Marriages, divorces and remarriages on the rise in Singapore

Wednesday July 9 2008
By Chio Su-Mei, Channel NewsAsia

SINGAPORE : The Singapore Department of Statistics said while incidents of divorce have increased over the last year, the rates of marriages and remarriages have also increased.

23,966 marriages were registered last year, up by 1.1 per cent or 260 from 2006. However, this was still lower than the annual average of 24,800 registered in the 1990s.

7,226 marriages were dissolved last year, up by 165 from 2006, and the largest divorce rate came from couples aged between 20 and 24.

Remarriage has become increasingly common, with 18 per cent of grooms and 15 per cent of brides remarrying in 2007. Those remarrying were an average of 7 to 13 years older than those contracting first marriages.