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Mexico’s Marriages Fall Again as 2024 Data Show Older Newlyweds and Slightly Fewer Divorces

INEGI’s latest figures point to no‑fault divorce as the norm and show child marriage nearly eradicated.

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Por primera vez en México sugieren matrimonios temporales, con caducidad de 2 a 5 años y opción para "renovar"; conoce a fondo la propuesta. | Pexels
En 2023 se contabilizaron 161,932 divorcios, según datos del Inegi
La mayor incidencia de separaciones de las parejas se registra entre los 41 y 43 años, según datos del Inegi.

Overview

  • Mexico registered 486,645 marriages in 2024, a rate of 5.4 per 1,000 adults and a 3% decline from 2023, according to INEGI.
  • The average age at marriage rose to 32.1 for women and 35.0 for men, up from 27.9 and 30.8 in 2015, underscoring later unions.
  • INEGI recorded 161,932 divorces in 2024, for a rate of 1.79 per 1,000 adults and about 33.3 divorces for every 100 marriages, down slightly from the 2022 peak.
  • No‑cause divorce accounted for 67.2% of dissolutions and mutual consent for 31.3%, with 89.6% processed judicially; 33.8% of divorces ended marriages lasting 21 years or more.
  • Regional contrasts persisted as Quintana Roo led marriage rates (7.7) and Mexico City and Tlaxcala were lowest (3.4), Campeche had the highest divorce rate (4.9), 6,312 same‑sex marriages were recorded, and only seven marriages involved a minor.