Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death

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Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death
Periods Marriages dissolved due to divorce Divorces (number) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Divorces per 1,000 inhabitants (o/oo) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Divorces per 1,000 couples (o/oo) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Average duration of marriage at divorce (year) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Total percentage divorces (%) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Average age of divorcing men (year) Marriages dissolved due to divorce Average age of divorcing women (year)
1950 6,462 0.64 3.0 11.2 . 38.4 35.6
1951 6,075 0.59 2.8 11.4 . 39.5 36.6
1952 5,828 0.56 2.6 11.5 . 39.5 36.6
1953 5,471 0.52 2.4 11.4 . 39.5 36.6
1954 5,525 0.52 2.4 11.5 . 40.0 36.9
1955 5,498 0.51 2.3 11.4 . 39.6 36.8
1956 5,548 0.51 2.3 11.5 . 39.7 36.8
1957 5,342 0.48 2.2 11.6 . 39.6 37.5
1958 5,280 0.47 2.1 11.3 . 39.8 36.6
1959 5,530 0.49 2.2 11.3 . 39.5 36.5
1960 5,672 0.49 2.2 11.1 . 39.1 36.0
1961 5,704 0.49 2.2 11.3 . 39.3 36.0
1962 5,711 0.48 2.2 11.5 . 39.5 36.3
1963 5,851 0.49 2.2 11.5 . 39.1 35.9
1964 6,203 0.51 2.3 11.3 . 38.9 35.7
1965 6,206 0.50 2.2 11.5 . 39.1 36.0
1966 6,797 0.55 2.4 11.7 . 38.9 36.0
1967 7,464 0.59 2.6 11.7 . 39.1 35.9
1968 8,146 0.64 2.7 11.7 . 38.8 35.7
1969 9,080 0.71 3.0 11.8 . 38.8 35.8
1970 10,317 0.79 3.3 11.8 . 38.6 35.6
1971 11,572 0.88 3.6 11.8 12.1 38.3 35.5
1972 14,938 1.12 4.6 13.4 15.8 41.0 38.4
1973 17,913 1.33 5.5 13.0 18.4 39.7 37.1
1974 19,167 1.42 5.8 12.6 18.9 39.2 36.5
1975 20,093 1.47 6.0 12.5 19.3 38.7 36.0
1976 20,889 1.52 6.2 12.3 19.8 38.4 35.7
1977 21,483 1.55 6.3 12.3 20.3 38.2 35.6
1978 22,257 1.60 6.5 12.1 20.9 38.0 35.3
1979 23,748 1.69 7.0 12.0 22.3 37.8 35.2
1980 25,735 1.82 7.5 11.9 24.0 37.7 35.1
1981 28,509 2.00 8.3 12.0 26.4 37.8 35.1
1982 30,877 2.16 9.0 12.1 28.5 38.3 35.5
1983 32,589 2.27 9.4 12.5 30.2 38.9 35.9
1984 34,068 2.36 9.9 12.7 31.8 39.2 36.2
1985 34,044 2.35 9.9 12.8 32.2 39.6 36.5
1986 29,836 2.05 8.7 12.9 28.9 39.6 36.7
1987 27,788 1.89 8.1 13.1 27.3 39.8 37.0
1988 27,870 1.89 8.1 13.0 27.5 39.9 37.1
1989 28,250 1.90 8.1 12.9 27.8 40.0 37.1
1990 28,419 1.90 8.1 12.7 28.1 40.1 37.2
1991 28,277 1.88 8.1 12.5 27.8 39.9 37.1
1992 30,463 2.01 8.6 12.3 29.3 40.0 37.2
1993 30,496 1.99 8.6 12.0 29.2 40.1 37.4
1994 36,182 2.35 10.2 12.0 33.5 40.3 37.5
1995 34,170 2.21 9.7 12.2 31.7 40.4 37.7
1996 34,871 2.25 9.9 12.2 32.8 40.8 38.1
1997 33,740 2.16 9.6 12.3 32.4 41.0 38.4
1998 32,459 2.07 9.2 12.7 31.6 41.6 38.7
1999 33,571 2.12 9.5 12.9 32.9 41.8 38.8
2000 34,650 2.18 9.8 12.9 33.9 41.9 39.0
2001 37,104 2.31 10.5 13.1 36.1 42.1 39.2
2002 33,179 2.05 9.4 13.6 33.3 42.7 39.8
2003 31,479 1.94 8.9 13.6 32.2 43.0 40.0
2004 31,098 1.91 8.9 13.6 32.3 43.3 40.3
2005 31,905 1.95 9.1 13.8 33.4 43.7 40.7
2006 31,734 1.94 9.1 14.0 33.8 44.1 41.1
2007 31,983 1.95 9.2 14.1 34.1 44.6 41.5
2008 32,236 1.96 9.3 14.2 35.2 44.8 41.8
2009 30,779 1.86 8.9 14.3 34.3 45.2 42.2
2010 32,544 1.96 9.5 14.4 36.2 45.6 42.5
2011 32,510 1.95 9.5 14.5 36.5 45.8 42.7
2012 33,273 1.99 9.7 14.5 37.0 46.0 42.9
2013 33,636 2.00 9.9 14.4 38.1 46.2 43.0
2014 35,409 2.10 10.4 14.8 40.1 46.7 43.5
2015 34,232 2.02 10.1 14.8 39.6 46.9 43.7
2016 33,414 1.96 9.9 15.0 39.1 47.3 44.0
2017 32,768 1.91 9.7 15.1 38.8 47.4 44.2
2018 30,729 1.78 9.2 15.0 37.1 47.6 44.3
2019 30,041 1.73 8.9 14.9 36.7 47.5 44.3
2020 28,965 1.66 8.6 14.9 36.0 47.8 44.5
2021 25,962 1.48 7.8 15.0 33.0 48.2 44.9
2022 23,603 1.33 7.0 14.8 30.6 48.0 44.8
2023 24,310 1.36 7.2 14.6 31.7 48.0 44.6
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table includes the most important key figures on marriage dissolutions due to death and divorce among the registered population of the Netherlands.
Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships.

