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Top 10 countries by divorce rate
Divorces per 1,000 residents per year. Eurostat data, each country's latest year, 2016–2024, covering 44 countries. Ranked biggest first.
The top 10
1st of 44 · 2024
Moldova4 per 1,000 people
The other end · bottom 5 of 44
- 40thNorth Macedonia1 per 1,000 people
- 40thSlovenia1 per 1,000 people
- 42ndMalta0.9 per 1,000 people
- 43rdIreland0.7 per 1,000 people
- 44thKosovo0.5 per 1,000 people
Where the big countries land
- 22ndGermany1.7 per 1,000 people
Common questions
Questions people ask about divorce rate
Which country ranks highest for divorce rate?
Moldova ranks 1st of 44 countries at 4 per 1,000 people (2024 data). Source: Eurostat.
Which countries are in the top 10 for divorce rate?
The top 10 are Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Denmark, Türkiye and Estonia — computed from Eurostat data, each country's latest year, 2016–2024.
What is the median divorce rate worldwide?
Across the 44 countries covered, the median is 1.7 per 1,000 people. Values run from 4 per 1,000 people (Moldova, ranked 1st) to 0.5 per 1,000 people (Kosovo, ranked 44th).
Which country ranks lowest for divorce rate?
Kosovo sits at the other end of the list: 0.5 per 1,000 people ranks 44th of 44 (2019 data). Source: Eurostat.
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