Same-Sex Marriages Nearly Triple in Yucatán as 2025 Sets an Eight-Year Record

Mérida, Yucatán — Same-sex marriages in Yucatán nearly tripled in 2025, rising from 21 to 56 registered unions in a single year — the highest figure reported in the eight-year span covered by federal statistics.

The 166.67% increase far outpaced the national trend. Across Mexico, same-sex marriages rose from 6,312 to 6,481, a gain of roughly 2.68%, according to the 2025 Marriage Statistics (EMAT) published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

Yucatán’s total broke down into 36 marriages between women and 20 between men.

In 2024, the state had recorded only 21 same-sex marriages — 17 between women and four between men. A year earlier, in 2023, the figure stood at 38, meaning last year’s total also came in 47.4% higher than that level.

Highest Reading of the Period

The INEGI report covers eight years and counts 144 same-sex marriages in Yucatán during that period. The breakdown shows 24 in 2018, five in 2019, none between 2020 and 2022, 38 in 2023, 21 in 2024 and 56 in 2025 — meaning nearly four of every 10 same-sex marriages recorded over those eight years took place in 2025 alone.

Nationally, Mexico celebrated 491,640 marriages in 2025, about 1% more than the previous year. Of that total, 6,481 involved same-sex couples: 3,978 between women and 2,503 between men. Same-sex unions accounted for roughly 1.3% of all marriages nationwide.

Yucatán Ranks Seventh in Overall Marriage Rate

Beyond same-sex unions, Yucatán posted an overall rate of 6.6 marriages per 1,000 residents aged 18 and older, placing it seventh nationwide, according to the EMAT data.

Quintana Roo led the country with a rate of 8.6, while Campeche recorded seven. In absolute terms, Yucatán counted 11,238 marriages between people of different sexes, Quintana Roo 11,486 and Campeche 4,455.

A Recent Legal Change

The surge comes a few years after Yucatán changed its laws to fully recognize these unions. A state constitutional reform on marriage equality took effect in September 2021. The following March, Congress approved amendments to the Family Code and the Civil Registry Law to bring secondary legislation into line.

Mexico City, then the Federal District, approved same-sex marriage on Dec. 21, 2009, and the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation upheld its constitutionality on Aug. 16, 2010.

Quintana Roo has allowed same-sex marriages since May 3, 2012, without a specific authorizing reform, because its Civil Code did not set the sex of the contracting parties as a requirement.