Age at first marriage, male in Kenya
Kenya: Age at first marriage, male was 26.3 in 2014. ▬ Flat
Age at first marriage, male in Kenya, 1979–2014
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for age at first marriage, male in Kenya is 26.3, measured in 2014.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, age at first marriage, male in Kenya peaked at 26.9 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 25.2, in 2000.
Kenya ranks 101st of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 1 |
| 1980s | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 26.35 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 26.13 | 25.2 | 26.9 | 3 |
| 2010s | 26.3 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 98 Burkina Faso 26.4 compare
- 98 Liberia 26.4 compare
- 98 Solomon Islands 26.4 compare
- 101 Kazakhstan 26.3 compare
- 103 Colombia 26.2 compare
- 103 Iraq 26.2 compare
- 103 Papua New Guinea 26.2 compare
More gender data for Kenya
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 740,912 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 751,960 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 725,839 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 736,424 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 712,907 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 723,661 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 702,473 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 712,985 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 691,890 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 702,017 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age at first marriage, male in Kenya?
- Age at first marriage, male in Kenya was 26.3 in 2014, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data.
- What is the highest age at first marriage, male recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9 in 2009.
- What is the lowest age at first marriage, male recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.2 in 2000.
- How does Kenya rank for age at first marriage, male?
- Kenya ranks 101st out of 144 countries with data for 2014.
- Is age at first marriage, male rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data, published as part of Age at first marriage, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Mean age at marriage, male shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those males 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.