First marriage rates by age and sex by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
0.9157
North Macedonia
Lowest
0.3525
Norway
Median
0.5278
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
1,082

What the numbers show

First marriage rates by age and sex is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 0.9157 in North Macedonia; the lowest is 0.3525 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5278, and the mean is 0.5567.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 39.1%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 39.7%).

First marriage rates by age and sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 0.9157 2021 up 12.4% falling
2 Cyprus 0.7948 2006 down 19.6% rising
3 Romania 0.7692 2024 up 7.3% rising
4 Malta 0.7666 2011 up 3.6% falling
5 Georgia 0.6982 2024 down 32.8% falling
6 Montenegro 0.6874 2021 down 4.5% falling
7 Serbia 0.679 2024 up 2.6% falling
8 Belarus, Republic of 0.6628 2018 down 9.6% falling
9 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.6606 2019 down 31.3% falling
10 Armenia, Republic of 0.6488 2019 down 1.7% falling
11 Croatia 0.6251 2024 up 1.7% falling
12 Ukraine 0.62 2019 down 6.0% falling
13 Latvia 0.61 2024 down 1.9% rising
14 Hungary 0.6001 2024 up 39.1% rising
15 Austria 0.5889 2024 up 18.5% rising
16 Slovak Republic 0.5834 2024 up 9.9% rising
17 Denmark 0.5794 2020 down 12.7% flat
18 Ireland 0.5793 2016 up 0.5% falling
19 Germany 0.5782 2017 up 13.2% rising
20 Lithuania 0.5289 2024 down 39.7% flat
21 Greece 0.5267 2024 down 16.2% falling
22 Iceland 0.5075 2011 down 12.4% rising
23 Estonia 0.4951 2024 up 7.3% rising
24 United Kingdom 0.4946 2015 up 5.1% falling
25 Czechia 0.4932 2024 up 9.7% falling
26 Bulgaria 0.4922 2024 up 15.3% falling
27 Sweden 0.488 2024 down 18.1% rising
28 Switzerland 0.4728 2024 down 18.2% falling
29 Poland 0.4709 2024 down 15.5% falling
30 Metropolitan France 0.4632 2011 down 20.6% falling
31 Netherlands 0.45 2024 down 3.9% falling
32 Spain 0.4469 2024 up 12.5% falling
33 France 0.4452 2021 down 3.7% falling
34 Belgium 0.4382 2023 up 4.0% falling
35 Portugal 0.4279 2024 up 10.9% falling
36 Finland 0.4211 2024 down 16.3% falling
37 Slovenia 0.4185 2024 up 5.9% falling
38 Italy 0.4083 2024 down 7.3% falling
39 Luxembourg 0.3807 2024 up 27.4% falling
40 Norway 0.3525 2020 down 35.0% falling

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Indicator
First marriage rates by age and sex
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
42 places, 1,082 data points, 1990–2024
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