Marriage rates in 1990 vs. 2022 by country

Number of marriages during a given year per 1,000 people.

Countries reporting
41
Highest
8.9 per 1,000 people
Cyprus
Lowest
1.39 per 1,000 people
Colombia
Median
4.2 per 1,000 people
Years covered
137
1886–2022
Data points
2,520

What the numbers show

Marriage rates in 1990 vs. 2022 is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 8.9 per 1,000 people in Cyprus; the lowest is 1.39 per 1,000 people in Colombia.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.2 per 1,000 people, and the mean is 4.47 per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 83.3%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 68.2%).

Marriage rates in 1990 vs. 2022: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 8.9 per 1,000 people 2019 up 14.1% flat
2 Turkey 6.8 per 1,000 people 2022 down 15.0% falling
3 Hungary 6.6 per 1,000 people 2022 up 83.3% falling
4 Latvia 6.3 per 1,000 people 2022 up 14.5% falling
5 United States 6.2 per 1,000 people 2022 down 8.8% falling
5 Romania 6.2 per 1,000 people 2022 up 14.8% falling
7 Lithuania 5.7 per 1,000 people 2022 down 17.4% falling
8 Israel 5.46 per 1,000 people 2021 down 17.3% falling
9 Slovakia 5.4 per 1,000 people 2022 up 12.5% falling
10 Denmark 5.34 per 1,000 people 2022 up 4.7% falling
11 Estonia 5.3 per 1,000 people 2022 up 17.8% falling
12 Austria 5.24 per 1,000 people 2022 up 13.9% falling
13 Czechia 5.1 per 1,000 people 2022 up 18.6% falling
14 Iceland 5 per 1,000 people 2020 up 2.0% falling
15 Australia 4.89 per 1,000 people 2022 down 9.4% falling
17 Croatia 4.7 per 1,000 people 2022 down 2.1% falling
17 Germany 4.7 per 1,000 people 2022 down 2.1% falling
17 Switzerland 4.7 per 1,000 people 2022 down 11.3% falling
20 Sweden 4.6 per 1,000 people 2022 down 13.2% falling
21 Costa Rica 4.39 per 1,000 people 2022 down 21.8% falling
22 Belgium 4.2 per 1,000 people 2022 up 10.5% falling
22 Greece 4.2 per 1,000 people 2022 down 6.7% falling
22 Poland 4.2 per 1,000 people 2022 down 22.2% falling
25 Japan 4.1 per 1,000 people 2022 down 22.6% falling
26 Netherlands 4 per 1,000 people 2022 down 4.8% falling
27 Finland 3.9 per 1,000 people 2022 down 26.4% falling
27 Bulgaria 3.9 per 1,000 people 2022 up 34.5% falling
27 Mexico 3.9 per 1,000 people 2022 down 22.0% falling
30 Norway 3.8 per 1,000 people 2022 down 20.8% falling
32 Spain 3.7 per 1,000 people 2022 up 5.7% falling
32 South Korea 3.7 per 1,000 people 2022 down 43.1% falling
34 New Zealand 3.68 per 1,000 people 2022 down 22.0% falling
35 France 3.6 per 1,000 people 2022 down 2.7% falling
36 Portugal 3.5 per 1,000 people 2022 up 6.1% falling
38 Italy 3.2 per 1,000 people 2022 down 8.6% falling
38 Slovenia 3.2 per 1,000 people 2022 down 5.9% falling
40 Argentina 2.79 per 1,000 people 2018 down 7.0% falling
41 Chile 2.7 per 1,000 people 2021 down 28.1% falling
42 Canada 2.6 per 1,000 people 2020 down 39.5% falling
43 United Kingdom 1.4 per 1,000 people 2020 down 68.2% falling
44 Colombia 1.39 per 1,000 people 2022 down 4.6% flat

About this data

Indicator
Marriage rates in 1990 vs. 2022
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
44 places, 2,520 data points, 1886–2022
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Number of marriages during a given year per 1,000 people.