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This compares the number of divorces in a given year to the number of marriages in that same year (the ratio of the crude divorce rate to the crude marriage rate). [1] For example, if there are 500 divorces and 1,000 marriages in a given year in a given area, the ratio would be one divorce for every two marriages, e.g. a ratio of 0.50 (50%).
In 2022, the divorce rate was 2.4 per 1,000 people. Although that isn’t the lowest it has ever been – in 2021, it was 2.3 – it continues a downward trend, according to the data.
The Philippines is often cited as the "only country in the world" where divorce is illegal, aside from the Vatican City after Malta had divorce legalized in 2011. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Couples may also opt for legal separation , alternatively referred to as "relative divorce", although this process does not dissolve the marriage.
Country Marriage rate Nigeria 10.0 Palestine 10.0 Fiji 9.8 Egypt 9.6 Bahamas 9.5 Uzbekistan 9.5 Cyprus 8.9 Tajikistan 8.9 Albania 8.0 Mauritius 7.9 Kyrgyzstan 7.8
Over the past decade, both marriage and divorce rates nationally declined — but figures varied widely between states. Read The Marriage and Divorce Rate in Every State from Money Talks News.
Called "gray" divorce, those over 50 are leaving their spouses at twice the rate they did in the 1990s (and for those over 65, the divorce rate has tripled), according to a 2022 study published in ...
Compared to 2000, China's divorce rates have gone up substantially from a 0.96 crude divorce rate to 3.09 rate in 2020. [96] While China's divorce rate has been increasing since 2000, the highest recorded crude divorce rate in the past 20 years was in 2019 with 3.36 divorces. [96] However, since 2019, China's recorded divorce rate has gone down.
According to refined divorce rate data by the United States Census Bureau, these five states had the highest divorce rates in 2022: Arkansas: 11.9. Wyoming: 11. Kentucky: 9.9. West Virginia: 9.7 ...