Age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Age at first marriage, female was 23.1 in 2017. ▲ Rising
Age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone, 1985–2017
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019.
Analysis
The most recent figure for age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone is 23.1, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone peaked at 23.3 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18, in 1985.
That places Sierra Leone 88th out of 166 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 1990s | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 1 |
| 2000s | 19.65 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 4 |
| 2010s | 22.3 | 21 | 23.3 | 4 |
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More gender data for Sierra Leone
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 122,158 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 124,999 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 118,334 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 120,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 116,120 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 118,274 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 114,582 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 116,632 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 113,417 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 115,389 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone?
- Age at first marriage, female in Sierra Leone was 23.1 in 2017, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019.
- What is the highest age at first marriage, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 23.3 in 2015.
- What is the lowest age at first marriage, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 in 1985.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for age at first marriage, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 88th out of 166 countries with data for 2017.
- Is age at first marriage, female rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019, published as part of Age at first marriage, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.