Italy's marriage rate was the lowest
in the European Union in 2019 at 3.1 marriages per 1,000
inhabitants, followed by Portugal and Slovenia (both 3.2) and
France, Spain, and Luxembourg at 3.5 per 1,000, Eurostat said
Thursday.
In 2018 Italy's rate was 3.2.
Eurostat said the number of marriages was steadily declining and
that of divorces steadily rising.
The marriage rate across the Union fell from 8.0 in 1964 to 4.3
in 2019, it said.
In 2019, the EU countries with the highest marriage rates were
Cyprus (8.9 marriages per 1000 people), Lithuania (7.0), Latvia
and Hungary (both 6.7) and Romania (6.6).
Next came Slovakia (5.4), and Denmark and Malta (5.3).
The divorce rate has more than doubled since 1964, Eurostat
said.
It was 0.8 per 1,000 in 1964 and 1.8 in 2019, the statistics
agency said.
The lowest divorce rates in 2019 were in Malta and Ireland (0.7
divorces for every 1000 people), followed by Slovenia (1.2),
Italy (1.4) and Croatia (1.5).
The highest divorce rates were in Latvia, Lithuania and
Luxembourg (all with 3.1 divorces per 1000 people), Cyprus (2.6)
and Sweden (2.5).
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