Nearly seven out of ten young people in South Korea between the ages of 25 and 39 were unmarried in 2022.

According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, out of nine-point-77 million people in the age group, six-point-48 million, or 66-point-three percent did not have a spouse. The percentage of those with a spouse has been gradually falling from 38-point-five percent in 2020 to 33-point-seven percent in 2022.

Forty-point-four percent of women were married, while the ratio among men stood at 27-point-five percent.

The percentage of those with a spouse, which was only seven-point-nine percent among people in their late 20s, jumped to 34-point-two percent among those in their early 30s, and 60-point-three percent in their late 30s.

While the ratio of married people in Seoul and the surrounding region was 31-point-seven percent, the percentage rose to 36-point-one percent outside the capital area. Only 25 percent in the age group were married in Seoul.