Divorce Rates by Country 2024 (2024)

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The Maldives, with a divorce rate of 5.52 per 1000 people, leads the world in divorces, partly due to cultural factors and women's empowerment.
COVID-19 pandemic led to a global decrease in both marriage and divorce rates, with notable drops in countries like Slovenia and Hungary.
Countries with the lowest divorce rates, like Sri Lanka and Vietnam, may reflect legal difficulties or societal barriers rather than marital satisfaction.

Marriage is a sacrament that bonds two people together for life, creating a legal, cultural, and/or religious connection between them that impacts everything from their name and address to their future family. Marriage is a cultural universal, an institution so fundamental to the human experience that there are no known examples of a society that functions without it. People marry for many reasons, including love, companionship, the desire to build a family, financial stability, social status, and religious fulfillment, and in nearly every case the marriage is considered a watershed event in the participants’ lives.

Divorce and its causes

Sometimes, however, the bonds of marriage break. According to the United States' National Center for Health Statistics, approximately 4-5 million people get married every year in the U.S. ... and approximately 42-53% of those marriages eventually end in divorce.

Divorce has many possible causes, including infidelity, financial problems, loss of intimacy, substance abuse, domestic abuse, lack of commitment, moral or religious differences, and simply growing apart. Whatever the reason, divorce is not a uniquely American scenario. Divorce happens all over the world—in fact, it may be every bit as universal as marriage itself.

How to calculate divorce rate

Divorce rates can be calculated multiple ways, but one of the simplest methods utilizes census data. Dividing the number of divorces in a given year by total population yields the crude divorce rate. This metric is typically expressed as a number per 1000 people. For example, if 100,000 people lived in a nation and there were 500 divorces in a year, the divorce rate would be five divorces per 1,000 residents.

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Divorce Rates (annually, per 1000 people)*

*Data is most recent available per country. 2018-China; 2019-Cuba; all others 2020-21

Country	Divorces Per 1k 2022
Georgia	3.8
Moldova	3.7
Latvia	2.9
Dominican Republic	2.7
Greenland	2.7
Lithuania	2.6
Costa Rica	2.5
Kazakhstan	2.3
Turkey	2.1
Finland	2

According to data from the United Nations and other sources, the country with the highest divorce rate in the world in 2020 was the Maldives, which recorded 2984 divorces against a population of 540,544, resulting in a divorce rate of 5.52 per 1000 people. This is actually a notable step down from the country's widely publicized rate of 10.97 in 2002, which earned the country a Guinness World Record.

Why are divorces so frequent in the Maldives? One common explanation is that the island nation's citizens frown upon physical relations outside of marriage, but both marriages and divorces are quite easy to obtain, so they marry quickly and divorce with minimal complication if the relationship fails. What's more, a cultural shift is currently taking place in the Maldives, with women becoming more empowered and more able to fend for themselves financially, enabling them to leave marriages that aren't working.

The former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan endured the second-highest divorce rate in the world in 2020, with 4.6 divorces for every 1000 people. Close behind are Russia (3.9), Belgium (3.7), and Belarus (3.7). The United States lands in a four-way tie for spots 9-12 on the list, with an annual divorce rate of 2.7 per 1000 people. In the U.S., Nevada has the highest divorce rate of any state at 14%.

The effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic on divorce rates

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21 had a remarkable impact on nearly every aspect of everyday life, including rates of marriage and divorce. Overall, marriage rates dropped significantly in 2020, largely due to pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions on public gatherings. What's more, divorce rates also dropped significantly, from .2 to .4 points in most cases, in nearly every country in the world.

For example, Slovenia's divorce rate dropped from 1.2 in 2019 to .8 in 2020. Similarly, Hungary dropped from 1.8 to 1.5, Seychelles went from 1.9 to 1.7, and the Dominican Republic plummeted from 2.5 to 1.2. Oddly, Denmark, considered one of the top 10 countries to live in, reversed the trend and saw its divorce rate leap from 1.8 to 2.7 during the 2020 pandemic.

Top 10 Countries with the Lowest Divorce Rates (annually, per 1000 people)*

*Data is most recent available per country, typically between 2017-2020.

