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  "id": "consanguineous-marriage-rates-by-country",
  "name": "Consanguineous Marriage Rates by Country",
  "title": "Consanguineous Marriage Rates by Country",
  "description": "Percentage of marriages between second cousins or closer, by country. Sourced from consang.net and compiled by FiveThirtyEight for their 2015 cousin-marriage feature.",
  "category": "geography",
  "source": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 70,
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      "country": "Burkina Faso",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Kuwait",
      "consanguinity_percent": 51.7
    },
    {
      "country": "Nigeria",
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    {
      "country": "Pakistan",
      "consanguinity_percent": 51
    },
    {
      "country": "Sudan",
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    {
      "country": "Kyrgyzstan",
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    {
      "country": "Qatar",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Bahrain",
      "consanguinity_percent": 44.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Saudi Arabia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 38.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Tanzania",
      "consanguinity_percent": 37.8
    },
    {
      "country": "Libya",
      "consanguinity_percent": 37.6
    },
    {
      "country": "United Arab Emirates",
      "consanguinity_percent": 36
    },
    {
      "country": "Oman",
      "consanguinity_percent": 35.9
    },
    {
      "country": "Yemen",
      "consanguinity_percent": 34.9
    },
    {
      "country": "Iraq",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Iran",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Syria",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Jordan",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Egypt",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Tunisia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 26.9
    },
    {
      "country": "Lebanon",
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    },
    {
      "country": "India",
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    {
      "country": "Guinea",
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    {
      "country": "Uzbekistan",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Algeria",
      "consanguinity_percent": 22.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Sri Lanka",
      "consanguinity_percent": 21.5
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    {
      "country": "Turkey",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Israel",
      "consanguinity_percent": 20
    },
    {
      "country": "Tajikistan",
      "consanguinity_percent": 20
    },
    {
      "country": "Morocco",
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    {
      "country": "Indonesia",
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    {
      "country": "Bangladesh",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Malaysia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 7.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Japan",
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    },
    {
      "country": "China",
      "consanguinity_percent": 5
    },
    {
      "country": "El Salvador",
      "consanguinity_percent": 4.9
    },
    {
      "country": "Brazil",
      "consanguinity_percent": 4.3
    },
    {
      "country": "Singapore",
      "consanguinity_percent": 3.6
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    {
      "country": "Colombia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 3.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Ecuador",
      "consanguinity_percent": 3.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Costa Rica",
      "consanguinity_percent": 3.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Honduras",
      "consanguinity_percent": 3.4
    },
    {
      "country": "South Africa",
      "consanguinity_percent": 2.8
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    {
      "country": "Peru",
      "consanguinity_percent": 2.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Uruguay",
      "consanguinity_percent": 2.1
    },
    {
      "country": "Spain",
      "consanguinity_percent": 2
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    {
      "country": "Bolivia",
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    {
      "country": "Panama",
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    },
    {
      "country": "Portugal",
      "consanguinity_percent": 1.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Canada",
      "consanguinity_percent": 1.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Venezuela",
      "consanguinity_percent": 1.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Belgium",
      "consanguinity_percent": 1.1
    },
    {
      "country": "Chile",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.9
    },
    {
      "country": "Cuba",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.8
    },
    {
      "country": "France",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.8
    },
    {
      "country": "Mexico",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.8
    },
    {
      "country": "Sweden",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.7
    },
    {
      "country": "Ireland",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Slovenia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Italy",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.6
    },
    {
      "country": "Argentina",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Australia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Norway",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.5
    },
    {
      "country": "Great Britain",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Philippines",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.4
    },
    {
      "country": "Czech Republic",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.2
    },
    {
      "country": "The Netherlands",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.2
    },
    {
      "country": "United States",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.2
    },
    {
      "country": "Croatia",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.1
    },
    {
      "country": "Hungary",
      "consanguinity_percent": 0.1
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Consanguineous Marriage Rates by Country - Free Download",
    "description": "Percentage of marriages between second cousins or closer, by country. Sourced from consang.net and compiled by FiveThirtyEight for their 2015 cousin-marriage feature. Contains 70 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Consanguineous Marriage Rates by Country | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Consanguineous Marriage Rates by Country — 70 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 70 records / 2 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data"
    ]
  }
}