Age at first marriage, female in Uganda
Uganda: Age at first marriage, female was 20.7 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Age at first marriage, female in Uganda, 1989–2016
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data 2019.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 20.7 for age at first marriage, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age at first marriage, female in Uganda peaked at 20.7 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 18.2, in 1995.
That places Uganda 148th out of 166 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 1990s | 18.8 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 20.05 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 4 |
| 2010s | 20.35 | 20 | 20.7 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 147 Democratic Republic of Congo 20.9 compare
- 148 Benin 20.7 compare
- 148 Laos 20.7 compare
- 148 Tajikistan 20.7 compare
More gender data for Uganda
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 832,544 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 852,069 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 821,106 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 839,557 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 810,014 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 827,663 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 796,864 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 813,694 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 781,759 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 797,798 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age at first marriage, female in Uganda?
- Age at first marriage, female in Uganda was 20.7 in 2016, 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7 in 2016.
- What is the lowest age at first marriage, female recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2 in 1995.
- How does Uganda rank for age at first marriage, female?
- Uganda ranks 148th out of 166 countries with data for 2016.
- Is age at first marriage, female rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.