Country	Divorces Per 1k 2022
Slovenia	1
Montenegro	1.1
Romania	1.2
Croatia	1.2
Mexico	1.3
Mongolia	1.3
Uzbekistan	1.4
Serbia	1.4
Bulgaria	1.4
Faroe Islands	1.4

On the other side of the coin, several nations have quite low divorce rates. Based upon available data, the country with the lowest divorce rate in the world is Sri Lanka, with a divorce rate of 0.15 divorces per 1,000 residents. Vietnam and Guatemala have the next lowest rate at 0.2 divorces per every 1,000 residents. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Peru, and South Africa rank 4th through 6th, then a nine-way tie at .70/1000 creates a logjam that soaks up spots 7-15.

It should be noted that a low divorce rate does not necessarily mean that a country's citizens have blissful, thriving marriages. In some countries, divorces may be more difficult to legally obtain, or wives may be unable to leave a bad marriage because they fear for their safety, or for their children's safety, or because they lack the financial wherewithal (or societal opportunity) to support the family on their own. In fact, if one takes the top 6 countries with the lowest divorce rates and tracks their scores on the United Nations' 2019 Gender Inequality Index (GII), they rank as follows:

Gender Inequality Index (GII) of top 6 countries with the lowest divorce rates (out of 162 countries, lower GII is better):

Sri Lanka - .401 (90th place)
Guatemala - .479 (119th place)
Vietnam - .296 (65th place)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - not rated
Peru - .395 (87th place)
South Africa - .406 (93rd place)

By comparison, all but three of the top 13 countries with the highest divorce rates placed within the top 50 in terms of gender equality. In light of these data, it is important to resist drawing conclusions about married life in a given country based upon its divorce rate alone.

Divorce rate and its connection to marriage rate

In fact, divorce rate on its own cannot even give a clear idea of how frequent divorces are in a given country. This is because the divorce rate is a measure of divorces as a percentage of the total population, not in relation to the total number of marriages. Why does this matter? Because the United States' 2019's rate of 2.7 new divorces per 1000 people would be quite impressive if all 1000 of those people were married, but shockingly worrisome if only 50 out of 1000 were married. For that reason, divorce rates are often viewed alongside a country's overall marriage rate. They may even be combined to produce a rough marriage/divorce ratio or percentage.

For example, if one matches the United States' 2019's rate of 2.7 new divorces per 1000 people to the number of marriages that took place in 2019—6.1 per 1000 people—it works out to one new divorce for every 2.26 new marriages, a divorce percentage of just over 44%. These are arguably more insightful and relatable numbers than "2.7 divorces per 1000 people." Of course, even this calculation is not entirely precise—divorce rates should ideally be compared to the marriage rates from the year each dissolving marriage was initially created, not the current year. However, it is nonetheless a useful (and much easier to compute) ballpark estimate for times when more granular data is unavailable.

Crude divorce rates are the annual number of divorces per 1,000 mid-year population.
Rates presented in this table have been limited to those countries or areas having at least a total of 30 divorces in a given year.

