Last year, the number of marriages reached the lowest level in 37 years, and the number of marriages fell by 49.3% in recent 9 years.

(the number of marriages last year reached a 37-year low and the number of marriages dropped by 49.3% in nearly nine years). According to the latest quarterly report released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of marriages in China will be 6.833 million in 2022. Combing through the data found that this figure hit a new low since 1986 (the Ministry of Civil Affairs website published data since 1986). At the same time, the number of marriages has fallen for the ninth year in a row since peaking at 13.469 million couples in 2013. According to the data, the number of marriage registrations in 2022 decreased by 803000 pairs, or 10.5%, compared with the previous year. Compared with the peak in 2013, the number of marriages in China has dropped by 49.3% in the past nine years, a drop of nearly half. (first Finance)