Where do people get married and divorced the most in Ukraine?
More than 186 thousand marriages were registered in Ukraine in 2023, according to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The number of divorces and prenuptial agreements has increased, but it is still less than before the start of the Great War.
186,051 marriages were registered through the registry office in Ukraine in 2023.
In the first year of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainians were actively marrying – 4% more than in 2021, when 214,013 couples got married. However, in 2023, the number of marriages dropped sharply – by as much as 16% over the year.
Overall, the number of new families has decreased by 1.6 times over the past 10 years.
The leader in the number of new marriages in 2023 was Kyiv – 21,802. This is 14% less than in 2021. Dnipropetrovs’k region is in second place with 18,816 marriages. Odesa region rounds out the top three with 13,740 new families.
The only region where the number of new families increased in the second year of the full-scale war was Kharkiv region: 10,977 marriages or +11%.
Compared to the period before the start of the great war, the number of new families increased in the central regions last year: Kirovohrad (+28%), Zhytomyr (+23%), and Cherkasy (+22%).
At the same time, in the west of the country, on average, 20% fewer couples got married: Ternopil (-24%), Zakarpattia (-23%), and Lviv (-20%). An anti-record was set in Chernivtsi region, where the number of new families decreased by as much as a third.
After a decline in the first year of the full-scale war, the number of divorces through registry offices increased again by 35%. 24,108 divorces were recorded last year. However, this is still 18.5% less than in 2021.
Kyiv is the leader not only in the number of marriages but also in divorces – 3,793 last year. The capital accounts for almost 16% of the total number of divorces through registry offices.
The number of divorces in 2023 increased significantly compared to 2021 in Ivano-Frankivsk region – +20%. In Odesa region, on the contrary, a quarter fewer married couples broke up last year than in 2021.
However, it should be understood that these statistics are not exhaustive. Only couples who do not have minor children or property claims against each other can dissolve their marriage at the registry office. In other cases, divorce takes place in court and can last for years.
The number of marriage agreements last year increased 1.6 times compared to the first year of the Great War. 2,586 agreements were concluded last year, a third less than in 2021.
Currently, there is 1 marriage contract for 72 marriages.
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