indicator age of marriage


1		1616	1666	1685	1710	1716	1735	1760	1766	1775	1780	1785	1791	1800	1810	1815	1825	1835	1840	1845	1855	1860	1865	1866	1870	1875	1879	1880	1885	1887	1890	1895	1897	1900	1901	1903	1905	1906	1907	1910	1911	1915	1920	1921	1925	1928	1930	1931	1935	1937	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
2	Afghanistan																																																																																										17.83968322																										17.83968322
3	Albania																																																									21.52									21															21.5																			22.47																23.32650948
4	Algeria																																																											20						19.6												18				19.3							20.9										23.8					25.5						27.6							29.6
5	Angola																																																																																	19.38656795
6	Argentina																																																																																	23.10861869																																			23.26396179
7	Armenia																																17																																																																																				22.98603439
8	Australia																																									24.5	24.4		24.5		24.501		24.5			24.2					23.3					22.6					22.1					21.6					21.2					21.1																																			28.93125534
9	Austria																																																										25.9			25.3										24.01										22.88										23.15										24.9															28.93756866
10	Azerbaijan																																16.2																																																																																				23.88630676
11	Bahamas																																																																																	22.44608092																																			27.19277191
12	Bahrain																																																																																																																				25.90460396
13	Bangladesh															12.6																																12.6					13.7										14.4										13.9				14.8									16.6	16.4					16.4		17.7																							18.66999817
14	Barbados																																																																																	28.51708075																																			31.7680397
15	Belarus																																22.7																																																																																				22.77720261
16	Belgium										24.9																																																							23.32						22.84										22.35										22.24									23.61																30.34197617
17	Belize																																																																																	22.61783901																																			26.17763329
18	Benin																																																																																										17.70918367																										20.33333206
19	Bhutan																																																																																																																				20.08592987
20	Bolivia																																																																																							22.12855108																													22.59545898
21	Botswana																																																																																		24.93084036																																		27.11158562
22	Brazil																																																																																	22.96276854																																			23.09729576
23	Brunei																																																								20															19.7											22.3957251																																		25.14610291
24	Bulgaria																																																																							21.32										21.44																			21.31																24.15979195
25	Burkina Faso																																																																																						17.41085607																														19.3993969
26	Burundi																																																																																		21.7																																		22.46302795
27	Cambodia																																																																									21.26777264																																											22.30000114
28	Cameroon																																																																																							18.80320044																													20.1510601
29	Canada																																									23.1	23		23.2		23.8		24.1			23.9					23.3					22.5					22.2					21.8					21.5					21.7																																			26.75705528
30	Cape Verde																																																																																											23.60819365																									25.68690109
31	Central African rep.																																																																																						18.37266875																														19.40876579
32	Chad																																																																											16.46291405																																									18.34000015
33	Chile																																																																																	23.42466776																																			23.37175751
34	China													19																																	17.65					18.21	18.21	18.34	18.41	18.46	18.6	18.69	18.53	18.59	18.57	18.68					19.07					19.57					19.74					20.19					21.74				23.12		22.82	22.62																							23.31162262
35	Colombia																																																																																				22.49197421																																23.00436401
36	Comoros																																																																																											19.76864075																									23.61499977
37	Congo, Dem. Rep.																																																																																	20.02353804														20.02353804
38	Congo, Rep.																																																																																	22.57260234														22.57260234
39	Costa Rica																																																																																				21.72644929																																23.39002419
40	Cote d'Ivoire																																																																																	18.72386799								18.72386799																					22.00292991						22.00292991
41	Croatia																																																																																																																				26.23072433
42	Cuba																																																																																	19.47841521															22.16520651
43	Cyprus																																																																																				24.18047197																																25.21969414
44	Czech rep.																																																								24.38															21.98										21.72																			21.79																27.62324715
45	Denmark										27																																																								23.09															22.75							23.75								26.23				26.94																30.8473587
46	Dominican rep.																																																																																	19.57931366																																			21.47467804
47	Ecuador																																																																																					21.24132282																															21.55466843
48	Egypt													17.5																																				18.5																						19																21.38652743																								22.70558548					23.63006955
49	El Salvador																																																																																		19.04285235																																		22.28621101
50	Equatorial Guinea																																																																																	21.69149968													21.69149968
