Percentage of New Marriages which End in Divorce, in Selected Countries (2002) |
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Country | Divorces (as % of marriages) |
Sweden Belarus Finland Luxembourg Estonia Australia United States Denmark Belgium Austria Czech Republic Russia United Kingdom Norway Ukraine Iceland Germany Lithuania France Netherlands Hungary Canada Latvia Moldova Slovakia Portugal Switzerland Bulgaria Slovenia Romania Poland Singapore Greece Croatia Spain Israel Albania Azerbaijan Italy Georgia Armenia Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina Macedonia Sri Lanka India |
54.9 52.9 51.2 47.4 46.7 46 45.8 44.5 44 43.4 43.3 43.3 42.6 40.4 40 39.5 39.4 38.9 38.3 38.3 37.5 37 34.4 28.1 26.9 26.2 25.5 21.1 20.7 19.1 17.2 17.2 15.7 15.5 15.2 14.8 10.9 10.3 10 6.6 6 6 5 5 1.5 1.1 |
(Source: Americans for Divorce Reform)
Divorce Rates of Selected Countries (2002) |
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Country | Divorce Rate (per 1,000 population per year) |
Maldives Guam Belarus Russia United States Ukraine Puerto Rico Cuba Estonia Czech Republic Lithuania Switzerland Finland Denmark Moldova New Zealand United Kingdom Australia Belgium Latvia Sweden Austria Hungary Kazakhstan Germany Luxembourg Canada Norway South Korea Netherlands Costa Rica Uruguay France Hong Kong Japan Portugal Iceland Cyprus Slovakia Kuwait Israel Romania Bahamas Singapore Bahrein Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Surinam Jordan Barbados Egypt Dominican Republic Poland Slovenia Turkmenistan Tunisia Trinidad and Tobago Qatar Greece Yugoslavia Spain Thailand Mauritius United Arab Emirates South Africa Croatia Venezuela China Ecuador Syria Brunei Macedonia Azerbaijan Iran Macau SAR Panama Uzbekistan Italy Albania Brazil Belize Jamaica Turkey El Salvador Mexico Chile Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Mongolia Armenia Libya Sri Lanka Guatemala |
10.97 4.34 4.3 4.3 4.1 4 3.82 3.54 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.65 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.35 2.3 2.3 2.28 2.2 2.12 2.1 2.04 2.01 2 1.96 1.92 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.58 1.56 1.4 1.37 1.31 1.31 1.3 1.3 1.23 1.22 1.21 1.18 1.17 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.04 1 0.97 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.87 0.87 0.81 0.8 0.79 0.79 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.7 0.7 0.69 0.65 0.65 0.61 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.55 0.5 0.49 0.48 0.42 0.4 0.4 0.38 0.3 0.24 0.15 0.13 |
(Source: Americans for Divorce Reform)
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Bryan Matutu says
do you have divorce statistics for zimbabwe?
Martha Chan says
Sorry, we don’t.
Anonymous says
But it at least helped me a bit.