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People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on Maldives & United Kingdom

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STAT Maldives United Kingdom HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 34.7%
Ranked 15th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 34.7%
Ranked 15th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Condom 9.3%
Ranked 6th.
27%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 9.3%
Ranked 6th.
27%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 27%
Ranked 13th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Maldives

Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 27%
Ranked 13th.
84%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Maldives

Marriageable age > Notes According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is 15. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child discourages marriage before the age of 16. England and Wales : 16 with parental consent.
Teen marriage rate > Women 5.6
Ranked 9th. 14 times more than United Kingdom
0.4
Ranked 17th.
Total divorces 2,731
Ranked 50th.
129,764
Ranked 9th. 48 times more than Maldives

Total divorces per thousand people 11.15
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United Kingdom
2.07
Ranked 28th.

Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.8 years
Ranked 22nd.
26.4 years
Ranked 7th. 21% more than Maldives
Years spent single before marriage > Males 25.7 years
Ranked 17th.
28.4 years
Ranked 12th. 11% more than Maldives

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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

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