Japan vs Poland: Divorces per 1000 people

Japan
1.52
in 2022
Poland
1.6
in 2022
Japan rank
29th
Poland rank
27th

Divorces per 1000 people over time

  • Japan
  • Poland
0.511.522.5196019912022

How they compare

Poland currently reports 1.6 against 1.52 in Japan, a difference of 0.08.

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 0.75 0.0375 Japan
1970s 1.06 1.13 0.07 Poland
1980s 1.36 1.27 0.09 Japan
1990s 1.63 0.97 0.66 Japan
2000s 2.12 1.51 0.611 Japan
2010s 1.79 1.7 0.095 Japan
2020s 1.52 1.57 0.0467 Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher divorces per 1000 people, Japan or Poland?
Poland, at 1.6 against 1.52 in Japan as of 2022.
What is the difference in divorces per 1000 people between Japan and Poland?
0.08, 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 divorces per 1000 people?
Japan ranks 29th and Poland ranks 27th of 43 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Divorces per 1000 people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Poland: Divorces per 1000 people. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/divorces-per-1000-people/japan/poland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/divorces-per-1000-people/japan/poland/">Japan vs Poland: Divorces per 1000 people</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Divorces per 1000 people
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 2,139 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed