So if year 1990 marked twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-two marriages, 2013 marked twenty-three thousand eight hundred and twenty. So, over the course of twenty-three years the number of marriages has decreased by 18%.
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA
The county with the highest number of marriages is that of Tirana, in which, during the year 2013, 5,231 couples were married marriage. This county represents 22% of total marriages this year. Other counties that have large number of marriages are also Elbasan, Fier and Durres with over two thousand marriages registered at the Civil Registry.
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA
Negatively correlated with the number of marriages, the number of divorces has increased in these 23 years. From two thousand six hundred and seventy-five divorces recorded in 1990 the number increased in three thousand seven hundred and forty-seven in 2013.
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA
Two indicators that show the change in the social behavior in our country are also the gross coefficient of marriage and the coefficient of divorce. The gross coefficient of marriage is the number of marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, in a given year, while the coefficient of divorce is the number of divorces per 100 marriages in a given year.
In 1990, 8.9 marriages were realized per one thousand of inhabitants, while in 2013 this indicator was 8.2. This coefficient contains a high margin of error because of the methodology used by the Institute of Statistics. While the number of marriages is obtained from the National Registry where there are listed also the marriage of Albanian citizens not resident in the country, the population is estimated according to the recent Census where immigrants aren?t recorded as resident in other countries but still with Albanian citizenship.
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA
On the other hand, the coefficient of 15.7 divorces per hundred marriages in 2013 indicates a new stage of the social model of the Albanian society. This year, for every hundred marriages realized, sixteen end up in divorces.
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA
Marriages and Divorces in the Republic of Albania, 1990 – 2013
Source: Institute of Statistics (INSTAT)
Comments and analysis: ODA