Last year, fewer marriages were registered at Austrian civil registry offices than in 2024, according to figures published Wednesday by Statistik Austria. At the same time, the number of divorces also declined compared to the previous year. In total, 44,502 marriages were registered in 2025 (2024: 45,810), and 1,938 registered partnerships were established, slightly more than the year before (2024: 1,884). There were 14,895 divorces last year.
In 2024, there were 14,963 divorces. In 2025, there were also 227 dissolutions of registered partnerships (2024: 167). According to the published figures, the decline in marriages amounted to 2.9 percent. Since same-sex marriage became possible on January 1, 2019, a total of 806 couples made use of this option in 2025, including 401 male and 405 female couples. This represents an increase of 2.8 percent compared to the previous year. The preliminary data for 2025 also include 17 conversions of registered partnerships into marriages.
Statistik Austria: Marriage Declines in Seven Provinces
According to preliminary results, fewer couples said “I do” in seven of Austria’s nine provinces in 2025 compared to the year before. The strongest declines were recorded in Styria (minus 6.7 percent) and Salzburg (minus 6.5 percent). In Burgenland (plus 5.9 percent) and Vienna (plus 0.5 percent), more couples appeared before civil registrars in 2025 than in 2024.
Last year, 1,832 opposite-sex couples (plus 3.9 percent) and 106 same-sex couples (minus 12.4 percent) entered into registered partnerships. By province, six recorded an increase in registered partnerships, with the strongest rises in Salzburg (plus 28.4 percent) and Tyrol (plus 15.5 percent). Significantly fewer couples entered registered partnerships particularly in Burgenland (minus 17.2 percent) and Styria (minus 14.7 percent).
The number of divorces declined in four provinces. The most significant decreases were recorded in Vienna (minus 5.8 percent), Carinthia (minus 5.4 percent), and Salzburg (minus 5.1 percent). In Styria (plus 8.6 percent), Burgenland (plus 8.2 percent), and Tyrol (plus 6.6 percent), significantly more couples legally reversed their previous “I do” in 2025.
