Bulgaria vs Norway: Divorce rate
Bulgaria
1.4 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Norway
1.5 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
33rd
Norway rank
30th
Divorce rate over time
- Bulgaria
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1.5 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 people.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Norway ranks 30th of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 0.7333 per 1,000 people | 0.3556 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 1.28 per 1,000 people | 0.02 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 1.44 per 1,000 people | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 0.46 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 1990s | 1.16 per 1,000 people | 2.33 per 1,000 people | 1.17 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2000s | 1.69 per 1,000 people | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 0.58 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.51 per 1,000 people | 1.97 per 1,000 people | 0.46 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2020s | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 0.2467 per 1,000 people | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Bulgaria or Norway?
- Norway, at 1.5 per 1,000 people against 1.4 per 1,000 people in Bulgaria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Bulgaria and Norway?
- 0.1 per 1,000 people, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Norway?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Norway rank globally for divorce rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 33rd and Norway ranks 30th of 43 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Divorce rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.