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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
- 🇨🇱Chile 101%
- 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62%
- 🇷🇺Russia 55%
- 🇫🇷France 54%
- 🇵🇹Portugal 51%
- 🇫🇮Finland 51%
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg 50%
- 🇰🇷South Korea 49%
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom 49%
- 🇱🇻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 bottom 10
- 45th 🇮🇪Ireland 15%
- 44th 🇲🇹Malta 19%
- 43rd 🇨🇳China 19%
- 42nd 🇷🇴Romania 19%
- 41st 🇭🇷Croatia 26%
- 40th 🇭🇺Hungary 27%
- 39th 🇸🇰Slovakia 28%
- 38th 🇨🇾Cyprus 29%
- 37th 🇦🇹Austria 29%
- 36th 🇹🇷Turkey 31%
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Highest and lowest by region
The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.
| Region | Ranked | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 32 | 🇫🇷France 54% | 🇮🇪Ireland 15% |
| Asia | 5 | 🇷🇺Russia 55% | 🇨🇳China 19% |
| North America | 4 | 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62% | 🇲🇽Mexico 33% |
The full ranking of all 45 countries
| # | Country | Divorces per marriage |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 11 | 🇪🇸Spain | 46% |
| 12 | 🇸🇪Sweden | 46% |
| 13 | 🇱🇹Lithuania | 46% |
| 14 | 🇺🇸United States | 44% |
| 15 | 🇮🇹Italy | 44% |
| 16 | 🇧🇪Belgium | 41% |
| 17 | 🇳🇿New Zealand | 40% |
| 18 | 🇨🇴Colombia | 40% |
| 19 | 🇳🇴Norway | 40% |
| 20 | 🇩🇰Denmark | 39% |
| 21 | 🇦🇺Australia | 39% |
| 22 | 🇨🇦Canada | 39% |
| 23 | 🇬🇷Greece | 38% |
| 24 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 38% |
| 25 | 🇵🇱Poland | 38% |
| 26 | 🇨🇿Czechia | 37% |
| 27 | 🇯🇵Japan | 37% |
| 28 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 36% |
| 29 | 🇪🇪Estonia | 36% |
| 30 | 🇮🇸Iceland | 35% |
| 31 | 🇩🇪Germany | 35% |
| 32 | 🇮🇱Israel | 34% |
| 33 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 33% |
| 34 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 33% |
| 35 | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 31% |
| 36 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 31% |
| 37 | 🇦🇹Austria | 29% |
| 38 | 🇨🇾Cyprus | 29% |
| 39 | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 28% |
| 40 | 🇭🇺Hungary | 27% |
| 41 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 26% |
| 42 | 🇷🇴Romania | 19% |
| 43 | 🇨🇳China | 19% |
| 44 | 🇲🇹Malta | 19% |
| 45 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 15% |
Divorces per marriage by country for every country, A to Z
All 45 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.
- 🇦🇺Australia 39% 21st of 45
- 🇦🇹Austria 29% 37th of 45
- 🇧🇪Belgium 41% 16th of 45
- 🇧🇬Bulgaria 36% 28th of 45
- 🇨🇦Canada 39% 22nd of 45
- 🇨🇱Chile 101% 1st of 45
- 🇨🇳China 19% 43rd of 45
- 🇨🇴Colombia 40% 18th of 45
- 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62% 2nd of 45
- 🇭🇷Croatia 26% 41st of 45
- 🇨🇾Cyprus 29% 38th of 45
- 🇨🇿Czechia 37% 26th of 45
- 🇩🇰Denmark 39% 20th of 45
- 🇪🇪Estonia 36% 29th of 45
- 🇫🇮Finland 51% 6th of 45
- 🇫🇷France 54% 4th of 45
- 🇩🇪Germany 35% 31st of 45
- 🇬🇷Greece 38% 23rd of 45
- 🇭🇺Hungary 27% 40th of 45
- 🇮🇸Iceland 35% 30th of 45
- 🇮🇪Ireland 15% 45th of 45
- 🇮🇱Israel 34% 32nd of 45
- 🇮🇹Italy 44% 15th of 45
- 🇯🇵Japan 37% 27th of 45
- 🇱🇻Latvia 46% 10th of 45
- 🇱🇹Lithuania 46% 13th of 45
- 🇱🇺Luxembourg 50% 7th of 45
- 🇲🇹Malta 19% 44th of 45
- 🇲🇽Mexico 33% 33rd of 45
- 🇳🇱Netherlands 33% 34th of 45
- 🇳🇿New Zealand 40% 17th of 45
- 🇳🇴Norway 40% 19th of 45
- 🇵🇱Poland 38% 25th of 45
- 🇵🇹Portugal 51% 5th of 45
- 🇷🇴Romania 19% 42nd of 45
- 🇷🇺Russia 55% 3rd of 45
- 🇸🇰Slovakia 28% 39th of 45
- 🇸🇮Slovenia 31% 35th of 45
- 🇰🇷South Korea 49% 8th of 45
- 🇪🇸Spain 46% 11th of 45
- 🇸🇪Sweden 46% 12th of 45
- 🇨🇭Switzerland 38% 24th of 45
- 🇹🇷Turkey 31% 36th of 45
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom 49% 9th of 45
- 🇺🇸United States 44% 14th of 45
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.
The longer read
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