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💔 Divorces per marriage by country

45 countries ranked · Our World in Data · 2011–2022

Which country has the highest divorce rate?

The most divorces per marriage in the world: 1. Chile (101%), 2. Costa Rica (62%), 3. Russia (55%).

The middle of the table sits at 38% (Greece, no. 23 of 45), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇨🇱Chile 101%
  2. 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62%
  3. 🇷🇺Russia 55%
  4. 🇫🇷France 54%
  5. 🇵🇹Portugal 51%
  6. 🇫🇮Finland 51%
  7. 🇱🇺Luxembourg 50%
  8. 🇰🇷South Korea 49%
  9. 🇬🇧United Kingdom 49%
  10. 🇱🇻Latvia 46%

Which country has the lowest divorce rate?

The fewest divorces per marriage in this table, from the very last row upwards: Ireland (15%), then Malta (19%) and China (19%).

The same ranking, as a map

Which country has the highest divorce rate? Divorces per marriage · 45 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. Chile 101% · 2. Costa Rica 62% · 3. Russia 55% Afghanistan: no dataAlbania: no dataAlgeria: no dataAngola: no dataArgentina: no dataArmenia: no dataAustralia: 39% (21st of 45)Austria: 29% (37th of 45)Azerbaijan: no dataBahamas: no dataBangladesh: no dataBelarus: no dataBelgium: 41% (16th of 45)Belize: no dataBenin: no dataBhutan: no dataBolivia: no dataBosnia and Herzegovina: no dataBotswana: no dataBrazil: no dataBrunei: no dataBulgaria: 36% (28th of 45)Burkina Faso: no dataBurundi: no dataCambodia: no dataCameroon: no dataCanada: 39% (22nd of 45)Central African Republic: no dataChad: no dataChile: 101% (1st of 45)China: 19% (43rd of 45)Colombia: 40% (18th of 45)Congo: no dataCosta Rica: 62% (2nd of 45)Croatia: 26% (41st of 45)Cuba: no dataCyprus: 29% (38th of 45)Czechia: 37% (26th of 45)DR Congo: no dataDenmark: 39% (20th of 45)Djibouti: no dataDominican Republic: no dataEcuador: no dataEgypt: no dataEl Salvador: no dataEquatorial Guinea: no dataEritrea: no dataEstonia: 36% (29th of 45)Ethiopia: no dataFiji: no dataFinland: 51% (6th of 45)France: 54% (4th of 45)Gabon: no dataGambia: no dataGeorgia: no dataGermany: 35% (31st of 45)Ghana: no dataGreece: 38% (23rd of 45)Guatemala: no dataGuinea: no dataGuinea-Bissau: no dataGuyana: no dataHaiti: no dataHonduras: no dataHungary: 27% (40th of 45)Iceland: 35% (30th of 45)India: no dataIndonesia: no dataIran: no dataIraq: no dataIreland: 15% (45th of 45)Israel: 34% (32nd of 45)Italy: 44% (15th of 45)Ivory Coast: no dataJamaica: no dataJapan: 37% (27th of 45)Jordan: no dataKazakhstan: no dataKenya: no dataKuwait: no dataKyrgyzstan: no dataLaos: no dataLatvia: 46% (10th of 45)Lebanon: no dataLesotho: no dataLiberia: no dataLibya: no dataLithuania: 46% (13th of 45)Luxembourg: 50% (7th of 45)Madagascar: no dataMalawi: no dataMalaysia: no dataMali: no dataMauritania: no dataMexico: 33% (33rd of 45)Moldova: no dataMongolia: no dataMontenegro: no dataMorocco: no dataMozambique: no dataMyanmar: no dataNamibia: no dataNepal: no dataNetherlands: 33% (34th of 45)New Zealand: 40% (17th of 45)Nicaragua: no dataNiger: no dataNigeria: no dataNorth Korea: no dataNorth Macedonia: no dataNorway: 40% (19th of 45)Oman: no dataPakistan: no dataPanama: no dataPapua New Guinea: no dataParaguay: no dataPeru: no dataPhilippines: no dataPoland: 38% (25th of 45)Portugal: 51% (5th of 45)Qatar: no dataRomania: 19% (42nd of 45)Russia: 55% (3rd of 45)Rwanda: no dataSaudi Arabia: no dataSenegal: no dataSerbia: no dataSierra Leone: no dataSlovakia: 28% (39th of 45)Slovenia: 31% (35th of 45)Somalia: no dataSouth Africa: no dataSouth Korea: 49% (8th of 45)South Sudan: no dataSpain: 46% (11th of 45)Sri Lanka: no dataSudan: no dataSuriname: no dataSweden: 46% (12th of 45)Switzerland: 38% (24th of 45)Syria: no dataTaiwan: no dataTajikistan: no dataTanzania: no dataThailand: no dataTogo: no dataTunisia: no dataTurkey: 31% (36th of 45)Turkmenistan: no dataUganda: no dataUkraine: no dataUnited Arab Emirates: no dataUnited Kingdom: 49% (9th of 45)United States: 44% (14th of 45)Uruguay: no dataUzbekistan: no dataVanuatu: no dataVenezuela: no dataVietnam: no dataYemen: no dataZambia: no dataZimbabwe: no data Malta: 19% (44th of 45) 3 Russia · 55% 2 Costa Rica · 62% 1 Chile · 101% Rank 1–9 10–18 19–27 28–36 37–45 no data GEOPOLITIX geopolitix.live · the daily country-ranking game Source: Our World in Data · 2011–2022
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Divorces per marriage, 45 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Our World in Data · data 2011–2022. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