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Country	Divorces Per 1k (Most Recent Year)	Divorces 2022	Divorces Per 1k 2022	Marriages 2022	Marriages per 1k 2022	Divorces 2021	Divorces Per 1k 2021	Marriages 2021	Marriages per 1k 2021	Divorces 2020	Divorces Per 1k 2020	Marriages 2020	Marriages per 1k 2020	Divorces 2019	Divorces Per 1k 2019	Marriages 2019	Marriages per 1k 2019	Divorces 2018	Divorces Per 1k 2018	Marriages 2018	Marriages per 1k 2018
Guam	4.3													720	4.3	1,056	6.3	572	3.4	1,251	7.5
Georgia	3.8	14,098	3.8	26,048	7.1	10,654	2.9	23,155	6.2	7,643	2.1	16,359	4.4	11,205	3	23,285	6.3	10,288	2.8	23,202	6.2
Belarus	3.7			57,901	6.3	34,386	3.7	59,649	6.4	35,144	3.7	50,384	5.4	34,470	3.7	62,744	6.7	33,152	3.5	60,714	6.4
Moldova	3.7	9,565	3.7	18,157	7	9,897	3.8	20,268	7.8	8,793	3.3	15,539	5.9	10,736	4	20,301	7.6	10,721	4	20,399	7.5
Latvia	2.9	5,407	2.9	11,848	6.3	4,643	2.5	11,228	5.9	5,206	2.7	10,702	5.6	5,971	3.1	12,861	6.7	5,967	3.1	13,058	6.8
Dominican Republic	2.7	28,645	2.7	45,612	4.3	28,694	2.7	45,292	4.3	12,553	1.2	35,104	3.4	26,115	2.5	51,938	5	24,772	2.4	50,067	4.9
Greenland	2.7	151	2.7	285	5	131	2.3	294	5.2	136	2.4	307	5.4	121	2.2	331	5.9	135	2.4	289	5.2
Puerto Rico	2.6											8,454	2.6	8,453	2.6	12,732	4	9,644	3	14,091	4.4
Lithuania	2.6	7,395	2.6	16,016	5.7	7,822	2.8	16,795	6	7,544	2.7	15,299	5.5	8,683	3.1	19,502	7	8,640	3.1	19,734	7
Cyprus	2.6													2,308	2.6	7,846	9	2,114	2.4	6,777	7.8
Costa Rica	2.5	13,236	2.5	22,920	4.4	14,543	2.8	24,352	4.7	11,785	2.3	18,852	3.7	14,009	2.8	22,677	4.5	11,003	2.2	23,603	4.7
Egypt	2.4					243,583	2.4	880,041	8.6	222,036	2.2	876,015	8.7	225,929	2.3	927,844	9.4	211,554	2.2	887,315	9.1
Iran	2.4					201,663	2.4	568,930	6.8	183,193	2.2	556,731	6.7	174,831	2.1	530,225	6.4	175,614	2.1	550,565	6.7
United States	2.3													746,971	2.3	2,015,603	6.1	782,038	2.4	2,132,853	6.5
Kazakhstan	2.3	44,517	2.3	128,359	6.5	48,239	2.5	140,256	7.4	48,002	2.6	128,839	6.9	59,796	3.2	139,504	7.5	54,797	3	137,797	7.5
Sweden	2.3			47,883	4.6	23,647	2.3	38,895	3.7	25,619	2.5	37,591	3.6	25,407	2.5	48,481	4.7	24,958	2.5	50,796	5
Australia	2.2					56,244	2.2	89,164	3.5	49,510	1.9	78,989	3.1	48,582	1.9	113,815	4.5	49,674	2	119,188	4.8
Denmark	2.2			33,054	5.6	12,886	2.2	27,643	4.7	15,651	2.7	28,538	4.9	10,530	1.8	30,635	5.3	15,034	2.6	32,525	5.6
Turkey	2.1	180,954	2.1			175,779	2.1	561,710	6.7	136,570	1.6	488,335	5.9	156,587	1.9	542,314	6.6	NaN	1.8	554,389	6.8
Liechtenstein	2.1									82	2.1	215	5.5	99	2.6	226	5.9	74	1.9	242	6.3
Czech Republic	2					21,107	2	46,778	4.5	21,734	2	45,415	4.2	24,141	2.3	54,870	5.1	24,313	2.3	54,470	5.1
Switzerland	2	14,201		40,938		17,159	2	36,410	4.2	16,210	1.9	35,160	4.1	16,885	2	38,974	4.5	16,542	1.9	40,716	4.8
Finland	2	11,370	2	21,942	4	12,166	2.2	19,579	3.5	13,478	2.4	22,082	4	13,105	2.4	20,120	3.7	12,945	2.4	21,921	4
