Divorce rate in the United States
Divorces per 1,000 people, 2021
2.5
The crude divorce rate: divorces in the year for every 1,000 inhabitants.
Divorces per 100 marriages, 2019
44
Divorces in the year compared with marriages in the same year; worked out by us from the OECD crude divorce and marriage rates. This is not the share of marriages that end in divorce.
In 1985 there were 5.0 divorces per 1,000 people in the United States. In 2021 the rate was 2.5, which is lower.
The trend: divorces per 1,000 people
The trend: divorces per 100 marriages
This line can jump in 2020 and 2021, when many weddings were postponed and the number of marriages fell sharply, even if divorces did not change much. It is a comparison of two yearly totals, not a forecast for any couple.
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Source
OECD Family Database: marriage and divorce rates (indicator SF3.1). Figures for 1970 to 2021.
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