Japan vs Norway: Divorce rate
Japan
1.52 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Norway
1.5 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Japan rank
29th
Norway rank
30th
Divorce rate over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.52 per 1,000 people against 1.5 per 1,000 people in Norway, a difference of 0.02 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.
Japan ranks 29th and Norway ranks 30th of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7875 per 1,000 people | 0.7375 per 1,000 people | 0.05 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.06 per 1,000 people | 1.28 per 1,000 people | 0.22 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 1980s | 1.36 per 1,000 people | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 0.54 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 1990s | 1.63 per 1,000 people | 2.33 per 1,000 people | 0.7 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2000s | 2.12 per 1,000 people | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 0.149 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2010s | 1.79 per 1,000 people | 1.97 per 1,000 people | 0.175 per 1,000 people | Norway |
| 2020s | 1.52 per 1,000 people | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 0.1267 per 1,000 people | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Japan or Norway?
- Japan, at 1.52 per 1,000 people against 1.5 per 1,000 people in Norway as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Japan and Norway?
- 0.02 per 1,000 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for divorce rate?
- Japan ranks 29th and Norway ranks 30th 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.