Divorce rate by country
Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.
Countries reporting
40
Highest
3.63 per 1,000 people
Chile
Lowest
0.55 per 1,000 people
Colombia
Median
1.76 per 1,000 people
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
2,139
What the numbers show
Divorce rate is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 3.63 per 1,000 people in Chile; the lowest is 0.55 per 1,000 people in Colombia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.76 per 1,000 people, and the mean is 1.8 per 1,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 55.6%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 46.3%).
Divorce rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 3.63 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 4 | Cyprus | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 7 | Turkey | 2.1 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 2.1 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 2.08 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 2 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | France | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2016 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 11 | Czechia | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 1.89 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 17 | Greece | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2017 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Hungary | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 17 | Switzerland | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 17 | South Korea | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Israel | 1.72 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 1.63 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 1.6 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 1.54 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 1.52 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 30 | Norway | 1.5 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 1.5 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 32 | New Zealand | 1.48 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 1.28 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 37 | Croatia | 1.2 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 1.2 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 39 | Canada | 1.1 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 1 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 43 | Colombia | 0.55 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 41.0% | rising |
About this data
Number of divorces during a given year per 1,000 people.