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Cumulative Proportion Of Dissolved Resident Marriages By Marriage Cohort At Selected Marriage Anniversary, Annual

Data from Jan 1987 to Dec 2018

Last updated: 14 Sep 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 07/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Resident marriage cohorts refer to marriages contracted in a particular year between persons where either or both are Singapore citizens or permanent residents. Data are based on marriage and dissolution records up till 2023. Civil marriages refer to marriages registered under the Women's Charter while Muslim marriages refer to marriages registered under the Administration of Muslim Law Act. For more information, please refer to the 'Statistics on Marriages and Divorces' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/marriages-and-divorces).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830301

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CumulativeProportionOfDissolvedResidentMarriagesByMarriageCohortAtSelectedMarriageAnniversaryAnnual.csv (15 rows, 3.4 KB)

Data Series Text	2018 Text	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)80.0% 4.96.7% 5.66.7% 7.86.7%	(Null)80.0% 5.36.7% 5.96.7% 7.76.7%	(Null)80.0% 5.56.7% 6.16.7% 8.26.7%	(Null)80.0% 96.7% 5.76.7% 6.56.7%	(Null)80.0% 86.7% 5.76.7% 6.26.7%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)60.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)40.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)20.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Before 5th Anniversary	5.6	5.9	6.1	6.5	6.2	6.6	7.2	6.5	6.6	6.4	6.6	6.8	6.8	7.4	7	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.1	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4	4	4.5	4.2	4
Civil Marriages	4.9	5.3	5.5	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.8	6.3	5.3	5.1	5.1	4.7	4.5	4	3.9	4	3.8	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4
Muslim Marriages	7.8	7.7	8.2	9	8	9.1	9.6	8.1	9.8	10.1	11.4	11.7	11.8	12.9	14	14	13.4	14	13.3	12	11.5	10.4	9.4	10	8.4	8.3	8	7.2	6.5	7.8	7.1	6.7
Before 10th Anniversary	na	na	na	na	na	14.4	15.3	14.5	14.9	14.7	15	15.8	16	17	16.3	16.1	15.9	16	15.3	14.5	14.8	13.5	12.4	12.2	10.6	10.4	10.3	9.8	9.6	10	8.9	8.7
Civil Marriages	na	na	na	na	na	13.4	14.5	13.8	13.9	13.5	13.5	14.4	14.5	15.3	14.1	14.3	14.3	14	13.4	12.9	13	12	11	10.8	9.2	9	8.9	8.5	8.5	8.9	8	7.7
Muslim Marriages	na	na	na	na	na	18.2	19.2	17.6	19.3	20.7	21.9	22.5	23.3	24.8	25.4	24.5	23.7	24.6	24.1	22.9	23	21	19.2	18.4	17	16.8	16.1	15	13.7	14.3	12.6	12.7
Before 15th Anniversary	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	20.2	20.6	21.1	22.2	21.5	21.1	20.9	21.1	20.3	19.8	20.3	18.8	17.4	16.9	15.2	14.6	14.5	13.8	13.3	13.6	12.4	12.3
Civil Marriages	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	18.6	18.9	19.3	20.2	18.9	18.9	18.8	18.8	18.1	17.8	18.3	17.1	15.8	15.4	13.6	12.9	12.7	12.2	11.9	12.1	11.2	10.9
Muslim Marriages	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	27.4	28.5	29.7	31.9	32.4	31	30.4	30.9	30.3	29.8	29	26.4	24.8	24.1	22.7	22.2	22.2	20.7	18.9	19.6	17.3	18.3
Before 20th Anniversary	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	24.2	24	24.3	23.5	23.1	23.7	22	20.9	20.2	18.8	18	17.8	16.9	16.2	16.7	15.1	15.1

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per Cent	-
2018	2018	Text	Per Cent	-
2017	2017	Text	Per Cent	-
2016	2016	Text	Per Cent	-
2015	2015	Text	Per Cent	-
2014	2014	Text	Per Cent	-
2013	2013	Text	Per Cent	-
2012	2012	Text	Per Cent	-
2011	2011	Text	Per Cent	-
2010	2010	Text	Per Cent	-

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Cumulative Proportion Of Dissolved Resident Marriages By Marriage Cohort At Selected Marriage Anniversary, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved October 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_905d04bbfa605fbfae45eed9a3fdd040/view

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