Marriage

Age of Marriage

The bar chart shows the decrease in the percentage of girls aged between 15 and 19 who are married in six Arab countries. The table shows the age of first marriage for men and women in 14 countries.

In the bar graph the percentage of 15-19 year old women who are married has decreased in all six Arab countries. The biggest decrease is in the UAE, from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995. Next are Libya, Tunisia and Kuwait which have significant falls.

The table shows that the age of first marriage for men, in 12 Arab countries plus Turkey and Iran, ranges from the mid-20’s to the high-20's. For women the range is from the low-20's to mid-20’s.

All in all, the bar chart shows that in all 6 Arab countries women are now getting married later in life. The bar chart shows that in the UAE 58% of girls aged 15-19 were married in 1975 but the table shows that in 2000 the average age of marriage for women in the UAE was 23.1.

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