51	Eritrea																																																																																																																				20.55499649
52	Estonia																																26.8																																																																																				27.58296585
53	Ethiopia																																																																																															17.1																					20.5055027
54	Fiji																																																																																							21.73314302																													22.89528847
55	Finland									24																		25																																							24.03																				23.5														25.76																30.53718948
56	France										25.3																																														24.56	24.23		23.77		23.32																				22.61										22.97										25.52															30.96426582
57	French Guiana																																																																														24.43156842																																						31.69898033
58	French Polynesia																																																																																								25.83075973																												29.86706924
59	Gabon																																																																								17.66086096																																												22.10285187
60	Gambia																																																																																																																				19.64669609
61	Georgia																																19.6																																																										23.17021277																										22.46738815
62	Germany													26.83753805																																																				23.925																					22.115													24.31																	30.12885094
63	Ghana																																																																																		19.40703518																																		22.44979858
64	Greece																																						22.2				25			24																	25.9										25.5																				22.4588437										24.6														26.94385338
65	Guadeloupe																																																																														25.44701229																																						31.57427979
66	Guam																																																																																											22.17365839																									24.36248398
67	Guatemala																																																																																				19.71949118																																20.45073509
68	Guinea																																																																																																																				18.71999931
69	Guyana																																																																																	21.51391542																																			27.79589272
70	Haiti																																																																																		22.41171524																																		22.27551079
71	Honduras																																																																																					19.99729446																															20.35041809
72	Hong Kong, China																																														20.7																									21.9					22.5						23.79598533																																		28.61780357
73	Hungary																																																										23.32													21.99															21.11														21.82																27.85076332
74	Iceland																														28																																																							21.91657272																															27.51238251
75	India															13.04																					13.04					13.52			12.5				14.39								15.38										15.43										17.1										18.39																														19.93957901
76	Indonesia																																																																							18.6											19.282682																			21.6															22.11224365
77	Iran																																																																													18.4										19.7										19.9					21					22									22.14466476
78	Iraq																																																																																								20.84674235																												24.8413105
79	Ireland																																																																																		23.53282072																																		30.71268082
80	Israel																																																																																			22.7955374																																	25.87360382
81	Italy																																																															25.08																		23.94																																			29.16757965
82	Jamaica																																																																																	21.05557146																																			33.20291901
83	Japan			17.925	16.95		18.185	18.25				19.03		21.11	20.2							20.785					20.6																21.1				21.8					23.3										23.6					24.7					25					24.8					24.65392829					24.4															26.7															28.57218933
84	Jordan																																																																																						21.5																														25.86478233
85	Kazakhstan																																18.2																																																																																				23.35925102
86	Kenya																																																																																19.20387618																																				21.4477787
87	Korea, Rep.																																												16.5		16.7																									21.7										23.27829376																																			27.0689621
88	Kuwait																																																																																	19.55321259																																			25.06534195
89	Kyrgyzstan																																																																																																																				21.8441143
90	Latvia																																25.7																																																																																				28.15731812
91	Lebanon																																																																																	23.17545748
92	Lesotho																																																																																							20.07010791																													21.30995369
93	Liberia																																																																																	18.73006645																																			20.16080284
94	Libya																																																																																				18.73098655																																29.19110107
95	Lithuania																																24.7																																																																																				26.13404846
96	Luxembourg																																																																																	21.40415515																																			27.83593941
97	macao, China																																																																							24.1										25.62396864																																			26.3622303
98	Macedonia, FYR																																																																																																																				22.8783989
99	Madagascar																																																																																						20.28412733																														19.84911537
100	Malawi																																																																																								17.8																												18.94499969
101	Malaysia																																																			18.3															19.4															22.06217118																																			25.11786079
102	Maldives																																																																																								17.54904549																												21.82092667