Kuwait	2	8,307	2	13,656	3.2	8,041	1.9	16,393	3.8	5,932	1.3	13,071	2.9	7,888	1.8	13,886	3.1	7,869	1.9	14,400	3.4
Mauritius	2	2,462	2	9,558	7.6	2,110	1.7	8,186	6.5	1,995	1.6	6,929	5.5	2,174	1.7	9,709	7.7	2,425	1.9	10,034	7.9
Singapore	1.9			29,389	7.2	7,674	1.9	28,329	7.1	6,708	1.7	22,651	5.6	7,330	1.8	25,434	6.3	6,990	1.8	27,007	6.8
Palestine	1.9					9,794	1.9	45,018	8.6	8,006	1.6	41,221	8.1	8,551	1.7	44,320	8.9	8,509	1.8	43,515	9
Estonia	1.9	2,546	1.9	7,200	5.4	2,554	1.9	6,396	4.8	2,555	1.9	6,093	4.6	2,790	2.1	6,701	5.1	3,199	2.4	6,573	5
Luxembourg	1.9	1,243	1.9	2,475	3.8	1,400	2.2	1,945	3	1,447	2.3	1,803	2.9	1,906	3.1	2,143	3.5	1,230	2	1,898	3.1
Iceland	1.9									688	1.9	1,850	5	719	2	2,075	5.8	664	1.9	2,092	5.9
Andorra	1.9			349	4.4	149	1.9	355	4.6	79	1	226	2.9	133	1.7	325	4.3	114	1.5	293	3.9
Bermuda	1.9					121	1.9	313	4.9	104	1.6	248	3.9	123	1.9	386	6	110	1.7	473	7.4
South Korea	1.8	93,232	1.8	191,690	3.7	101,673	2	192,507	3.8	106,500	2.1	213,502	4.2	110,831	2.2	239,159	4.7	108,684	2.1	257,622	5
Spain	1.8					86,851	1.8		3.1	77,200	1.6		1.9	91,645	1.9		3.5	95,254	2		3.5
Hungary	1.8	17,695	1.8	63,967	6.6	18,092	1.9	72,030	7.4	14,979	1.5	67,095	6.9	17,600	1.8	65,268	6.7	16,952	1.7	50,828	5.2
Kyrgyzstan	1.8	12,213	1.8		6.8	12,037	1.8		7.6	9,128	1.4		6	10,992	1.7		7.7	10,434	1.7		7.8
United Kingdom	1.7					113,505	1.7			103,592	1.5	85,770	1.3	108,421	1.6	219,850	3.3	91,299	1.4	234,795	3.5
Belgium	1.7	19,347	1.7	48,482	4.2	22,172	1.9	40,845	3.5	21,300	1.8	32,779	2.8	22,435	2	44,270	3.8	23,135	2	45,059	3.9
Jordan	1.7	19,305	1.7	63,834	5.6	20,416	1.8	75,360	6.8	17,144	1.6	67,389	6.2	19,241	1.8	67,696	6.4	20,279	2	70,734	6.9
Azerbaijan	1.7			61,939	6.1	17,191	1.7	56,314	5.6	14,628	1.4	35,348	3.5	17,148	1.7	63,869	6.4	14,857	1.5	62,484	6.3
Portugal	1.7			36,952	3.6	17,279	1.7	29,057	2.8	17,295	1.7	18,902	1.8	20,421	2	33,272	3.2	20,345	2	34,637	3.4
Israel	1.7					16,300	1.7	51,605	5.5	15,307	1.7	39,984	4.3	15,992	1.8	48,056	5.3	15,605	1.8	49,410	5.6
Germany	1.6	137,353	1.6	390,743	4.6	142,751	1.7	357,785	4.3	143,801	1.7	373,304	4.5	149,010	1.8	416,324	5	148,066	1.8	449,466	5.4
Poland	1.6	60,162	1.6	155,817	4.1	60,687	1.6	168,324	4.4	51,164	1.3	145,045	3.8	65,341	1.7	183,371	4.8	62,843	1.7	192,443	5.1
Cuba	1.6					18,242	1.6	41,193	3.7	22,003	2	35,246	3.2	32,909	2.9	60,153	5.4	30,443	2.7	58,070	5.2
Austria	1.6	13,997	1.6	47,482	5.3	14,510	1.6	41,111	4.6	14,870	1.7	40,918	4.6	16,319	1.8	46,034	5.2	16,304	1.8	46,468	5.3
Macau	1.6	1,106	1.6	2,727	4	1,315	1.9	3,277	4.8	1,319	1.9	2,754	4	1,435	2.1	3,724	5.5	1,544	2.3	3,842	5.8
Japan	1.5					184,384	1.5	501,138	4	193,253	1.5	525,507	4.2	208,496	1.6	599,007	4.7	208,333	1.6	586,481	4.6
Sudan	1.5																	59,339	1.5	180,563	4.6
Netherlands	1.5			70,608	4	25,962	1.5	56,419	3.2	28,965	1.7	50,233	2.9	30,041	1.7	63,565	3.7	30,729	1.8	64,315	3.7
Slovakia	1.5	8,180	1.5	29,172	5.4	8,131	1.5	26,350	4.8	8,295	1.5	23,753	4.4	9,466	1.7	29,664	5.4	9,560	1.8	31,177	5.7
