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Scotland: marriage time series 2000-2016

Number of marriages in Scotland from 2000 to 2016

The data displays the number of marriages that took place in Scotland from 2000 to 2016. The peak was in 2004 with 32,154 weddings. The lowest number of marriages took place in 2009, however this was followed by an increasing trend until 2012, when there was a sharp decrease. In December 2014, same sex marriage was introduced in Scotland.

2000 30367
2001 29621
2002 29826
2003 30757
2004 32154
2005 30881
2006 29898
2007 29866
2008 28903
2009 27524
2010 28480
2011 29135
2012 30534
2013 27547
2014 28702 367
2015 28020 1671
2016 28231 998