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Maldives

Maldives Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44 4% 2000 10th out of 12
Contraception use among married women > Any method 34.7% 2009 15th out of 18
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 34.7% 2009 15th out of 18
Contraception use among married women > Condom 9.3% 2009 6th out of 18
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage 9.3% 2009 6th out of 18
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 27% 2009 13th out of 17
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage 27% 2009 13th out of 17
Marriageable age > Females 15 2014 32nd out of 32
Marriageable age > Males 15 2014 32nd out of 32
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. 2014
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women <18 2007
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men 18 2007 3rd out of 9
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women 18 2007 1st out of 9
Rural divorces 1,748 1991 18th out of 30
Rural divorces per million people 7,875.19 1991 1st out of 30
Teen marriage rate > Women 5.6 2009 9th out of 17
Total divorces 2,731 1995 50th out of 88
Total divorces per thousand people 11.15 1995 1st out of 86
Urban divorces 911 1991 27th out of 30
Urban divorces per thousand people 4.1 1991 1st out of 30
Women denied family planning 28.6% 2009 3rd out of 10
Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.8 years 2000 22nd out of 26
Years spent single before marriage > Males 25.7 years 2000 17th out of 22

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

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Maldives People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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