From 2021 to 2022, the increase was 11% in the number of marriages and 2.7% in divorce records
The number of marriages in Santa Catarina increased from 2021 to 2022. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2022 there were 35,621 unions, compared to 32,035 in 2021, an increase of 11%. This was also the highest number in the last five years.
Judicial divorces also increased. In 2022, there were 11,088 separations, 2.7% more than in the previous year, 2021, when there were 10,788.
Brazilians get divorced more, and faster
The information released by IBGE is based on data from the Civil Registry, released this Wednesday (27). They also show that Brazilians are getting divorced more and faster. Across Brazil, in 2022, there were 970 thousand marriages and 420 thousand divorces (including judicial and extrajudicial), that is, one divorce for every 2.3 marriages in 2022.
In 2010, there were 977 thousand marriages and 239 thousand divorces. In other words, that year, the ratio was 1 divorce for every 4 marriages.
The data also shows that divorces have occurred earlier. In 2022, almost half (47.7%) of divorces occurred less than 10 years after marriage. In 2010, it was 37.4%.
*With information from g1.
