Provinces with the fastest marriage and divorce rates revealed

The Turkish Statistical Institute has published the marriage and divorce statistics for 2023. Accordingly, the number of couples who married last year decreased by 1.82 percent compared to 2022, falling to 565 thousand 435. The crude marriage rate was recorded at 6.63 per thousand.

The number of divorces last year also saw a 5.79 percent decline compared to the previous year, totaling 171 thousand 881. The crude divorce rate was recorded at 2.01 per thousand.

MARRIAGE AGE HAS INCREASED

It was observed that the age of first marriage has increased for both genders. The average age of first marriage was recorded as 28.3 for men and 25.7 for women last year. The average age gap between men and women at first marriage was 2.6 years. 33.4 percent of divorces occurred within the first 5 years of marriage, while 21.7 percent occurred between the 6th and 10th years.

KİLİS RANKED 1ST IN MARRIAGE RATE

The highest crude marriage rate was seen in Kilis with 8.09 per thousand. This province was followed by Aksaray with 7.81 per thousand and Gaziantep with 7.57 per thousand. The province with the lowest crude marriage rate was Gümüşhane with 4.52 per thousand. This was followed by Tunceli with 4.82 per thousand and Malatya with 4.98 per thousand.

İZMİR HAD THE HIGHEST DIVORCE RATE

The province with the highest crude divorce rate last year was İzmir with 3.05 per thousand. This province was followed by Antalya with 2.94 per thousand and Karaman with 2.80 per thousand. The province with the lowest crude divorce rate was recorded as Hakkari with 0.36 per thousand. This province was followed by Şırnak with 0.44 per thousand and Muş with 0.55 per thousand.

Foreigners accounted for 5.5 percent of marriages involving women. In this category, Uzbeks ranked first with 12 percent. Uzbeks were followed by Syrians with 11.3 percent and Azerbaijanis with 9.1 percent. Foreigners accounted for 1.1 percent of marriages involving men. When foreign marriages were examined, Germans ranked first with 21.9 percent. They were followed by Syrians with 19.2 percent and Austrians with 5.1 percent.