Key points
- In Ukraine, 79,516 marriages were registered in the first half of 2026 – 16% more than last year.
- On average, 13.3 thousand couples get married every month, and most marriages traditionally take place in the second half of the year.
- The most marriages were registered in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Lviv regions – these regions showed the largest increase due to online registration.
- 30,488 couples got married online – this is 4 out of 10 marriages in the country.
- 12,175 couples divorced through the DRACTS – 4% less than last year.
- The most divorces were recorded in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv regions.
In Ukraine, in the first half of 2026, 79,516 marriages were registered – this is 16% more than in the same period last year.
On average, 13.3 thousand couples get married every month in Ukraine. Statistics usually show higher rates in the second half of the year – last year, the difference between the two halves was 41%.
Especially popular dates for marriage registration this year were February 14, when 1,248 couples got married, and the mirror date June 26, 2026, when 2,528 couples got married.
Every fourth marriage in Ukraine is registered in the capital – 19,928 in six months, which is 38% more than last year. Dnipropetrovsk region showed the largest increase: 15,545 couples got married here, which is 2.7 times more than last year. Lviv region is in third place with 8,909 marriages, where the number of couples increased 1.9 times.
The growth in the number of marriages in these three regions is associated with the spread of online registration – it is in Kyiv, Lviv, and Dnipro that the Digital Offices of the State Registration of Civil Status Acts are currently operating. From the beginning of the year, 30,488 couples have registered their relationships online – this is 4 out of 10 marriages. In other regions, the number of marriages has decreased compared to the same period last year.
During the same period, 12,175 couples divorced through the DRACTS – 4% less than last year. In the second half of the year, the number of divorces also traditionally increases – on average by 30%.
A decrease in the number of divorces was recorded only in Zhytomyr (−20%) and Poltava (−19%) regions, while in Ternopil region the number of divorces increased by 17%, in Zakarpattia by 15%, and in Chernihiv by 11%.
The most divorces through the DRACTS were registered in:
- Kyiv (1,801);
- Dnipropetrovsk region (1,125);
- Kyiv region (898);
- Odesa region (880);
- Kharkiv region (874).
The DRACTS statistics do not cover divorces through the court, which couples with children or property disputes turn to – currently, about every fourth divorce goes through the DRACTS.
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