The country registered 176 marriage contracts in 2024 and 211 in 2025

In contrast, overall marriage registrations declined. In the first half of 2026, district and city registry offices recorded 19,224 marriages, down 2.8% (551 fewer ceremonies) from 19,775 registered in the corresponding period of 2025. Across the entire year of 2025, Azerbaijan recorded 48,546 marriages.

A marriage contract is a legal agreement defining spouses' property rights and obligations during marriage and upon its dissolution, including asset division and family expenditure sharing. It does not govern personal non-property relations or parental rights and obligations regarding children.

Gulnar Nazimgizi