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Marriage rate
Year Value {"NUMBER"=>"Number", "UNIT_MEASURE"=>"Unit measure"}
1971 9.4 Number per 1000 population
1981 8.9 Number per 1000 population
1991 6.5 Number per 1000 population
1996 5.8 Number per 1000 population
1997 6.2 Number per 1000 population
1998 6.1 Number per 1000 population
1999 6.0 Number per 1000 population
2000 5.8 Number per 1000 population
2001 5.3 Number per 1000 population
2002 5.3 Number per 1000 population
2003 5.4 Number per 1000 population
2004 5.8 Number per 1000 population
2005 5.6 Number per 1000 population
2006 5.6 Number per 1000 population
2007 6.12 Number per 1000 population
2008 5.77 Number per 1000 population
2009 5.37 Number per 1000 population
2010 5.08 Number per 1000 population
2011 4.99 Number per 1000 population
2012 4.75 Number per 1000 population
2013 5.0 Number per 1000 population
2014 5.3 Number per 1000 population
2015 5.6 Number per 1000 population
2016 5.5 Number per 1000 population
2017 5.7 Number per 1000 population
2018 5.7 Number per 1000 population
2019 5.4 Number per 1000 population
2020 4.3 Number per 1000 population
2021 5.2 Number per 1000 population
2022 5.1 Number per 1000 population
2023 5.0 Number per 1000 population

Source: BHAS

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Indicator description

Marriage rate is the relation between the number of marriage in one year period and the estimated number of inhabitants per 1000 population.
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Marriage rate
Indicator number

1.6.2
Target name

Marriages and divorces
Target number

1.6
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

2
UN custodian agency

United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
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BHAS
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