Same-sex marriages recorded, in 2024, the highest rate since the start of the series after CNJ Resolution No. 175/2013 in the Federal District.
In the federal capital, throughout 2024, 304 same-sex unions were registered, an increase of 19.7% compared to 2023.
The data comes from the civil status statistical survey, from the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), published this Wednesday (12/10).
Women’s unions represented 62.2%. This advance came during a year of general growth in civil marriages in the capital, which totaled 20,236 registrations, an increase of 7.5% compared to the previous year.
Divorces in the Federal District
Despite the increase in formal unions, the Federal District also recorded a significant volume of separations and ranked 3rd in the national ranking. In 2024, there were 8,461 divorces, a figure which, although representing the 3rd highest level in the series, indicates a drop of 8% compared to 2023.
The overall divorce rate was 3.8%, one of the highest in the country. Among property regimes, partial communion predominated in 91.3% of dissolutions. The average time between marriage and divorce was 12.9 years, less than the national average of 13.8 years, and 49.5% of unions ended before a decade.
Among legal divorces, families with minor children represented 53.9% of cases, while couples without children corresponded to 23.9%. Dividing by the number of children, couples with 1 child (35.5%) and 2 children (28.4%) predominated.
Shared custody continues to grow and will reach 64.5% of divorces with minor children in 2024, compared to 10.4% in 2014.
General overview of separations
In total, the 8,461 divorces registered in the Federal District in 2024 consolidate the capital with one of the highest marriage dissolution rates in the country. Despite a decline compared to 2023, the figures remain high and reflect changes in the profile of families, property regimes and parental participation in childcare.
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