Japan vs Poland: Divorce rate
Japan
1.52 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Poland
1.6 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Japan rank
29th
Poland rank
27th
Divorce rate over time
- Japan
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 1.6 per 1,000 people against 1.52 per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.08 per 1,000 people.
That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 29th and Poland ranks 27th of 43 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Poland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7875 per 1,000 people | 0.75 per 1,000 people | 0.0375 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.06 per 1,000 people | 1.13 per 1,000 people | 0.07 per 1,000 people | Poland |
| 1980s | 1.36 per 1,000 people | 1.27 per 1,000 people | 0.09 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.63 per 1,000 people | 0.97 per 1,000 people | 0.66 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 2.12 per 1,000 people | 1.51 per 1,000 people | 0.611 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.79 per 1,000 people | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 0.095 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.52 per 1,000 people | 1.57 per 1,000 people | 0.0467 per 1,000 people | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher divorce rate, Japan or Poland?
- Poland, at 1.6 per 1,000 people against 1.52 per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in divorce rate between Japan and Poland?
- 0.08 per 1,000 people, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Poland?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Poland rank globally for divorce rate?
- Japan ranks 29th and Poland ranks 27th 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.