Title: At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
Headings: At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
At What Age Do People Get Married Around the World?
By Alex Mayyasi
Published May 16, 2016  by Alex Mayyasi

Content: This suggests that the gender gap may narrow as countries develop. This has occurred—as the below chart shows—but only gradually over the decades. Chart from the United Nations World Marriage Data 2012; reformatted by Priceonomics
It remains common for women to marry very young in some countries. According to U.N. reports, 39 countries have data showing that 20% of women married by age 18. In twenty countries, a full 10% of women married by age 15. In only 2 countries, however, are 10% of men married before the age of 18. Still, men and women are getting married later in every region of the world. The average age of marriage for women increased from 21.8 to 24.7 years from the seventies to the mid 2000s, with the average age for men rising a comparable amount. This has resulted in some fairly dramatic stats here in the United States.