Costa Rica vs Cyprus: Divorce rate
Costa Rica
2.8 per 1,000 people
in 2021
Cyprus
2.6 per 1,000 people
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
3rd
Cyprus rank
4th
Divorce rate over time
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.8 per 1,000 people against 2.6 per 1,000 people in Cyprus, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 people.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 3rd and Cyprus ranks 4th of 43 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Costa Rica or Cyprus?
- Costa Rica, at 2.8 per 1,000 people against 2.6 per 1,000 people in Cyprus as of 2021.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Costa Rica and Cyprus?
- 0.2 per 1,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Cyprus?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Cyprus rank globally for divorce rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 3rd and Cyprus ranks 4th 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.