103	Mali																																																													18																										18.07239428																													18.48999977
104	Malta																																																																														24.00816436																		22.16520651
105	Martinique																																																																														26.16155076																																						33.26953506
106	Mauritania																																																																																								19.46510569																												21.77551079
107	Mauritius																																																																																			22.45152579																																	22.55157471
108	Mexico																																																																																	21.18967316																																			22.73022842
109	Moldova																																20.2																																																																																				20.8733387
110	Mongolia																																																																																																																				23.65853691
111	Montenegro																																																																																																																				25.93799019
112	Morocco																																																																							18											19.6								21.6			22.2					23.5							25									26.9		26.44129944
113	Mozambique																																																																																	19.88039522																																			18.73860168
114	Myanmar																																																																																				21.25796178																																24.54446983
115	Namibia																																																																							21.75013872																																													27.52589226
116	Nepal																																																									15.9														15.8											17.45704567																																		18.97565842
117	Netherlands										26.5					26.461	26.566	27.1155		26.787	27.649		27.4735			26.6545			26.022			25.6495						25.758																						26.14		25.9																				24.2										25.05						26.27																			30.51453972
118	Netherlands Antilles																																																																																		24.85619908																																		30.22594261
119	New Caledonia																																																																																21.6256828																																				30.37372017
120	New Zealand																																									24.7	24.5		24.4		24.6		24.7			24.4					23.8					23.3					22.3					21.8					21.5					21.4																																			30.00538063
121	Nicaragua																																																																																		20.21974791																																		20.44891739
122	Niger																																																																						15.78585047																																														17.60019875
123	Nigeria																																																																																																																				20.90817261
124	Norway									27									28																																							26.59														23.67										22.77										23.52										26.25															31.6225338
125	Oman																																																																																																																				21.67170334
126	Pakistan															16.5																															17																									18.4												19.70558376								20.3																									22.12841225
127	Panama																																																																																	20.43376461																																			21.91863823
128	Papua New Guinea																																																																																	20.61758372										20.61758372																20.80160321									20.80160321
129	Paraguay																																																																																			21.66936623																																	22.6956501
130	Peru																																																																																			21.80691686																																	23.56531143
131	Philippines																																			20.9															21.9									22.1												22.3										22.82489747					23.2					22.4																									23.18324852
132	Poland																																																													24.23															23.43					22.89																			22.7																25.29973412
133	Portugal																																																																																	23.24789992																					23.93018661														23.93018661
134	Puerto Rico																																																																																	22.13675874																										22.58510419									22.58510419
135	Qatar																																																																																													21.43881208																							25.78560257
136	Reunion																																																																																					22.46587748																															30.50815582
137	Romania																																																																				22.56													21.81						22.3								22.25																					25.30126953
138	Russia				17.5																												20.4																																																																																				23.58974075
139	Rwanda																																																																																	20.10466015																																			22.57836342
140	Saint Lucia																																																																																	28.67974918																					33.65538976														32.26
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines																																																																																	28.36262394																					30.92765027														30.92765027
142	Samoa																																																																																		21.98644511																																		23.94953156
143	Sao Tome and Principe																																																																																												15.5571125																								17.75861931
144	Saudi Arabia																																																																																																																				25.83797646
145	Senegal																																																																																	18.66795129																																			21.53653717
146	Serbia																																																																																																																				25.93799019
147	Sierra Leone																																																																																																																				19.75572205
148	Singapore																																														19.4										20.8																				23.6					24.24816987																				27.1															26.5067749
149	Slovak Republic																																																								24.38															21.98										21.72																			21.79																26.3646183
150	Slovenia																																																																																																																				30.29513741
151	Solomon Islands																																																																																	22.30802051																																			21.22816467
152	South Africa																																																																																											25.74856722																									27.90380096
