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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Egypt & Switzerland

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STAT Egypt Switzerland HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 60.3%
Ranked 12th.
82%
Ranked 3rd. 36% more than Egypt
Marriageable age > Females 18
Ranked 6th. The same as Switzerland
18
Ranked 22nd.
Marriageable age > Males 18
Ranked 8th. The same as Switzerland
18
Ranked 22nd.
Marriages 897,969
Ranked 4th. 21 times more than Switzerland
42,650
Ranked 16th.

Marriages per thousand people 11.31
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Switzerland
5.33
Ranked 20th.

Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 16
Rural divorces per million people 816.73
Ranked 3rd. 63% more than Switzerland
500.86
Ranked 12th.

Rural marriages per thousand people 6.86
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Switzerland
1.24
Ranked 17th.

Teen marriage rate > Women 13.5
Ranked 9th. 19 times more than Switzerland
0.7
Ranked 14th.
Total divorces 151,933
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Switzerland
17,550
Ranked 13th.

Total divorces per thousand people 1.91
Ranked 36th.
2.19
Ranked 14th. 15% more than Egypt

Urban divorces 87,091
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Switzerland
13,603
Ranked 13th.

Urban divorces per thousand people 1.1
Ranked 19th.
1.72
Ranked 8th. 57% more than Egypt

Urban marriages per thousand people 4.45
Ranked 9th. 9% more than Switzerland
4.08
Ranked 10th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 22.3 years
Ranked 14th.
29.1 years
Ranked 5th. 30% more than Egypt
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 60.3%
Ranked 12th.
82%
Ranked 3rd. 36% more than Egypt
Contraception use among married women > Condom 0.7%
Ranked 21st.
14.2%
Ranked 4th. 20 times more than Egypt
Marriageable age > Notes The age was raised in 2008 from 16 to 18 for females. url= http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/210/a94.html |title=SR 210 Art. 94 A. Capacity to marry (Swiss Civil Code) |publisher=Admin.ch |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref>
Years spent single before marriage > Males 27.9 years
Ranked 7th.
31.6 years
Ranked 5th. 13% more than Egypt
Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Men 18
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Switzerland
16
Ranked 30th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 21
Ranked 5th. 17% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 35th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 0.7%
Ranked 21st.
14.2%
Ranked 4th. 20 times more than Egypt
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 57.6%
Ranked 9th.
77.5%
Ranked 2nd. 35% more than Egypt
Urban marriages 353,048
Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Switzerland
32,279
Ranked 13th.

Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 21
Ranked 8th. 17% more than Switzerland
18
Ranked 42nd.
Rural marriages 544,921
Ranked 1st. 56 times more than Switzerland
9,804
Ranked 17th.

Rural divorces 64,842
Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than Switzerland
3,963
Ranked 14th.

Minimum marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16
Ranked 14th. The same as Switzerland
16
Ranked 16th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 57.6%
Ranked 9th.
77.5%
Ranked 2nd. 35% more than Egypt

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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