Benin vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Age at first marriage, female

Benin

20.7

in 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo

20.9

in 2014

Benin rank

148th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

147th

Age at first marriage, female over time

Benin
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 20.9 against 20.7 in Benin, a difference of 0.2.

Globally, Benin ranks 148th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 147th of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Age at first marriage, female
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 166 places, 1,932 data points, 1960–2019
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Mean age at marriage, female shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those females who marry before age 50. It is a synthetic indicator calculated from marital status categories of men and women aged 15 to 54 at the census or survey date.