Ireland vs Malta: Divorce rate
Ireland
0.7 per 1,000 people
in 2017
Malta
0.9 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Ireland rank
42nd
Malta rank
41st
Divorce rate over time
- Ireland
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.9 per 1,000 people against 0.7 per 1,000 people in Ireland, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 people.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.3 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 42nd and Malta ranks 41st of 43 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Ireland or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.9 per 1,000 people against 0.7 per 1,000 people in Ireland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Ireland and Malta?
- 0.2 per 1,000 people, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Malta?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2017.
- How do Ireland and Malta rank globally for divorce rate?
- Ireland ranks 42nd and Malta ranks 41st 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.