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Top 10 countries by marriage rate
Marriages per 1,000 residents per year. Eurostat data, each country's latest year, 2016–2024, covering 45 countries. Ranked biggest first.
The top 10
1st of 45 · 2019
Kosovo9.8 per 1,000 people
- 2ndCyprus8.9 per 1,000 people
- 3rdAlbania6.8 per 1,000 people
- 3rdNorth Macedonia6.8 per 1,000 people
- 5thTürkiye6.6 per 1,000 people
- 6thBelarus6.4 per 1,000 people
- 7thAzerbaijan6.1 per 1,000 people
- 7thMoldova6.1 per 1,000 people
- 9thGeorgia5.9 per 1,000 people
- 10thArmenia5.5 per 1,000 people
The other end · bottom 5 of 45
Where the big countries land
- 26thGermany4.2 per 1,000 people
Common questions
Questions people ask about marriage rate
Which country ranks highest for marriage rate?
Kosovo ranks 1st of 45 countries at 9.8 per 1,000 people (2019 data). Source: Eurostat.
Which countries are in the top 10 for marriage rate?
The top 10 are Kosovo, Cyprus, Albania, North Macedonia, Türkiye, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia — computed from Eurostat data, each country's latest year, 2016–2024.
What is the median marriage rate worldwide?
Across the 45 countries covered, the median is 4.5 per 1,000 people. Values run from 9.8 per 1,000 people (Kosovo, ranked 1st) to 2.9 per 1,000 people (Italy, ranked 45th).
Which country ranks lowest for marriage rate?
Italy sits at the other end of the list: 2.9 per 1,000 people ranks 45th of 45 (2024 data). Source: Eurostat.
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