Norway	1.5	8,204	1.5	20,769	3.8	8,893	1.6	16,050	3	9,825	1.8	17,699	3.3	10,227	1.9	21,410	4	10,162	1.9	22,578	4.3
Armenia	1.5	4,525	1.5	16,795	5.7	4,434	1.5	17,165	5.8	3,155	1.1	12,179	4.1	3,880	1.3	15,561	5.3	3,820	1.3	14,822	5
Seychelles	1.5					152	1.5	1,550	15.6	167	1.7	1,250	12.7	189	1.9	3,078	31.5	166	1.7	3,131	32.4
San Marino	1.5			122				118	3.4	53	1.5	115	3.3			156	4.5			151	4.4
Italy	1.4					83,192	1.4	180,416	3.1	66,662	1.1	96,841	1.6	85,349	1.4	184,088	3.1	88,458	1.5	195,778	3.3
Uzbekistan	1.4	48,733	1.4	296,689	8.3	39,349	1.1	305,211	8.7	28,233	0.8	296,751	8.6	31,389	0.9	310,899	9.3	32,326	1	311,379	9.4
Tajikistan	1.4													12,469	1.4	80,293	8.8	10,976	1.2	82,647	9.3
Serbia	1.4	9,813	1.4	32,821	4.8	9,790	1.4	32,757	4.8	8,687	1.3	23,599	3.4	10,899	1.6	35,570	5.1	9,995	1.4	36,321	5.2
Bulgaria	1.4	9,525	1.4	26,013	3.8	10,021	1.5	26,620	3.9	9,015	1.3	22,172	3.2	10,859	1.6	29,198	4.2	10,596	1.5	28,961	4.1
Faroe Islands	1.4	75	1.4	245	4.5	67	1.3	243	4.6	75	1.4	234	4.5	75	1.4	289	5.6	59	1.2	285	5.6
Mexico	1.3	166,766	1.3	507,052	3.9	149,675	1.2	453,085	3.5	92,739	0.7	335,563	2.6	160,107	1.3	504,923	4	156,556	1.2	501,298	4
Malaysia	1.3					43,934	1.3	214,943	6.6	47,272	1.5	186,297	5.7	56,624	1.7	203,661	6.3	50,862	1.6	206,352	6.4
Mongolia	1.3	4,553	1.3	17,574	5.1	3,391	1	16,118	4.8	3,316	1	14,252	4.3	4,262	1.3	20,043	6.1	4,201	1.3	21,020	6.6
Romania	1.2	23,289	1.2	118,300	6.2	27,024	1.4	114,207	6	22,785	1.2	81,343	4.2	30,197	1.6	128,610	6.6	30,857	1.6	143,292	7.4
New Zealand	1.2	7,593		18,858		6,372	1.2	15,657	3.1	7,707	1.5	16,779	3.3	8,388	1.7	19,071	3.8	7,455	1.5	20,949	4.3
Panama	1.2					5,057	1.2	12,835	3	3,107	0.7	6,153	1.4	4,558	1.1	10,858	2.6	4,558	1.1	11,112	2.7
Croatia	1.2	4,808	1.2	18,074	4.7	5,100	1.3	18,203	4.7	5,153	1.3	15,196	3.8	5,936	1.5	19,761	4.9	6,125	1.5	19,921	4.9
Jamaica	1.2																	3,402	1.2	16,719	6.1
Canada	1.1									42,933	1.1	98,355	2.6	56,937	1.5	146,121	3.9	61,344	1.7	150,858	4.1
Albania	1.1					3,113	1.1	19,709	7	4,267	1.5	17,473	6.2	5,860	2.1	22,415	7.9	4,846	1.7	23,104	8.1
Montenegro	1.1	690	1.1	3,291	5.3	768	1.2	3,196	5.1	784	1.3	2,026	3.3	841	1.4	3,523	5.7	849	1.4	3,321	5.3
American Samoa	1.1							291				214	3.7	65	1.1	174	3	59	1	181	3
British Virgin Islands	1.1					43	1.1	170	4.5	42	1.2	115	3.1	54	1.5	166	4.6	80	2.4	151	4.5
Slovenia	1	2,149	1	6,768	3.2	2,322	1.1	5,916	2.8	1,774	0.8	5,214	2.5	2,476	1.2	6,672	3.2	2,347	1.1	7,256	3.5
Brunei	1					433	1	2,783	6.3	617	1.4	3,664	8.3	638	1.4	2,831	6.3	552	1.3	2,653	6.1
North Macedonia	0.9			12,882	7	1,964	0.9	13,337	6.4	1,569	0.8	10,278	5	1,990	1	13,814	6.7	1,620	0.8	13,494	6.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.8					2,871		17,835		2,669		14,925		2,790	0.8	18,952	5.4	3,091	0.9	19,911	5.7
Ireland	0.6			23,173	4.6			17,217	3.4	3,164	0.6	9,523	1.9	3,545	0.7	20,313	4.1	NaN	NaN	21,053	4.3
