2.7	1.1	2019
Bulgaria ^(more info)	32.0	29.1	30.6	2.9	1.1	2019
Croatia	31.5	28.9	30.2	2.6	1.09	2019
Cyprus ^(more info)	30.7	29.6	30.2	1.1	1.04	2019
Czech Republic ^(more info)	32.2	29.8	31	2.4	1.08	2017
Denmark	36.2	33.4	34.8	2.8	1.08	2019
Estonia	32.3	30.4	31.4	1.9	1.06	2019
Finland ^(more info)	35.2	33.2	34.2	2	1.06	2019
France ^(more info)	34.4	32.8	33.6	1.6	1.05	2019
Germany ^(more info)	35.6	34.4	35	1.2	1.03	2019
Greece ^(more info)	32.9	30.1	31.5	2.8	1.09	2017
Georgia	31.9	29.4	30.7	2.5	1.09	2021
Hungary	32.8	30.1	31.5	2.7	1.09	2019
Iceland	34.6	32.7	33.7	1.9	1.06	2011
Ireland ^(more info)	37.8	35.0	36.4	2.8	1.08	2020
Italy ^(more info)	35.2	33.6	34.4	1.6	1.05	2018
Latvia	32.7	30.6	31.7	2.1	1.07	2019
Liechtenstein	33.9	31.2	32.6	2.7	1.09	2019
Lithuania	30.7	28.3	29.5	2.4	1.08	2019
Luxembourg	34.3	31.8	33.1	2.5	1.08	2019
Malta	30.5	28.5	29.5	2	1.07	2011
Moldova	28.9	26.0	27.5	2.9	1.11	2019
Monaco	33.4	30.4	31.9	3	1.1	2008
Montenegro	31.1	28.0	29.6	3.1	1.11	2019
Netherlands	39.2	37.6	38.4	1.6	1.04	2020
North Macedonia	29.6	26.9	28.3	2.7	1.1	2019
Norway	38.4	36.8	37.6	1.6	1.04	2023
Poland ^(more info)	32.2	29.4	30.8	2.8	1.1	2020
Portugal	33.9	32.4	33.2	1.5	1.05	2019
Romania	31.6	28.3	30	3.3	1.12	2019
Russia ^(more info)	29.2	26.0	27.6	3.2	1.12	2020
San Marino	33.5	30.7	32.1	2.8	1.09	2014
Serbia	31.4	28.6	30	2.8	1.1	2019
Slovakia ^(more info)	31.9	29.4	30.7	2.5	1.09	2019
Slovenia	32.8	30.7	31.8	2.1	1.07	2019
Spain ^(more info)	40.8	38.8	39.8	2	1.05	2020
Sweden	36.3	33.9	35.1	2.4	1.07	2019
Switzerland ^(more info)	32.8	30.4	31.6	2.4	1.08	2019
Ukraine ^(more info)	31.2	29.2	30.2	2	1.07	2020
United Kingdom ^(more info)	31.0	29.0	30	2	1.07	2022

Oceania

Note: the reported age for these countries is the median, not the mean (average). All countries in italics have their data in the mean and not the median.

Country	Men	Women	Median	Age gap	Age ratio	Year	Source
Australia ^(more info)	33.2	30.8	32.0	2.4	1.08	2023	^[citation needed]
Fiji	29.3	25.7	27.5	3.6	1.14	2019
Kiribati	23.6	20.1	21.9	3.5	1.17	2009
Marshall Islands	27.1	25.6	26.4	1.5	1.06	2019
Micronesia	30.5	28.5	29.5	2	1.07	2019
Nauru	23.2	21.6	22.4	1.6	1.07	2009
New Zealand ^(more info)	31.6	30.4	31.0	1.2	1.04	2020	^[citation needed]
Palau	31.9	29.6	30.8	2.3	1.08	2009
Papua New Guinea	25.0	21.4	23.2	3.6	1.17	2006
Samoa	30.7	26.1	28.4	4.6	1.18	2018
Solomon Islands	25.6	20.3	23.0	5.3	1.26	2007
Tonga	25.0	23.6	24.3	1.4	1.06	2012
Tuvalu	28.2	23.3	25.8	4.9	1.21	2019
Vanuatu	24.4	20.8	22.6	3.6	1.17	2013

See also

• Age of consent
• Marriageable age