Marriages, divorces and life partnerships Statistical parameters for divorces

Statistical parameters for divorces 2000 up to 2023
YearMain age of divorcesAverage duration of
marriages until divorce
Total divorce rate1
MenWoman
1: Total duration-specific divorce rates, which are calculated as the divorces of a marriage cohort per 1,000 marriages of the same cohort, for marriages lasting 0 to 25 years.
Therefore, given a marriage duration of between 0 and 25 years, around one marriage in four ended in divorce in 2023. Opposite-sex marriages and divorces only.
2: Including same sex divorces.
2023247.744.614.8277.5
2022247.844.715.1292.5
2021247.043.914.5309.0
2020247.144.114.7308,3
2019246.644.414.8320.4
201846.743.914.9318.5
201746.843.815.0328.6
201646.643.615.0346.3
201546.343.314.9347.1
201445.942.914.7353.6
201345.742.814.7357.1
201245.542.514.6374.9
201145.142.214.5391.0
201044.741.814.2389.0
200944.541.714.3380.9
200844.241.414.1391.0
200743.740.913.9379.4
200643.340.613.7384.9
200543.040.313.6403.7
200442.539.813.4424.9
200342.039.313.1424.1
200241,638,912,9401.2
200141.438.712.9383.6
200041.238.612.9373.1

As at 27 June 2024

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