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Lorenzo Macchi
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Get in touch with us nowIn 2022, the average age of Italian women at first marriage was 33.6 years. From a regional perspective, the highest average age was recorded in Emilia-Romagna and Sardinia, where the average age of the bride reached around 35 years. Emilia-Romagna was also the region with the oldest grooms in the country. A male inhabitant of the region could get married at the average age of almost 40 years. On the contrary, women from the southern regions got married earlier, at 32.3 years.
Every year less marriages
Over the last decade, the marriage rate in Italy has steadily decreased. In 2006, there were about 4.2 marriages celebrated per 1,000 inhabitants, more than one wedding more in comparison with the figures from 2023.
Why do not Italians get married?
When asked about the cause of not getting married, about 17 percent of the Italian respondents who already lived with their partner replied that they do not believe in marriage. Roughly 25 percent of them never felt the need to walk down the aisle. On the other hand, around 31 percent of the interviewees declared that they would get married in the near future.
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