153	Spain																													24.19				24.47						25.06			25.76				25.83					26.65										26.43																					24.52								23.4								24.6																		29.30578423
154	Sri Lanka													16.9											16.9										18.3						20.8			21.4														20.7							20.9										22.1								23.49607483				25.1									24.7																					25.26371193
155	Sudan																																																																																				18.70731762																																22.66632843
156	Suriname																																																																											18.61803757						18.61803757
157	Swaziland																																																																							21.2									23.9	24.3	24.7	24.6	24.9	24.6	24.6	24.7	24.7	25.4	24.7																										25.95965004
158	Sweden									26															27.1			27.1			26.8			26.8						26.4			26.5				26.5					26.5								25.9												25										23.7										25.2										27.7															32.40498352
159	Switzerland																																																									26.26		25.94		25.59																				22.87										23.14										25.87															29.11519051
160	Syria																																																																																	20.66866142
161	Taiwan																																				18.1					19.1	19.2		19.2		19.4		19.7			19.6															21.1										21.8										23.3					23.8										25.9															27.8
162	Tajikistan																																																																																																																				20.9141407
163	Tanzania																																																																																									19.12857542																											19.96926498
164	Thailand																																																								21.1										22.1					21.6										21.96699172										22.8																									24.05609512
165	Togo																																																																																																																				21.34904671
166	Tonga																																																																																							24.30859749																													25.50241661
167	Trinidad and Tobago																																																																																	24.00755415																																			26.78060722
168	Tunisia																																																																			19.5										20.8									22.7									24.3					25.2					26.3							29.2				29.2
169	Turkey																																																																																						20.1																														23.04790878
170	Turkmenistan																																																																																																																				23.36683464
171	Uganda																																																																																17.7																																				20.2470417
172	Ukraine																																20.8																																																										21.44597458																										22.81653786
173	United Arab Emirates																																																																																						18																														23.08673668
174	United Kingdom	25.6	26.6			25.3			23.5				22.6						24.3					24.6																					25.64		26.12		25.67			25.09					24.08			24.17	24	23.93	23.78	23.7						22.76										22.17			22.35									22.98									24.79																29.75162125
175	United States										23											22.8									22			21.9						21.6			21.2				21.3					21.5										20.3										20.3										20.8										22										23.9	24.1	24.4	24.5	24.5	24.5	24.8	25	25	25.1	25.1	25.1	25.3	25.3	25.3	25.3
176	Uruguay																																																																																						22.48208873																														23.30049324
177	Uzbekistan																																																																																																																				20.58316231
178	Vanuatu																																																																																										22.03844599																										22.6080265
179	Venezuela																																																																																		20.1489576																																		22.74840355
180	West Bank and Gaza																																																																														21.92727053																																						22.86449242
181	Western Sahara																																																																																	17.97496218
182	VietNam																																																																																																																				23.21391106
183	Virgin Islands (U.S.)																																																																							20.82814864																																													29.9101162
184	Yemen, Rep.																																																																				16.7																						16.9																		20.67036629								21.67
185	Zambia																																																																																18.23448365																																				20.53106117
186	Zimbabwe																																																																																													20.30170141																							21.03118896


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2	Mean age at 1st marriage of women
3	Gapminder has compiled the data you see in this graph from several sources, such as official international statistics, various historical sources and our own estimates. The link below takes you to Gapminder’s documentation page, which contains the details on how the compilation was done and the sources for each observation.
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5	Definition and explanations
6	Indicator name	Mean age at 1st marriage of women
7	Definition of indicator	The average age, in years, of first marriage for women. Women who never married are excluded. Cohabitation is excluded. The data are based on multple sources and definitions might vary.
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9	We discourage the use of this dataset for statistical analysis. Please consult the full documentation for more details.
10	Link to full documentation of this indicator	http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/documentation/gd009
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12	Specific information about this indicator
13	Uploader	Gapminder, Mattias Lindgren
14	This version uploaded	4/27/2010
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1	Indicator-settings in the graph
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3	Source name	Various sources	Required! Text that will be shown next to the axis in the graph (preferably the same as in the "Source organization(s)" field in the About-Sheet).
4	Source link	http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t4eF8H_jq_xyKCUHAX6VT1g&gid=1	Link for target, when clicking source name in the graph. Preferably the same as in the "Link to source organization" field in the About-Sheet, but can also be left blank to target the link back to the indicators about-page.
5	Scale type	lin	Required! Type "lin" for linear scale or "log" for logarithmic scale. Users will be able to change it in the graph.
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1	Download (coming soon)
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3	Dowload this indicator including the data
4	As XLS (Excel-file)	[Download xls] Not available yet!
5	As CSV (comma separeted file)	[Download csv] Not available yet!
6	As PDF	[Download pdf] Not available yet!
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