Marriage rate and divorce rate by Year, Sex, Age and Information

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Marriage rate and divorce rate by Year, Sex, Age and Information
	Marriage rate, per mille
2024
Males
Total	14.4
15 - 19	0.9
20 - 24	8.1
Females
Total	13.1
15 - 19	1.9
20 - 24	11.5

Footnotes

Documentation of statistics The concepts of marriages and divorces have changed in 2017, see the Quality description. The number of men and women who contracted marriage is not equal because the number of contracted marriages, where the parties are a woman living permanently in Finland and a man living permanently abroad is different than that, where the parties are a man living permanently in Finland and a woman living permanently abroad. The number of divorced men and women is not equal because the number of divorces, where the parties are a woman living permanently in Finland and a man living permanently abroad is different than that, where the parties are a man living permanently in Finland and a woman living permanently abroad.

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Marriage rate, per mille

Persons having contracted marriages per 1,000 non-married and not in registered partnership persons of respective mean population aged 15 or over. The figure is calculated only for opposite-sex marriages.

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Marriage rate and divorce rate by Year, Sex, Age and Information

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Marriage rate, per mille