The number of marriages in 2019 decreased by 1.2 percent to 203,821 as compared to 206,352 in 2018, the Marriage and Divorce Statistics 2020 report revealed today.

The report, which presents the statistics on marriage and divorce for 2018 and 2019 by demographic characteristics at national, state and administrative district levels, also revealed that the number of divorces had increased by 12 percent to 56,975 last year from 50,862 in 2018.

Commenting on the publication, chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in tandem with the decline in the number of marriages, the general marriage rate for...