Countries With the Highest Divorce Rate (UN)

Every country with a figure for divorce rate (un), ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Russian Federation (4.65), Moldova (3.92) and Belarus (3.81). The middle country of the 104 has 1.63.

What this measures

Crude divorce rate, countries with complete registration, in divorces per 1,000 people. Source: United Nations Statistics Division. For this measure, no agreed better direction.

Divorces granted in the year per 1,000 people, from the same UN Demographic Yearbook collection and with the same rule: only countries whose register the UN rates as at least 90% complete. It is a crude rate, counted against everyone, not just married people. So a country where few people marry can have few divorces without its marriages lasting any longer. Countries where divorce is rare by law or custom and countries where it is simply not recorded can look alike. The United States is left out: its divorce counts miss six states, but the rate is worked out over the whole population. No "better" direction is set.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2013–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

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