Malta	0.6					320	0.6	2,276	4.4	269	0.5	1,157	2.2	354	0.7	2,674	5.3	349	0.7	2,831	5.8
Peru	0.4					13,994	0.4	74,593	2.3	5,682	0.2	44,450	1.4	16,485	0.5	84,312	2.6	16,742	0.5	91,894	2.9
Vietnam	0.2					22,132	0.2	500,001	5.1	22,762	0.2	627,660	6.4	25,702	0.3	699,265	7.2	28,076	0.3	735,292	7.7
Venezuela	0.2													5,126	0.2	45,834	1.4	13,734	0.4	66,258	2.1
Brazil						386,813		932,502		331,185		757,179		NaN		NaN		306,376		1,043,947
Philippines				444,231				356,839				240,775				431,972				449,169
Thailand		146,159		305,487		110,942		240,979		121,011		271,344		128,514		328,875		127,265		307,936
France												150,545	2.3			218,635	3.4			228,487	3.5
South Africa						18,208		106,499		16,097		89,338		23,710		129,597		25,284		131,240
Algeria														65,967				65,690
Argentina								113,664	2.5			47,860	1.1			123,397	2.7			124,218	2.8
Ukraine						121,381				119,838				138,005				153,949
Saudi Arabia										57,595		150,117		51,125		137,918		58,048		162,722
Ivory Coast																		1,431		30,554
Sri Lanka				171,140				162,628				143,061				163,378				170,027
Chile								53,255	2.7			37,647	1.9			61,596	3.2			63,187	3.4
Ecuador		24,595		55,345		22,486		56,927		14,573		39,069		26,819		57,068		25,670		60,849
Guinea																				32,714
Bolivia														15,172		31,069		16,270		48,580
Tunisia								71,572				65,630				83,105		16,750		92,800
Greece								40,759	3.8			31,475	2.9			55,061	5.1			53,797	5
United Arab Emirates						5,450				4,213				4,554				4,506
Hong Kong		13,026				16,692		26,899	3.6	16,020		27,863	3.7	21,157		44,247	5.9	20,321		49,331	6.6
El Salvador																		8,972		29,219
Oman		4,160		15,400		3,838		19,294		3,426		18,762		3,728		18,243		3,662		20,005
Botswana												6,518				6,097				5,489
Trinidad and Tobago																				7,209	5.3
Bahrain						1,986		6,369		1,724		6,026		2,023		5,524		1,929		6,039
Reunion								3,004	3.5			1,921	2.2			2,911	3.4			2,955	3.4
Guyana								4,623				3,426				4,352				4,008
Cape Verde												1,511	2.7			2,240	4.1			2,342	4.3
Guadeloupe								925	2.4			757	2			1,044	2.7			1,187	3.1
Martinique								1,052	3			748	2.1			1,057	2.9			1,100	3
Mayotte								337	1.1			260	0.9			481	1.8			346	1.3
French Guiana								619	2.1			350	1.2			612	2.2			660	2.4
French Polynesia								1,043	3.7			862	3.1			1,156	4.2			1,381	5
New Caledonia								567				498				911	3.4			919
Samoa												1,187				2,134				2,828
Grenada																		179		619
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines								347	3.1	23		316	2.9	11		482	4.4	21		524	4.7
Isle of Man								217	2.6			130	1.6			221	2.7			347	4.2
Dominica										64		190		86		289		147		296
Cayman Islands								652	9.2			634	9.8			503	7.6			516	8
Turks and Caicos Islands												227	5.1			415	9.7			464	11.2
Cook Islands				334	17.4			81	4.4			128	6.9			570	28.2			703	37.8
Niue												7				11				17

