Number of marriages increased in 2021

• The number of marriages increased 15.4 per cent from 186,297 (2020) to 214,943 (2021). Meanwhile, the number of divorces decreased 7.1 per cent from 47,272 (2020) to 43,934 (2021).
• In tandem with the increase in the number of marriages, general marriage rate for grooms increased from 42.8 to 45.8 per thousand population of unmarried males aged 18 years and over. A similar trend was also recorded for brides, which increased from 44.6 to 47.4 per thousand population of unmarried females aged 16 years and over.
• The general divorce rate at national level for males improved to 6.1 from 6.7 per thousand population of married males aged 18 years and over. A similar trend was also reported for females, improved to 6.2 from 6.9 per thousand population of married females aged 16 years and over.
• The median age of grooms and brides remained at aged 28.0 and 26.0 in 2021.
• The oldest groom and bride in 2021 were 92 and 84 years old.
• December was the most popular month of marriage. Meanwhile, June was the least popular for Muslim and Non-Muslim marriages in 2021.

The full publication of the Marriage And Divorce, Malaysia, 2022 can be downloaded from  eStatistik   portal.

Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
25 November 2022

Contact person:

Baharudin Mohamad 
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Department of Statistics, Malaysia
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