The full ranking of all 45 countries

Divorces per marriage · 2011–2022
#CountryDivorces per marriage
1🇨🇱Chile101%
2🇨🇷Costa Rica62%
3🇷🇺Russia55%
4🇫🇷France54%
5🇵🇹Portugal51%
6🇫🇮Finland51%
7🇱🇺Luxembourg50%
8🇰🇷South Korea49%
9🇬🇧United Kingdom49%
10🇱🇻Latvia46%
11🇪🇸Spain46%
12🇸🇪Sweden46%
13🇱🇹Lithuania46%
14🇺🇸United States44%
15🇮🇹Italy44%
16🇧🇪Belgium41%
17🇳🇿New Zealand40%
18🇨🇴Colombia40%
19🇳🇴Norway40%
20🇩🇰Denmark39%
21🇦🇺Australia39%
22🇨🇦Canada39%
23🇬🇷Greece38%
24🇨🇭Switzerland38%
25🇵🇱Poland38%
26🇨🇿Czechia37%
27🇯🇵Japan37%
28🇧🇬Bulgaria36%
29🇪🇪Estonia36%
30🇮🇸Iceland35%
31🇩🇪Germany35%
32🇮🇱Israel34%
33🇲🇽Mexico33%
34🇳🇱Netherlands33%
35🇸🇮Slovenia31%
36🇹🇷Turkey31%
37🇦🇹Austria29%
38🇨🇾Cyprus29%
39🇸🇰Slovakia28%
40🇭🇺Hungary27%
41🇭🇷Croatia26%
42🇷🇴Romania19%
43🇨🇳China19%
44🇲🇹Malta19%
45🇮🇪Ireland15%
Source: Our World in Data · 2011–2022 · 45 countries ranked

What this table covers

This table ranks the 45 countries that have a divorces per marriage figure in Our World in Data's data (2011–2022). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest divorce rate?

The most divorces per marriage in the world: 1. Chile (101%), 2. Costa Rica (62%), 3. Russia (55%).

Which country has the lowest divorce rate?

The fewest divorces per marriage in this table, from the very last row upwards: Ireland (15%), then Malta (19%) and China (19%).

Does 50% mean half of all marriages end in divorce?

No. This compares the divorces recorded in a year with the marriages recorded in that SAME year, and the two involve different couples: the divorces are dissolving marriages made over the previous decades. So a country where fewer people are marrying now can post a high ratio without any change in how durable its marriages are. It is a useful year-on-year signal about a country and a bad estimate of the odds facing a couple standing at the altar.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

45 countries have a published figure for divorces per marriage, and all 45 are listed above. The source is Our World in Data (2011–2022), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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