Finland vs Turkey: Divorce rate
Finland
2 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Turkey
2.1 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Finland rank
10th
Turkey rank
7th
Divorce rate over time
- Finland
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 2.1 per 1,000 people against 2 per 1,000 people in Finland, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 people.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 10th and Turkey ranks 7th of 43 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.53 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 1.23 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2010s | 2.46 per 1,000 people | 1.66 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2020s | 2.2 per 1,000 people | 1.86 per 1,000 people | 0.34 per 1,000 people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Finland or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 2.1 per 1,000 people against 2 per 1,000 people in Finland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Finland and Turkey?
- 0.1 per 1,000 people, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Turkey?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Finland and Turkey rank globally for divorce rate?
- Finland ranks 10th and Turkey ranks 7th 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.