On average, women in Germany got married sometime after turning 32 years old. The graph confirms that marriage took place later and later every year. Various reasons may contribute to this development.
Life today
Women can simply afford, in various senses of the word, to marry later than before. Being unmarried, regardless of age, has mostly ceased to be stigmatized or unusual for women in Germany. This does not exclude pressure, attention or curiosity from others about the topic, or a woman’s relationship status. It also does not exclude the desire of women to get married. However, in general, attitudes have relaxed significantly in recent decades, nor are there any legal restrictions for unmarried women in terms of education, employment, healthcare, renting or owning property. Women’s life expectancy at birth has increased steadily in Germany, with the latest figures citing 83.4 years. It is also not unusual for Germans to have children outside of a marriage. In fact, figures have been climbing annually since the 1990s. Whether this happens due to a decision made mutually, individually or other circumstances, a woman being shunned for having a child out of wedlock is definitely a thing of the past.
Changing demographics
Marrying at a later age than in the 1990s, when women got married in their mid to late twenties, is also part of a general demographic shift in Germany, such as the increase of single households (though it does not necessarily mean that the person is unmarried, they might be in a long-distance marriage, for example). Women may also still be studying or traveling before their thirties, preferring to concentrate on concluding these chapters in their lives before proceeding to marriage, especially if they do not yet have a full-time job.
Average age at which women get married in Germany from 1991 to 2022
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (June 28, 2023). Average age at which women get married in Germany from 1991 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1087484/marriage-age-of-unmarried-women-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Average age at which women get married in Germany from 1991 to 2022." Chart. June 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1087484/marriage-age-of-unmarried-women-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2023). Average age at which women get married in Germany from 1991 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1087484/marriage-age-of-unmarried-women-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Average Age at Which Women Get Married in Germany from 1991 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1087484/marriage-age-of-unmarried-women-germany/
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