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From divorcemag.com:
| Percentage
of Divorces in Selected Countries |
|
Divorce
rates of countries |
|
| Country |
Divorces
(as % of marriages) |
Country |
Divorce
Rate (Per 1000 population per year) |
Belarus
Russian Federation
Sweden
Latvia
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Belgium
Finland
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Moldova
United States
Hungary
Canada
Norway
France
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Iceland
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
Austria
Denmark
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Israel
Slovenia
Kyrgyzstan
Romania
Portugal
Poland
Armenia
Greece
Turkmenistan
Spain
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Cyprus
Tajikistan
Georgia
Italy
Uzbekistan
Albania
Turkey
Macedonia |
68%
65
64
63
63
61
56
56
55
53
52
49
46
45
43
43
41
41
40
39
39
39
38
35
34
28
26
26
25
24
21
19
18
18
18
17
15
15
13
13
12
12
12
7
6
5 |
Sri
Lanka
Brazil
Italy
Mexico
Turkey
Mongolia
Chile
Jamaica
Cyprus
El Salvador
Ecuador
Mauritius
Thailand
Syria
Panama
Brunei
Greece
China
Singapore
Tunisia
Albania
Portugal
Korea
Trinidad
Qatar
Guadeloupe
Barbados
Finland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
United Kingdom
Russia
Puerto Rico
US |
0.15
0.26
0.27
0.33
0.37
0.37
0.38
0.38
0.39
0.41
0.42
0.47
0.58
0.65
0.68
0.72
0.76
0.79
0.80
0.82
0.83
0.88
0.88
0.97
0.97
1.18
1.21
1.85
2.46
2.52
2.63
2.81
3.08
3.36
4.47
4.95 |
| Facts
about selected countries: |
|
| Australia |
|
| Divorce rate per
1,000 married women: |
12.9 |
| Divorces
granted: |
52,500 |
| Marriage rate
per 1,000 married women in 1995: |
27.0 |
| Total marriages: |
106,100 |
| Median age at
marriage: |
Males: 27.6
Females: 25.2 |
| Percentage of
married couples who cohabited previously: |
60% |
| Cuba |
|
| 75% Divorce
Rate, rampant cohabitation |
|
| France |
|
| Divorces
pronounced: |
117,716 |
| Divorced for
fault: |
50,490 (43%) |
| Joint petition: |
49,463 (42%) |
| Unilateral
petition with consent: |
15,876 (13%) |
| De facto
separation: |
1,708 (1.5%) |
| For mental
disturbance: |
75 (0.06%) |
| Percentage of
cases in which the wife invokes it: |
95% |
| Scotland
(1997) |
|
| Number of
marriages celebrated: |
29,611 |
| Divorces
granted: |
12,222 |
| Switzerland:
(1998) |
|
| Divorces
granted: |
17,800 |
| Projected rate
of divorce: |
42% |
| Marriages: |
38,500 |
| Percentage of
children were born out of wedlock: |
8.7% |
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