Germany vs Japan: Divorce rate

Germany

1.63 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Japan

1.52 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Germany rank

26th

Japan rank

29th

Divorce rate over time

Germany currently reports 1.63 per 1,000 people against 1.52 per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.11 per 1,000 people.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 26th and Japan ranks 29th 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.