Cyprus vs Sweden: Divorce rate

Cyprus

2.6 per 1,000 people

in 2019

Sweden

2.1 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Cyprus rank

4th

Sweden rank

7th

Divorce rate over time

Cyprus currently reports 2.6 per 1,000 people against 2.1 per 1,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 people.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Sweden ahead.

Cyprus ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 7th of 43 countries.

Indicator: Divorce rate
Unit: per 1,000 people
Source: OECD (2025) and other sources – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 43 places, 2,139 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.