ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq recorded more than 27,000 marriages and nearly 6,000 divorces in January, marking a decline in both categories compared with the same period last year, according to newly released figures from the Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the council published nationwide statistics on marriage and divorce cases for the first month of the year.
The data shows that 27,256 marriage contracts were officially registered across Iraq’s provinces, while 5,999 divorces were recorded during the same period.
Baghdad once again recorded the highest number of both marriages and divorces, continuing a trend observed in previous months. The Rusafa Court of Appeals ranked first nationwide, registering 3,692 marriages and 1,428 divorces.
It was followed by Baghdad’s Karkh Court of Appeals, which recorded 2,969 marriages and 1,208 divorces.