Marriages and Divorces 2021
South Africa, 2021
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Reference ID
ZAF_2021_MD_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 12, 2025
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Year of Marriage (MarriageYear)
Data file: md-2021-customary-marriages-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
4
Range:
1920 - 2021
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 1920 | 0 |
0%
|
| 1947 | 1947 | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1949 | 1949 | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1951 | 1951 | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1952 | 1952 | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1954 | 1954 | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 1956 | 1956 | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 1957 | 1957 | 2 |
0.2%
|
| 1958 | 1958 | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 1959 | 1959 | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 1960 | 1960 | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 1961 | 1961 | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 1962 | 1962 | 5 |
0.5%
|
| 1963 | 1963 | 10 |
1%
|
| 1964 | 1964 | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 1965 | 1965 | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 1966 | 1966 | 4 |
0.4%
|
| 1967 | 1967 | 7 |
0.7%
|
| 1968 | 1968 | 15 |
1.5%
|
| 1969 | 1969 | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 1970 | 1970 | 16 |
1.6%
|
| 1971 | 1971 | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 1972 | 1972 | 25 |
2.5%
|
| 1973 | 1973 | 13 |
1.3%
|
| 1974 | 1974 | 22 |
2.2%
|
| 1975 | 1975 | 20 |
2%
|
| 1976 | 1976 | 16 |
1.6%
|
| 1977 | 1977 | 18 |
1.8%
|
| 1978 | 1978 | 20 |
2%
|
| 1979 | 1979 | 25 |
2.5%
|
| 1980 | 1980 | 32 |
3.2%
|
| 1981 | 1981 | 30 |
3%
|
| 1982 | 1982 | 27 |
2.7%
|
| 1983 | 1983 | 34 |
3.4%
|
| 1984 | 1984 | 27 |
2.7%
|
| 1985 | 1985 | 19 |
1.9%
|
| 1986 | 1986 | 30 |
3%
|
| 1987 | 1987 | 26 |
2.6%
|
| 1988 | 1988 | 23 |
2.3%
|
| 1989 | 1989 | 24 |
2.4%
|
| 1990 | 1990 | 39 |
3.9%
|
| 1991 | 1991 | 20 |
2%
|
| 1992 | 1992 | 18 |
1.8%
|
| 1993 | 1993 | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 1994 | 1994 | 14 |
1.4%
|
| 1995 | 1995 | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 1996 | 1996 | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 1997 | 1997 | 18 |
1.8%
|
| 1998 | 1998 | 9 |
0.9%
|
| 1999 | 1999 | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 2000 | 2000 | 14 |
1.4%
|
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 2002 | 2002 | 13 |
1.3%
|
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 2004 | 2004 | 12 |
1.2%
|
| 2005 | 2005 | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 2006 | 2006 | 15 |
1.5%
|
| 2007 | 2007 | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 2008 | 2008 | 10 |
1%
|
| 2009 | 2009 | 14 |
1.4%
|
| 2010 | 2010 | 10 |
1%
|
| 2011 | 2011 | 14 |
1.4%
|
| 2012 | 2012 | 10 |
1%
|
| 2013 | 2013 | 6 |
0.6%
|
| 2014 | 2014 | 15 |
1.5%
|
| 2015 | 2015 | 13 |
1.3%
|
| 2016 | 2016 | 11 |
1.1%
|
| 2017 | 2017 | 15 |
1.5%
|
| 2018 | 2018 | 8 |
0.8%
|
| 2019 | 2019 | 13 |
1.3%
|
| 2020 | 2020 | 10 |
1%
|
| 2021 | 2021 | 35 |
3.5%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.