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Which country has the highest divorce rate?

Georgia has the highest divorce rate in the world.

Are divorce rates in the US among the highest in the world?

The US is tied for the 13th-highest divorce rate in the world, so its divorce rate is higher than most other countries.

Which country has the lowest divorce rate?

Slovenia has the lowest divorce rate in the world.

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What country has the highest divorce rate in 2024? ›

The Country With the Highest Divorce Rate is Maldives With a Crude Divorce Rate of 5.52. Some countries have more than double the average divorce rate. This includes the Maldives, with a crude divorce rate of 5.52, Kazakhstan, with a rate of 4.6 and Russia, with a rate of 3.9.

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Where does America rank in divorce? ›

For example, the USA, with a divorce rate of 2.5 per 1000, stands among the top 10 countries with the highest divorce rate in the world. At the other end of the spectrum, countries like Vietnam and Sri Lanka have lower divorce rates than the global average at 0.2 and 1.5 per 1000, respectively.

What nationality has the lowest divorce rate? ›

Countries With Lowest Divorce Rate

The countries with the lowest divorce rates are Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Vietnam, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Peru, South Africa, Saint Lucia, Malta, Qatar, and finally Panama. Sri Lanka has the lowest divorce rate with only 0.15 divorces per 1,000 people.

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What is the #1 cause of divorce? ›

Lack of commitment is the most common reason given by divorcing couples according to a recent national survey. Here are the reasons given and their percentages: Lack of commitment 73% Argue too much 56%

Why is Russia's divorce rate so high? ›

Russia is a massive country with a population of over 144 million, so it's not shocking that divorces are that common. The most common reasons are alcoholism, financial problems, a lack of mutual understanding between spouses, and infidelity.

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What state is number 1 for divorce? ›

Arkansas remained the state with the highest divorce rate in the US with 23.27 women divorcing per 1,000 married women in 2022. No other state in the top 5 from 2021 returned in 2022. New to the top five were New Mexico (20.56), Wyoming (19.96), Kentucky (19.52), and West Virginia (19.33).

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How long does the average marriage last? ›

Average Duration of a Marriage in the U.S.

We know the hard truth about marriages in that 50% of them end. So how long after the “I do's” are the divorce papers signed? According to the Census Bureau, the average length of a first marriage is eight years.

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What is the hardest country to get divorced in? ›

Most nations allow for residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines (although Muslims in the Philippines do have the right to divorce) and the Vatican City, an ecclesiastical sovereign city-state, which has no procedure for divorce.

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Which culture has the most divorces? ›

Not only did the Maldives have the highest divorce rate in the world in 2021, but it also has the highest divorce rate of any country of time in history.

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Which country has the most successful marriages? ›

Guatemala: 0.2 Divorces per 1,000 People (updated 2023)

Guatemala has the lowest divorce rate out of all the countries globally, boasting only 0.3 divorces for every 1,000 population. The law in Guatemala allows marriages for girls of 14 and boys of 16-18 years old.

Who has the worst divorce rate? ›

Highest Divorce Rate Country

The first place among the countries with the highest divorce rates belongs to Maldives, which was 5.5 in 2022, according to the World Population Review. Several factors can explain such an increased number of divorces.

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What is the US divorce rate? ›

What Percent of Marriages End in Divorce? According to the American Psychological Association, approximately 40-50% of first marriages end in divorce. The divorce rate for second marriages is even higher, with approximately 60-67% of second marriages ending in divorce.

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Which religion has the highest divorce rate in the world? ›

1. Protestant Christians 51% According to the Pew Study, 74% of Christians identified themselves as Protestant (non-Catholic Christians), and out of a sample of 4,752 individuals, the divorce rate for Protestants was approximately 51%.

Why is the divorce rate so high in the Maldives? ›

The Maldives is regularly listed as the country with the highest divorce rate in the world. Various reasons have been put forward for this, including the lack of strict court procedures similar to those in Western jurisdictions and the lack of clarity around property division in divorce.

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Which countries marriages last the longest? ›

The length of a marriage can be influenced by a myriad of factors, from the age a couple was married to their jobs, personal commitment, and ability to communicate. The country with the longest average marriage length in the world is Ecuador, with an average marriage lasting 14.9 years.