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World Divorce Statistics (page 1)

Find out the percentage of marriages that end up in divorce, in certain countries.

By Divorce Magazine Updated: October 14, 2014Categories: Divorce News and Statistics, Divorce Statistics and Studies

World Divorce Statistics (page 1)
 
Percentage of New Marriages which End in Divorce, in Selected Countries (2002)
Country Divorces (as % of marriages)
Sweden
Belarus
Finland
Luxembourg
Estonia
Australia
United States
Denmark
Belgium
Austria
Czech Republic
Russia
United Kingdom
Norway
Ukraine
Iceland
Germany
Lithuania
France
Netherlands
Hungary
Canada
Latvia
Moldova
Slovakia
Portugal
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Romania
Poland
Singapore
Greece
Croatia
Spain
Israel
Albania
Azerbaijan
Italy
Georgia
Armenia
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Sri Lanka
India
54.9
52.9
51.2
47.4
46.7
46
45.8
44.5
44
43.4
43.3
43.3
42.6
40.4
40
39.5
39.4
38.9
38.3
38.3
37.5
37
34.4
28.1
26.9
26.2
25.5
21.1
20.7
19.1
17.2
17.2
15.7
15.5
15.2
14.8
10.9
10.3
10
6.6
6
6
5
5
1.5
1.1

(Source: Americans for Divorce Reform)

Divorce Rates of Selected Countries (2002)

Country Divorce Rate (per 1,000 population per year)
Maldives
Guam
Belarus
Russia
United States
Ukraine
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Estonia
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Switzerland
Finland
Denmark
Moldova
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Australia
Belgium
Latvia
Sweden
Austria
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Germany
Luxembourg
Canada
Norway
South Korea
Netherlands
Costa Rica
Uruguay
France
Hong Kong
Japan
Portugal
Iceland
Cyprus
Slovakia
Kuwait
Israel
Romania
Bahamas
Singapore
Bahrein
Bulgaria
Kyrgyzstan
Surinam
Jordan
Barbados
Egypt
Dominican Republic
Poland
Slovenia
Turkmenistan
Tunisia
Trinidad and Tobago
Qatar
Greece
Yugoslavia
Spain
Thailand
Mauritius
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Croatia
Venezuela
China
Ecuador
Syria
Brunei
Macedonia
Azerbaijan
Iran
Macau SAR
Panama
Uzbekistan
Italy
Albania
Brazil
Belize
Jamaica
Turkey
El Salvador
Mexico
Chile
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
Mongolia
Armenia
Libya
Sri Lanka
Guatemala
10.97
4.34
4.3
4.3
4.1
4
3.82
3.54
3.1
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.65
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.35
2.3
2.3
2.28
2.2
2.12
2.1
2.04
2.01
2
1.96
1.92
1.9
1.9
1.7
1.7
1.58
1.56
1.4
1.37
1.31
1.31
1.3
1.3
1.23
1.22
1.21
1.18
1.17
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.04
1
0.97
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.87
0.87
0.81
0.8
0.79
0.79
0.73
0.73
0.72
0.7
0.7
0.69
0.65
0.65
0.61
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.58
0.55
0.5
0.49
0.48
0.42
0.4
0.4
0.38
0.3
0.24
0.15
0.13
(Source: Americans for Divorce Reform)

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June 06, 2006 3 Comments Categories: Divorce News and Statistics, Divorce Statistics and Studies

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  1. Bryan Matutu says

    May 31, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    do you have divorce statistics for zimbabwe?

    Reply
    • Martha Chan says

      May 31, 2018 at 2:27 pm

      Sorry, we don’t.

      Reply
  2. Anonymous says

    May 31, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    But it at least helped me a bit.

    Reply

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