COVID-19 impact: marriages

5 % increase in the number of marriages in 2021

In 2021, 11 231 marriages were registered, an increase of 5 % (529 marriages) compared to the previous year, when the pandemic restrictions started. In the last six years before the pandemic (2014 – 2019), the number of marriages per year exceeded 12 thousand. The situation changed in 2020 when the number of marriages decreased by 16.8 % (from 12 861 in 2019 to 10 702 in 2020) because of the restrictions of gatherings. The pre-pandemic level of marriages has not yet been reached.

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Ruta Beināre
Social Statistics Methodology Section
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