Finland vs Iceland: Divorce rate
Finland
2 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Iceland
1.9 per 1,000 people
in 2020
Finland rank
10th
Iceland rank
11th
Divorce rate over time
- Finland
- Iceland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 2 per 1,000 people against 1.9 per 1,000 people in Iceland, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 people.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 10th and Iceland ranks 11th of 43 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 per 1,000 people | 0.94 per 1,000 people | 0.08 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1970s | 1.92 per 1,000 people | 1.63 per 1,000 people | 0.29 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1980s | 2.12 per 1,000 people | 1.97 per 1,000 people | 0.15 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 1990s | 2.64 per 1,000 people | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 0.74 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2000s | 2.56 per 1,000 people | 1.79 per 1,000 people | 0.77 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2010s | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2020s | 2.4 per 1,000 people | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 0.5 per 1,000 people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Finland or Iceland?
- Finland, at 2 per 1,000 people against 1.9 per 1,000 people in Iceland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Finland and Iceland?
- 0.1 per 1,000 people, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Iceland?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
- How do Finland and Iceland rank globally for divorce rate?
- Finland ranks 10th and Iceland ranks 11th 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.