Denmark vs Sweden: Divorce rate

Denmark

2.08 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Sweden

2.1 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Denmark rank

9th

Sweden rank

7th

Divorce rate over time

Sweden currently reports 2.1 per 1,000 people against 2.08 per 1,000 people in Denmark, a difference of 0.02 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th 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.