World Divorce Statistics

World Divorce Statistics of various countries

Divorce rate as percentage of marriages	Country
54.9	Sweden
54.8	United States
52.9	Belarus
51.2	Finland
47.4	Luxembourg
46.7	Estonia
44.5	Denmark
44.0	Belgium
43.4	Austria
43.3	Czech Republic
42.6	United Kingdom
40.4	Norway
40.0	Ukraine
39.5	Iceland
39.4	Germany
38.9	Lithuania
38.3	France
38.3	Netherlands
37.5	Hungary
37.0	Canada
34.4	Latvia
28.1	Moldova
26.9	Slovakia
26.2	Portugal
25.5	Switzerland
21.1	Bulgaria
20.1	Slovenia
19.1	Romania
17.2	Poland
17.2	Singapore
15.7	Greece
15.5	Croatia
15.2	Spain
14.8	Israel
10.9	Albania
10.3	Azerbaijan
10.0	Italy
6.6	Georgia
6.0	Armenia
6.0	Turkey
5.0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.0	Republic of Macedonia
1.9	Japan
1.5	Sri Lanka
1.1	India

Divorce rate per 1000 individuals	Country
4.95	United States
4.47	Puerto Rico
3.36	Russia
3.08	United Kingdom
2.81	Denmark
2.63	New Zealand
2.52	Australia
2.46	Canada
1.85	Finland
1.21	Barbados
1.18	Guadeloupe
0.97	Qatar
0.88	Portugal
0.83	Albania
0.80	Singapore
0.79	China
0.76	Greece
0.72	Brunei
0.68	Panama
0.65	Syria
0.58	Thailand
0.47	Mauritius
0.42	Ecuador
0.41	El Salvador
0.39	cyprus
0.38	Chile
0.38	Jamaica
0.37	Mongolia
0.33	Turkey
0.27	Italy
0.26	Brazil
0.15	Sri Lanka

World Divorce Statistics in terms of Divorce Rate

Divorce rate per 1000 persons	Year
4.90	1999
4.95	1990
4.00	1980
3.10	1970
2.40	1960
2.10	1950
1.80	1940
1.60	1930
1.10	1920
0.74	1910
0.38	1900
0.10	1870

Indian divorce rate

In India, out of 1000 marriages, usually 11 marriages end up in a divorce. Practically, out of 100 marriages, 1 terminates in a divorce. This divorce rate is one of the lowest in the world. The country witnesses a very low divorce rate in 1990, when out of 1000 marriages, only 7.4 were divorced. The villages in India record an even lower rate of divorce, while in the urban regions the rate is slightly higher. However, it has been witnessed in the recent past, that the divorce rate in the urban regions of India is rising.

The scenario in Singapore

Singapore claims of a divorce rate of 10 percent. In other words, out of 100 marriages, 10 marriages witness a divorce. In this country, there are different ethnic groups. In case of marriages within an ethnic group, the divorce rate is less while in case of interethnic marriages the divorce rate is more. The divorce rate for Malays fell during the 1980s, while it increased for the other ethnic groups.

In 1987, 2,708 divorces were recorded in Singapore. Out of these, 796 were under the Muslim Law Act and 1,912 under the Women’s Charter. This resulted in 17.8 divorces for 100 marriages of Muslims and 10 divorces for 100 marriages for non-Muslims.

Japan doubles its divorce rate

Out of 4 marriages in Japan, 1 ends up in a divorce. The divorce rate is almost 27 percent. From 1990 to 2000, the divorce rate in Japan doubled and there 0.264 million couples were separated in 2000.

Australia introduces Family Law Act

After the introduction of the Family Law Act in 1975-76, 63,230 divorces were recorded in Australia in 1976 and this is a record in this country. The second highest number is 52,500 divorces that took place in 1996.

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