Age at first marriage, male in Namibia
Namibia: Age at first marriage, male was 34.3 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Age at first marriage, male in Namibia, 2000–2016
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Marriage Data.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 34.3 for age at first marriage, male in 2016. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age at first marriage, male in Namibia peaked at 34.3 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 30.1, in 2000.
Namibia ranks 9th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.83 | 30.1 | 32.2 | 3 |
| 2010s | 33.1 | 32.2 | 34.3 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 6 Hungary 35 compare
- 7 Czechia 34.8 compare
- 8 Greenland 34.7 compare
- 9 Netherlands 34.3 compare
- 9 New Caledonia 34.3 compare
- 12 Faroe Islands 34.1 compare
- 12 Norway 34.1 compare
More gender data for Namibia
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 38,320 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 38,517 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 37,694 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 37,867 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 38,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 38,539 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 41,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 41,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 43,316 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 43,334 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age at first marriage, male in Namibia?
- Age at first marriage, male in Namibia was 34.3 in 2016, 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3 in 2016.
- What is the lowest age at first marriage, male recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.1 in 2000.
- How does Namibia rank for age at first marriage, male?
- Namibia ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2016.
- Is age at first marriage, male rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.