• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Español
  • English
  • Bloglovin
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
CDE Almería – Centro de Documentación Europea – Universidad de Almería

CDE Almería - Centro de Documentación Europea - Universidad de Almería

Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería

  • HOME
  • WHAT´S ON
    • EU BULLETINS
    • EU NEWS
    • Activities
    • EU Calls and Awards
    • Radio Program «Europe with You»
  • DOCUMENTATION
    • Bibliographic Collection
      • Almería EDC Digital Collection
      • UNIVERSITY OF ALMERIA LIBRARY
    • Documentation by topic
    • EU Media Collection
      • Web Space
      • MEDIATHEQUE REPOSITORY
  • Europe on the net
    • Institutions
    • EU Representation in Spain
    • European information network of Andalusia
    • EU official journal
  • ABOUT US
    • Presentation
    • People
    • Contact

Is marriage popular in your country?

Inicio » EU News » Social Affairs » Is marriage popular in your country?

18/05/2021

Is marriage popular in your country?

The long-term trend in the European Union shows that the number of marriages is decreasing, while the number of divorces is increasing. Since 1964, the marriage rate in the EU has declined from 8.0 per 1 000 persons in 1964 to 4.3 in 2019. At the same time, the divorce rate has more than doubled, increasing from 0.8 per 1 000 persons in 1964 to 1.8 in 2019.

In 2019, the EU countries with the highest number of marriages relative to the population were Cyprus (8.9 marriages per 1 000 persons), Lithuania (7.0), Latvia and Hungary (both 6.7), and Romania (6.6). These were followed by Slovakia (5.4), Denmark and Malta (5.3).

In contrast, the lowest marriage rates were around 3 marriages per 1 000 inhabitants, which were reported in Italy (3.1), Portugal and Slovenia (both 3.2), followed by France, Spain, Luxembourg (all 3.5).

Source dataset: demo_nind

Lowest number of marriages break up in Malta and Ireland

In 2019, among EU Member States, the lowest number of divorces relative to the population was registered in Malta and Ireland (0.7 divorces per 1 000 persons), followed by Slovenia (1.2), Italy (1.4) and Croatia (1.5).

By contrast, the highest divorce rates were recorded in Latvia, Lithuania and Luxembourg (all 3.1 divorces per 1 000 persons), Cyprus (2.6) and Sweden (2.5).

Source dataset: demo_ndivind

For more information:

  • The marriage rate used here is the crude marriage rate, defined as the ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 persons.
  • The divorce rate used here is the crude divorce rate, defined as the ratio of the number of divorces during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 persons.
  • Part of the increase in the divorce rate may be because in several EU Member States divorce was legalised during the 1964-2019 period (e.g. in Italy, Spain, Ireland and Malta).
  • Take a look at the Statistics Explained article on Marriage and divorce statistics.

To contact us, please visit our User Support page.

For press queries, please contact our Media Support.

Publicaciones relacionadas:

More equal sharing of care would reduce workplace gender inequality Sexism at work: How can we stop it? Fresh air, shut screens beat lockdown blues, study says Commission launches debate on responding to the impact of an ageing population Default ThumbnailNew reports show increasing discrimination and attacks on LGBTI people in Poland and Europe as a whole

“This is a space for debate. All comments, for or against publication, that are respectful and do not contain expressions that are discriminatory, defamatory or contrary to current legislation will be published”.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Publicaciones relacionadas

More equal sharing of care would reduce workplace gender inequality Sexism at work: How can we stop it? Fresh air, shut screens beat lockdown blues, study says Commission launches debate on responding to the impact of an ageing population Default ThumbnailNew reports show increasing discrimination and attacks on LGBTI people in Poland and Europe as a whole

Footer

Logotipo en negativo del Centro de Documentación Europea de Almería

CDE Almería
Edificio Parque Científico-Tecnológico (Pita)
Planta: 1ª, Despacho: 29
04120. Ctra. Sacramento s/n. Almería (Spain)
Teléfono: (+34) 950 015266

Navegación

INICIO
ACTUALIDAD
DOCUMENTACIÓN
EUROPA EN LA RED
CONÓCENOS
ACCESIBILIDAD
MAPA DE SITIO
AYUDA AL USUARIO

AVISO LEGAL
POLÍTICA DE PRIVACIDAD
POLÍTICA DE COOKIES

Copyright © 2022 CDE Almería · <a href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/” rel=”license”><img class=”alignright” style=”border-width: 0;” src=”https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88×31.png” alt=”Creative Commons License” /></a>This work is licensed under a <a href=”http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/” rel=”license”>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>.

<p>El Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería utiliza cookies propias y de terceros para facilitar al usuario la navegación en su página Web y el acceso a los distintos contenidos alojados en la misma. Asimismo, se utilizan cookies analíticas de terceros para medir la interacción de los usuarios con el sitio Web. Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. ajustes</p>

Politica de privacidad

El Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería utiliza cookies propias y de terceros para facilitar al usuario la navegación en su página Web y el acceso a los distintos contenidos alojados en la misma. Asimismo, se utilizan cookies analíticas de terceros para medir la interacción de los usuarios con el sitio Web. Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. <a href="/politica-de-cookies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Más información</a>

Cookies estrictamente necesarias

Las cookies estrictamente necesarias tiene que activarse siempre para que podamos guardar tus preferencias de ajustes de cookies.

Básicamente la web no funcionara bien si no las activas.

Estas cookies son:

  • Comprobación de inicio de sesión.
  • Cookies de seguridad.
  • Aceptación/rechazo previo de cookies.

Si desactivas esta cookie no podremos guardar tus preferencias. Esto significa que cada vez que visites esta web tendrás que activar o desactivar las cookies de nuevo.

Cookies de terceros

Esta web utiliza Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager y Yandex Metrika para recopilar información anónima tal como el número de visitantes del sitio, o las páginas más populares.

Dejar estas cookies activas nos permite mejorar nuestra web.

¡Por favor, activa primero las cookies estrictamente necesarias para que podamos guardar tus preferencias!

Política de cookies

Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. Más información