post-pandemic high of 29,389 marriages in 2022<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\nThese figures were released on July 10 in the latest report on family trends by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), which had for the first time also looked at the quality of marriages in Singapore.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, fewer couples ended their marriages. A total of 7,242 marriages ended in a divorce or an annulment in 2025, down 1.9 per cent from the 7,382 marital dissolutions in 2024.\u00a0Couples who were married for five to nine years accounted for the largest share \u2013 27.6 per cent \u2013 of divorces in 2025.<\/p>\n
A separate survey by MSF of 3,000 respondents in 2025 showed that nearly 95 per cent reported being happily married, and about 88 per cent rarely or never considered ending their marriage.<\/p>\n
In response to queries, the ministry said it did not track which year of marriage the respondents were in at the time, but said it will consider whether to study these aspects in future waves of the survey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
About 78 per cent of respondents said they frequently confided in their spouses, and close to 93 per cent felt their relationship was going well.<\/p>\n
Only about 3.7 per cent of people said they were a little unhappy in their marriage, and 0.5 per cent said they were extremely unhappy.<\/p>\n
MSF said it included measures of marital quality in its 2025 survey on families for the first time to deepen its understanding of how marriages are faring and provide insights that can help inform marriage and family programmes and policies.<\/p>\n
The report also found that the number of civil marriages dropped from 21,144 in 2024 to 19,682 in 2025, accounting for close to 90 per cent of the decrease in the total number of marriages.<\/p>\n
The number of Muslim marriages also fell in 2025, from 5,184 in 2024 to 5,006 in 2025.<\/p>\n
For both civil and Muslim marriages, there was a larger drop in marriages involving grooms and brides aged 25 to 34 as compared with other age groups.<\/p>\n
Couples who wedded more recently continued to show greater stability than those who did so earlier, the report found.<\/p>\n
The cumulative proportion of resident marriages that dissolved before the 10th anniversary fell from 17 per cent for those that wed in 2005 to 13.5 per cent for the 2014 marriage cohort.<\/p>\n
Data showed that marriages are most vulnerable between the fifth and 10th anniversary. This points to the importance of providing timely support during the early years of marriage to help couples build a strong foundation for the future, MSF said in a statement on July 10.<\/p>\n