Age of Marriage

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

The most significant fall was in the UAE, from 57% in 1975 to 8% in 1995. Tunisia and Libya had a high percentage but now they have fallen to 1%. The table shows the age of first marriage for men and women in 12 Arab countries plus Turkey and Iran. The range for men is from the mid-20’s to the high-20’s. For women the range is low-20’s to mid 20’s.

In conclusion 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 Palestinian terrtory the differentce from 1967 to 2004 was just 3% and the table shows that in 2000 the average age of marriage for women in Palestinian was 21.7. So the figures in the table confirm the evidence of the bar chart.

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