Northern Germany and southern Scandinavia were the first regions to experience mass literacy, which was followed by faster economic development a few decades later. These are places where women’s average age at marriage has been around 23 for some time.
德国北部和斯堪的纳维亚半岛南部是最早实现大规模识字的地区，并随之在数十年后实现了迅速经济增长。有些地方妇女的平均结婚年龄约为23岁，但在阿拉伯世界和非洲大部分地区，妇女的结婚年龄仅为15岁。