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This is a list of countries with the highest divorce rate. The current country with the highest annual divorce rate is the Maldives with a rate of 5.52 per 1000 residents per year, [1] while the country with the lowest divorce rate in the world is Sri Lanka, with a divorce rate of 0.15 divorces per 1000 residents. Vietnam and Guatemala have the next lowest rate at 0.2 divorces per every 1000 residents. [2][ unreliable source?]
Countries with the highest divorce rate
| Country | Divorce Rate |
Marriage Rate |
Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Maldives
|
5.52 | Unknown | 2023 |
| 2 | 
Kazakhstan
|
4.6 | Unknown | |
| 3 | 
Russia
|
3.9 | Unknown | |
| 4 | 
Belarus
|
3.5 | 6.4 | 2018 |
| 5 | 
China
|
3.2 | 7.2 | 2018 |
| 6 | 
Moldova
|
3.0 | Unknown | 2012 |
| 7 | 
Ukraine
|
2.9 | 5.2 | 2021 |
| 8 | 
Lithuania
|
2.8 | 6.0 | 2021 |
| 9 | 
Cyprus
|
2.6 | 8.9 | 2019 |
| 10 | 
United States
|
2.5 | Unknown | 2023 |
Libya
|
10.8 | 2008 | ||
Costa Rica
|
5.3 | 2010 | ||
Latvia
|
6.0 | 2021 | ||
| 11 | 
Australia
|
2.4 | 6.1 | 2022 |
| 12 | 
Taiwan
|
2.3 | 5.7 | 2018 |
Sweden
|
3.7 | 2021 | ||
| 13 | 
Iraq
|
2.24 | Unknown | 2018 |
| 14 | 
Denmark
|
2.2 | 4.7 | 2021 |
Finland
|
3.5 | |||
Kuwait
|
5.2 | 2010 | ||
Trinidad
|
6.3 | 2005 | ||
Luxembourg
|
3.0 | 2021 | ||
| 15 | 
Hong Kong (
China)
|
2.14 | Unknown | 2020 |
| 16 | 
Canada
|
2.1 | 4.4 | |
Saudi Arabia
|
5.6 | |||
Georgia
|
4.39 | |||
| 27 | 
Czech Republic
|
2.0 | 4.5 | 2021 |
| 17 | 
Egypt
|
1.9 | 5.79 | 2010 |
France
|
3.7 | 2016 | ||
Belgium
|
3.5 | 2021 |
See also
References
- ^ Ortiz-, Esteban Ospina. "Marriages and Divorces". Our World in Data. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Countries with the lowest divorce rates worldwide". Statista. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Divorce Rates by Country 2024". World Population Review. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.