This statistic shows the European Union countries with the highest share of births out of wedlock from 2009 to 2011. In 2009, the share of births out of marriage in Great Britain amounted to 46.3 percent.
EU countries with the highest share of births out of marriage 2009 to 2011
Characteristic
2009
2010
2011
Estonia
59.2%
59.1%
59.7%
Slovenia
53.6%
55.7%
56.8%
Bulgaria
53.4%
54.1%
56.1%
France
53.7%
55%
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Sweden
54.4%
54.2%
54.3%
Belgium
45.5%
46.2%
49.2%
Denmark
46.8%
47.3%
49%
United Kingdom
46.3%
46.9%
47.3%
Netherlands
43.3%
44.3%
45.3%
Latvia
43.5%
44.1%
44.6%
Portugal
38.1%
41.3%
42.8%
Hungary
40.8%
40.8%
42.3%
Czechia
38.8%
40.3%
41.8%
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Eurostat. (January 7, 2013). EU countries with the highest share of births out of marriage 2009 to 2011 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276802/births-out-of-wedlock-in-the-eu/
Eurostat. "EU countries with the highest share of births out of marriage 2009 to 2011." Chart. January 7, 2013. Statista. Accessed February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276802/births-out-of-wedlock-in-the-eu/
Eurostat. (2013). EU countries with the highest share of births out of marriage 2009 to 2011. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276802/births-out-of-wedlock-in-the-eu/
Eurostat. "Eu Countries with The Highest Share of Births out of Marriage 2009 to 2011." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276802/births-out-of-wedlock-in-the-eu/
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