Netherlands: marriage rate, by gender 2022

This statistic shows the average number of marriages per person in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022, by gender. It shows that for both genders the average number of marriages has declined since the 1960s.

Average number of marriages in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022, by gender

Characteristic	Men	Women
2022	0.6	0.58
2021	0.48	0.47
2020	0.43	0.43
2019	0.55	0.54
2018	0.57	0.55
2017	0.57	0.56
2016	0.59	0.57
2015	0.58	0.57
2014	0.59	0.58
2013	0.59	0.57
2012	0.64	0.63
2011	0.65	0.64
2010	0.69	0.67
2009	0.67	0.67
2008	0.69	0.69
2007	0.66	0.66
2006	0.65	0.65
2005	0.63	0.64
2004	0.62	0.64
2003	0.68	0.69
2002	0.71	0.73
2001	0.68	0.69
2000	0.72	0.74
1999	0.72	0.75
1998	0.7	0.72
1997	0.68	0.7
1996	0.68	0.69
1995	0.64	0.65
1994	0.67	0.69
1993	0.72	0.74
1992	0.77	0.79
1991	0.78	0.8
1990	0.8	0.81
1989	0.76	0.76
1988	0.74	0.75
1987	0.74	0.74
1986	0.75	0.74
1985	0.71	0.7
1984	0.71	0.69
1983	0.68	0.66
1982	0.72	0.71
1981	0.74	0.74
1980	0.8	0.79
1979	0.77	0.76
1978	0.81	0.8
1977	0.85	0.85
1976	0.88	0.89
1975	0.91	0.93
1974	1.01	1.03
1973	0.99	1.02
1972	1.08	1.11
1971	1.12	1.15
1970	1.16	1.17
1969	1.15	1.13
1968	1.2	1.15
1967	1.23	1.18
1966	1.25	1.21
1965	1.27	1.23
1964	1.25	1.21
1963	1.19	1.16
1962	1.18	1.16
1961	1.19	1.17
1960	1.16	1.15
1959	1.18	1.15
1958	1.21	1.2
1957	1.26	1.23
1956	1.23	1.21
1955	1.19	1.17
1954	1.19	1.15
1953	1.16	1.12
1952	1.18	1.14
1951	1.22	1.17
1950	1.14	1.09

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

1950 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The arithmetic mean of the number of marriages (excluding partnerships, including same-sex marriages) a man or woman will enter into during his/her lifetime, if the age-specific marriage rate observed in that particular year applied for the rest of his/her lifetime.

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