Partnered People Outnumber Singles Almost Everywhere

As the chart with data from Statista Consumer Insights shows, China leads the world in terms of people being either in a relationship or married. 80 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 64 claim they are partnered up, with the numbers skewing heavily towards married couples. Coming in second is Saudi Arabia with 72 percent of respondents saying they're in a relationship. In line with the country's traditional lifestyles, 71 percent of reported relationships are matrimonial. The third place is taken up by Spain with 70 percent of people being partnered, this time with a more equal split between married and partnered people, similar to numbers in Poland (67 percent) and Italy (63 percent).

The United States, on the other hand, is a more chronically single country, with the split coming down to 48 percent of young and middle-aged adults partnered and 38 percent single. South Africa is even more skewed towards singles at a 45 percent single to 49 percent partnered individuals. Japan meanwhile is a majority-single country, according to the survey, with 47 percent singles and just 45 percent partnered inhabitants. Other respondents not displayed in this chart said they were divorced, widowed, separated or other.