More than 2.87 million couples divorced through court ruling or civil affairs administrative procedures in 2011, up 7.3 per cent year-on-year, a bulletin released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said today.
The number of divorces per 1,000 people was 2.13 in 2011, 0.13 points higher from the previous year, the bulletin said.
Civil affairs authorities nationwide also registered 13.02 million marriages in the same year, a rise of 4.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis.
A survey showed that 36.6 per cent of the people who registered for marriage in 2011 were between 20 and 24 years old, accounting for the largest proportion of the newly-weds.
