Marriages and Divorces 2021
South Africa, 2021
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Reference ID
ZAF_2021_MD_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Aug 12, 2025
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Name of Province (ProvinceCode)
Data file: md-2021-customary-marriages-v1
Overview
Valid:
1000
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western Cape | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Eastern Cape | 231 |
23.1%
|
| 3 | Northern Cape | 3 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Free State | 24 |
2.4%
|
| 5 | KwaZulu-Natal | 258 |
25.8%
|
| 6 | North West | 14 |
1.4%
|
| 7 | Gauteng | 43 |
4.3%
|
| 8 | Mpumalanga | 92 |
9.2%
|
| 9 | Limpopo | 299 |
29.9%
|
| 97 | Unknown | 31 |
3.1%
|
| 98 | Outside RSA | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 1 |
0.1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.