Data available from: 1950

Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this table are final data.

Changes per 24 July 2024:
Data of 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
In the last quarter of 2025 final figures of 2024 will be added in this publication.

Description topics

Marriages dissolved due to divorce
Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships other than by death of the partner.

Divorce:
Dissolution of the marriage pronounced by a judge on the basis of legal grounds. The divorce comes into force once it has been recorded in the municipal population register. Until September 1994: divorces granted by Dutch courts and entered in the municipal registers. From October 1994: divorces in which at least one of the partners is recorded in the register of a Dutch municipality.
Divorces
Divorces per 1,000 inhabitants
Divorces per thousand of the average population

Average population:
Half of the population at the start of a given period plus half of the population at the end of that period.
Divorces per 1,000 couples
Divorces per thousand of the average number of married men (couples).

Average number of married men:
Half of the number of married men at the start of a given period plus half of the married men at the end of that period.
Average duration of marriage at divorce
Average duration of marriage (in years) at the time the divorce is granted.

Average marriage duration:
The arithmetic mean of all marriage durations.

Marriage duration:
The duration of the marriage in years calculated as the difference between the year of observation and the year in which the marriage was contracted.
Total percentage divorces
The percentage of marriages that will end in divorce if the same duration-specific death and divorce risks apply in the future as in the year under review.
Average age of divorcing men
Average age:
The arithmetic mean of all ages of divorced men.

Age:
The number of whole years that have passed between someone's date of birth and 31 December of the year of divorce, calculated as the year of divorce minus the year of birth.
Average age of divorcing women
Average age:
The arithmetic mean of all ages of divorced women.

Age:
The number of whole years that have passed between someone's date of birth and 31 December of the year of divorce, calculated as the year of divorce minus the year of birth.