Number of marriage slides, divorce ups

A total of 22,296 marriages were contracted in 2019, the number in 2018 was 23,799, according to Statistics Finland.

The number of marriages entered into decreased by 1,503 in a year, which is, however, clearly lower than the previous year's 2,743.

A total of 21,920 marriages between opposite-sex couples were entered into, which is 1,492 fewer than in the year before. Same-sex partners entered into 376 marriages, in the previous year the number was 11 higher.

Meanwhile, a total of 13,365 marriages ended in divorce in last year. Except for 54 of them, all were divorces where the spouses were of opposite sexes.

The number of divorces between spouses of opposite sexes increased by 195 from the previous year.