Marriage Amidst COVID-19: Australia has the 19th highest divorce rate in the world

Study analyses 87 countries around the world to identify where marriage is most likely to end in separation

 

• Australia ranks 19th in the divorce rate index, with a higher divorce rate than New Zealand
• Chile ranks last in the index with the lowest divorce rate in the world
• Russia has the highest rate of divorce worldwide with 1 in every 154 adults divorced

 

7th January 2021 - bestcasinosites.net, a platform for finding trusted online casinos, has released a study which ranks the likelihood of divorce in countries around the world. The study analyses 87 countries and ranks them according to the proportion of the divorced adult population. It aims to offer an international comparison and identify major historical factors that continue to limit access to divorce services.

Australia ranks 19th overall. The 1970s shift to a ‘soul-mate’ model of marriage, based on fulfilment rather than obligation, propelled divorce rates in Australia and the United Kingdom. In Russia, the end of the Soviet Union sparked a rise in divorce as women were finally granted protection after separation. Combined with an ongoing trend in early marriages, this in part explains Russia’s first-place position in the index.

Catholic countries rank largely at the bottom of the index with low rates of divorce. Ireland ranks in 81st place with divorce legalised in just 1995 and still contingent on conservative laws, like five years of separation. Chile ranks last in the index. Divorce was only legalised in Chile in 2004 due to the influential role of the Catholic Church across Chilean society.

 

Table 1: The 5 Countries Worldwide with the Highest Divorce Rates   Rank Country Divorced Persons 1 Russia 1:154 2 Belarus 1:171 3 United States 1:189 4 Lithuania 1:208 5 Jordan 1:229

Table 2: The 5 Countries Worldwide with the Lowest Divorce Rates   Rank Country Divorced Persons 1 Chile 1:5714 2 Vietnam 1:1745 3 United Arab Emirates 1:1217 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:1168 5 South Africa 1:1092

The list of all 87 countries and full methodology can be found here.
 

Further Findings: 

• 1 of 287 adults in Australia are divorced.
• New Zealand ranks 25th with 1 of 300 adults is divorced.
• Australians are almost 20 times more likely to get divorced than people in Chile.

 

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