SINGAPORE — A record number of couples got married and fewer marriages ended in divorce in 2022, the Singapore Department of Statistics said on Wednesday (July 26).
28,329 marriages registered in 2021This is the highest since data on total marriages registered in Singapore was first compiled and published in 1961.Compared to a decade ago, the general marriage rates for both men and women increased in 2022.
This was partly contributed by the lower number of marriages in 2020 when marriage plans for some were disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.There were 7,107 marital dissolution in 2022, a 9.9 per cent decrease from 7,890 the previous year. At the same time, the median age at divorce rose over the last ten years, from 41.6 years in 2012 to 44.4 years in 2022 for male divorcees, and from 38.0 years to 40.5 years for female divorcees.
The proportion of resident marriages that dissolved was the highest from the fifth to before the tenth anniversary compared to other 5-yearly periods. This signified greater marriage stability among recent cohorts of married couples, as compared to previous cohorts, said the Ministry of Social and Family Development .
For couples married for more than two years, there are marriage enrichment programmes to equip them with tools to sustain a healthy marriage.
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