Divorce Rates Around the World
April 8th, 2007 by DWordDiva
Check out the percentages of marriages that end up in divorce from countries around the world (courtesy of Wikipedia).
A surprising 1st place goes to Sweden (unfortunately followed by good old Uncle Sam), while an even more surprising last place can be awarded with honor to the 1.2 billion people of India.
Which brings me to the following question: Hey India, WHAT’S YOUR SECRET???
| Rank | Country | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India |
1.1 |
| 2 |  Sri Lanka |
1.5 |
| 3 |  Japan |
1.9 |
| 4 |  Republic of Macedonia |
5.0 |
| 5 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5.0 |
| 6 |  Turkey |
6.0 |
| 7 |  Armenia |
6.0 |
| 8 |  Georgia |
6.6 |
| 9 |  Italy |
10.0 |
| 10 |  Azerbaijan |
10.3 |
| 11 |  Albania |
10.9 |
| 12 |  Israel |
14.8 |
| 13 |  Spain |
15.2 |
| 14 |  Croatia |
15.5 |
| 15 |  Greece |
15.7 |
| 16 |  Singapore |
17.2 |
| 17 |  Poland |
17.2 |
| 18 |  Romania |
19.1 |
| 19 |  Slovenia |
20.7 |
| 20 |  Bulgaria |
21.1 |
| 21 |  Switzerland |
25.5 |
| 22 |  Portugal |
26.2 |
| 23 |  Slovakia |
26.9 |
| 24 |  Moldova |
28.1 |
| 25 |  Latvia |
34.4 |
| 26 |  Canada |
37.0 |
| 27 |  Hungary |
37.5 |
| 28 |  Netherlands |
38.3 |
| 29 |  France |
38.3 |
| 30 |  Lithuania |
38.9 |
| 31 |  Germany |
39.4 |
| 32 |  Iceland |
39.5 |
| 33 |  Ukraine |
40.0 |
| 34 |  Norway |
40.4 |
| 35 |  United Kingdom |
42.6 |
| 36 |  Russia |
43.3 |
| 37 |  Czech Republic |
43.3 |
| 38 |  Austria |
43.4 |
| 39 |  Belgium |
44.0 |
| 40 |  Denmark |
44.5 |
| 41 |  Estonia |
46.7 |
| 42 |  Luxembourg |
47.4 |
| 43 |  Finland |
51.2 |
| 44 |  Belarus |
52.9 |
| 45 |  United States |
54.8 |
| 46 |  Sweden |
54.9 |
9 Responses to “Divorce Rates Around the World”
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India’s secret? Arranged marriages.
Sarah, it is arranged marriage. Its not as stupid as people may think. As you know India is well known for yoga, meditation, astrology.. they analyse horoscope of boy and girl. Marriage is considered only if the traits of boy and girl match. And yes, they even check the sexual compatibility…(you get the idea lol: orga** guranteed). They also see that the background of both guy and girl. Mostly both have similar cultural and financial situations. Unlike in the west where it is cool to date a gangster/thug , have mixed babies who have no identity, we still have morals and are proud of our heritage. The boy and girl talk to each other and they decide about marriage. I wont be surprised if the 1 percent divorce are of love marriages lol. Most indians hate race mixing: how many generations are destroyed by mixing? we believe in sacrifice which is much greater than love. One more thing is , the husband and wife both give their best. In the west , its more like they expect everything from the partner and the relationship fails because both dont give their best..
No secret in India, just arranged marriages. No way I’d let some man tell me what to do as in the Indian culture… no secret just fear of being sent into exile and being stoned to death…LOL… thanx but no thanx… I guess the US is just exercising their freedom of choice- Love or Leave…. peace ladies!
I would think it would be scary to have an arrange marriage, but look at India’s stats. Obviously it’s working for them. But are they happy?
Love marraige are mostly not successful!!!
Hey Kim. Indians are very happy with their partner ,some or other diffrences are obviously there, which is because two person are not identical. Reason is one can’t be happy only by living for him or her self . Happiness comes when you give your best for the person you love. Love is to sacrifice, to adjust with each other because in this world two person can’t be similar. In western countries they have misused independance. They want to live life according to them and if such attitude is present the relationship can’t go forever. So live for them whom you really love no reason you will not get the best out of that relationship. Also in India the marriages are not totally arranged by parents but they take consent of their kids.
GO INDIA! lol, who in the world would want their parents to arrange a guy to marry their daughter, without at least knowing despite loving them!
Marriage is Love, Love is marriage.
America is the fattets country as well LOL! Screw being succefull, stop feeding the fatties, feed the homeless in New York, and where the hell are the healthy families?
Anywho i’m getting into politics now
Australia isn’t up there, anyone know their divorce rates?
Peace!
Annette must be an America. It’s the standard American view: All third world countries are inferior, if there is an area in which the are better than the USA, then it is a mistake or they did not genuinely earn it.
Give India credit. Sweden has a high divorce rate and I don’t find it shocking. Swedish girls have the image of being loose - this coming from a Swedish friend of mine not from stereotypes in American media as others on this board seem to rely upon. American girls and guys definitely have the image of being promiscuous.
You take a look at the traditional cultures that don’t binge drink and have as much pre-marital sex and they have the lowest divorce rates. What countries binge drink the most? Britain, Sweden and the US. I’m not sure if it’s that simple. But I, from experience, have dated an American girl who admitted to having “(with a deep breath)LOTS of experience” - I’m assuming 30 to 40 men - and don’t realize why that experience is contrary to the principle of marriage.
Here’s a bigger question? Why do American’s automatically feel the need to make blanket statements about other nations without even knowing anything about those nation? Delusional Superiority? What they’ve been thought in school? Nationalism? maybe a combination. I mean noone’s calling American girls useless sluts, except for the Canadian band The Guess Who. So keep your uneducated comments to yourself please.
Sandeep, your comment is unbacked and very racist. You ask how many generations are destroyed by race mixing? Loss of Identity etc. Bullocks. I don’t believe this. As for me am I mixed. In America no, in my parents country I come from mixed tribes.
Let’s refute your utter nonsense.
Bob Marley was mixed race. Please show me Bob Marley’s Jamaican identity crisis. Malcolm X’s maternal grandfather was white. Again, you say that this race mixing resulted in Malcolm X’s loss in cultural identity. Sandeep please feel free to support your prejudice but don’t insult people who obviously don’t have your sense of “cultural identity.”
As always please learn about what you hate, and keep your prejudice to yourself. Thank you.