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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Marriage, divorce and children Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method 58.5% 2011 6th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage 58.5% 2011 6th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Condom 3.1% 2011 9th out of 21
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods 57.3% 2011 3rd out of 21
Marriageable age > Females 16 2014 12th out of 18
Marriageable age > Males 18 2014 10th out of 18
Marriageable age > Notes The Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11]. Under this legislation, a man may marry at the minimum age of 18 while a woman may marry at the minimum age of 16. 2014
Minimum legal marrying age > With parental consent > For Women 16 2011
Orphans 1.3 million 2011 9th out of 36
Orphans per thousand people 97.31 2011 2nd out of 36
Teen marriage rate > Men 1.1 2010 16th out of 35
Teen marriage rate > Women 25.9 2010 3rd out of 37
Women denied family planning 14.6% 2011 12th out of 19
Years spent single before marriage > Females 21.1 years 1999 15th out of 19
Years spent single before marriage > Males 25.7 years 1999 12th out of 16

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); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. 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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Zimbabwe People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)

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