marriages & divorces

​MSF processes Special Marriage Licence applications for the marriage of persons under the age of 18 years. To ensure that young couples have given thorough thought to the notion of marriage, applicants are interviewed and assessed for their suitability for marriage.

MSF, with support from the Department of Statistics, conducted a study on the stability of resident marriages over time and across different marriage cohorts (1987 to 2015). 

​Get statistics on key indicators such as number of marriages/divorces/annulments, median age at first marriage or divorce, percentage of university-graduated brides/grooms marrying their lower-educated counterparts, etc.

​Statistic on marriages