The bar charts compare the percentages of males and females getting married across 6 distinct age groups in a specific country in 1996 and 2008.
Overall, the majority of marriages in both years occurred in the 25–29 and 30–34 age groups for both genders, with females tending to marry at a younger age than males. Additionally, there was a noticeable shift towards older age groups in 2008 compared to 1996.
In 1996, the largest percentage of women married between the ages of 25 and 29, at approximately 12%. This was followed by those aged 30-34, at around 8%. Meanwhile, younger women in the 20-24 group accounted for about 6% of marriages, while the percentages sharply declined for those under 20 and over 35. For men, the proportion of marriages in both the 25-29 and 30-34 age bracket recorded the same figure of around 10%, sharing the highest position in 1996. The proportion of men marrying later, in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups, nearly doubled that of women, with respective figures of 7% and 5%.
By 2008, there was a noticeable increase in the percentage of both men and women marrying in the 30-34 age group, with men’s proportion rising to approximately 12% and women’s to around 10%. In contrast, the percentage of individuals marrying in younger age groups, such as 20-24, decreased for both genders. Men continued to marry later, with higher proportions observed in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups, while the percentage of women in these categories remained relatively low.