| Year |
Number of divorces |
Divorces per thousand existing marriages |
Divorces per thousand marriages |
Divorces per thousand married, 15 year-old and older |
Mean age at divorce, years |
Average duration of marriage at the time of divorce |
| males |
females |
Male |
Female |
| 1980 |
27,797 |
9.9 |
346.0 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
36.2 |
33.1 |
10.6 |
| 1990 |
24,888 |
9.9 |
374.8 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
37.2 |
34.3 |
10.9 |
| 2001 |
24,391 |
11.0 |
559.6 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
39.0 |
36.1 |
11.4 |
| 2002 |
25,506 |
11.6 |
554.4 |
11.8 |
11.6 |
39.3 |
36.5 |
11.6 |
| 2003 |
25,046 |
11.6 |
551.7 |
11.7 |
11.6 |
39.8 |
36.9 |
11.9 |
| 2004 |
24,638 |
11.6 |
562.6 |
11.7 |
11.6 |
40.1 |
37.2 |
12.0 |
| 2005 |
24,804 |
11.8 |
560.7 |
11.9 |
11.8 |
40.3 |
37.4 |
12.1 |
| 2006 |
24,869 |
12.0 |
558.5 |
12.1 |
12.0 |
40.6 |
37.6 |
12.2 |
| 2007 |
25,160 |
12.3 |
616.0 |
12.4 |
12.3 |
40.9 |
38.0 |
12.4 |
| 2008 |
25,155 |
12.5 |
627.2 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
41.5 |
38.5 |
12.7 |
| 2009 |
23,820 |
12.1 |
648.5 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
41.7 |
38.8 |
12.7 |
| 2010 |
23,873 |
12.3 |
672.1 |
12.4 |
12.3 |
42.1 |
39.3 |
12.9 |
| 2011 |
23,335 |
12.2 |
651.6 |
12.3 |
12.2 |
42.6 |
39.6 |
13.0 |
| 2012 |
21,830 |
11.7 |
603.7 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
42.7 |
39.9 |
13.1 |
| 2013 |
20,209 |
11.0 |
546.4 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
43.1 |
40.1 |
13.0 |
| 2014 |
19,576 |
10.8 |
504.8 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
43.7 |
40.7 |
13.3 |
| 2015 |
20,315 |
11.4 |
440.3 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
44.2 |
41.2 |
13.6 |
| 2016 |
19,552 |
11.0 |
377.4 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
44.5 |
41.5 |
13.7 |
| 2017 |
18,495 |
10.5 |
365.7 |
10.6 |
10.5 |
44.9 |
42.0 |
14.0 |
| 2018 |
16,952 |
9.7 |
333.5 |
9.7 |
9.7 |
45.1 |
42.1 |
14.3 |
| 2019 |
17,600 |
10.0 |
269.7 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
45.3 |
42.3 |
14.3 |
| 2020 |
14,979 |
8.5 |
223.3 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
45.6 |
42.6 |
14.4 |
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