Divorces of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Divorces (annual divorces)	per Capita (per cent)	Date
1	China	1,785,000	0.14	+C 2005
2	Russia	640,837	0.45	C 2006
3	Japan	257,475	0.20	+C 2006
4	Germany	190,928	0.23	C 2006
5	Ukraine	179,123	0.38	C 2006
6	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	166,536	0.28	C 2003
7	Brazil	164,974	0.09	2005
8	Cambodia	158,011	1.16	2004
9	France	139,147	0.23	C 2006
10	Korea (South)	125,032	0.26	+C 2006
11	Iran	94,040	0.14	C 2006
12	Turkey	93,489	0.13	C 2006
13	Spain	72,848	0.18	C 2005
14	Mexico	72,396	0.07	+C 2006
15	Poland	71,912	0.19	C 2006
16	Canada	69,644	0.21	C 2004
17	Egypt	65,461	0.08	U 2006
18	Australia	52,399	0.26	+C 2005
19	Italy	47,036	0.08	C 2005
20	Vietnam	39,829	0.05	C 2002
21	Cuba	35,837	0.31	C 2006
22	Kazakhstan	35,834	0.24	C 2006
23	Romania	32,672	0.15	C 2006
24	South Africa	32,484	0.07	2005
25	Belarus	31,814	0.31	C 2006
26	Netherlands	31,734	0.19	C 2006
27	Czech Republic	31,415	0.31	C 2006
28	Belgium	29,183	0.28	C 2006
29	Hungary	24,866	0.25	C 2006
30	Saudi Arabia	24,862	0.09	2005
31	Venezuela	24,481	0.10	2006
32	Portugal	23,935	0.23	C 2006
33	Switzerland	20,981	0.28	C 2006
34	Austria	20,336	0.25	C 2006
35	Sweden	20,295	0.23	C 2006
36	Syria	19,984	0.11	U 2006
37	Hong Kong	17,424	0.25	2006
38	Dominican Republic	16,649	0.18	+C 2005
39	Puerto Rico	15,816	0.40	C 2005
40	Uzbekistan	15,646	0.06	C 2001
41	Bulgaria	14,815	0.20	C 2006
42	Denmark	14,343	0.26	C 2006
43	Uruguay	14,300	0.42	+C 2004
44	Ecuador	13,981	0.10	+ 2006
45	Greece	13,494	0.13	C 2005
46	Finland	13,255	0.25	C 2006
47	Slovakia	12,716	0.23	C 2006
48	Moldova	12,594	0.28	C 2006
49	Jordan	11,431	0.19	+C 2006
50	Lithuania	11,202	0.31	C 2006
51	Israel	11,030	0.18	C 2005
52	Norway	10,598	0.23	C 2006
53	New Zealand	10,065	0.25	+C 2006
54	Costa Rica	9,887	0.25	C 2005
55	Serbia	8,204	0.09	C 2006
56	Azerbaijan	7,817	0.10	+C 2006
57	Latvia	7,249	0.32	C 2006
58	Kyrgyzstan	6,870	0.13	C 2006
59	Singapore	6,649	0.15	+C 2006
60	El Salvador	5,576	0.08	2006
61	Croatia	4,651	0.10	C 2006
62	Lebanon	4,388	0.11	+C 2006
63	Kuwait	4,239	0.18	C 2006
64	Chile	4,091	0.03	C 2006
65	Albania	4,075	0.11	C 2006
66	Nicaragua	3,916	0.07	2005
67	Estonia	3,811	0.29	C 2006
68	Palestinian Territories	3,756	0.10	C 2006
69	United Arab Emirates	3,577	0.14	2004
70	Ireland	3,466	0.09	C 2006
71	Tajikistan	3,018	0.04	C 2006
72	Panama	2,866	0.09	C 2006
73	Armenia	2,797	0.09	C 2006
74	Slovenia	2,334	0.12	C 2006
75	Georgia	2,060	0.04	C 2006
76	Guatemala	1,917	0.02	C 2006
77	Jamaica	1,768	0.06	C 2006
78	Maldives	1,757	0.50	2005
79	Cyprus	1,753	0.22	C 2006
80	Libya	1,740	0.03	C 2002
81	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,659	0.04	C 2006
82	Trinidad & Tobago	1,565	0.13	C 2002
83	Macedonia	1,475	0.07	C 2006
84	Mongolia	1,448	0.05	C 2006
85	Mauritius	1,379	0.11	+C 2006
86	Luxembourg	1,182	0.25	C 2006
87	Bahrain	1,130	0.16	2006
88	Guadeloupe	904	0.21	C 2001
89	Guam	883	0.54	C 2003
90	Reunion	844	0.11	C 2003
91	Qatar	826	0.09	C 2006
92	Suriname	724	0.17	C 2005
93	Macau	592	0.13	C 2006
94	Iceland	498	0.17	C 2006
95	Netherlands Antilles	491	0.22	C 2006
96	Montenegro	470	0.07	C 2006
97	Martinique	453	0.11	C 2001
98	Aruba	444	0.62	C 2005
99	Northern Mariana Is.	401	0.50	U 2003
100	Brunei	392	0.11	2004
101	Man, Isle of	338	0.46	+C 2003
102	Jersey	276	0.31	+C 2001
103	New Caledonia	246	0.12	C 2003
104	Bermuda	179	0.27	C 2006
105	Cayman Islands	158	0.35	+C 2006
106	Seychelles	142	0.17	+C 2006
107	Gibraltar	121	0.43	C 2006
108	French Guiana	120	0.07	C 2001
109	Grenada	114	0.13	C 2001
109	Saint Lucia	114	0.07	C 2004
111	Yemen	104	0.00	2003
112	Tonga	103	0.10	+C 2003
113	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	92	0.08	+C 2005
114	Liechtenstein	81	0.24	C 2006
115	Monaco	69	0.21	C 2005
116	Faroe Islands	61	0.13	C 2006
116	San Marino	61	0.21	+C 2005
118	British Virgin Islands	60	0.27	C 2004
119	Belize	45	0.02	+C 2002
120	Samoa	44	0.02	2005
121	Anguilla	22	0.17	+C 2005
121	Turks & Caicos Islands	22	0.10	C 2006
123	Saint Helena	8	0.11	C 2004
	World	...	...

For non-listed countries is no information available.

C = Civil registration, estimated over 90% complete.
U = Civil registration, estimated less than 90% complete.
+ = Data tabulated by date of registration rather than occurence.

Source: UN Demographic Yearbook 2006

(c) Thomas Brinkhoff, 2008-07-29

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