This statistic shows the number of marriage dissolutions in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022, per 1,000 marriages. Between 1950 and 2022, the number of dissolved marriages increased significantly. In 1950 of every 1,000 marriages 18.6 were dissolved, either because of a divorce or the death of one of the partners. By 2022, this had increased to 26.6.
Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022
(per 1,000 marriages)
Characteristic
Number of dissolved marriages per 1,000 marriages
2022
26.6
2021
28
2020
28.5
2019
26.9
2018
27.1
2017
27.3
2016
27.4
2015
27.4
2014
27
2013
26.5
2012
26.3
2011
25.6
2010
25.6
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Marriage dissolutions include dissolutions because of the death of one of the partners as well as divorces. It does not include registered partnerships, only marriages.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (August 17, 2023). Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 marriages) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 marriages)." Chart. August 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2023). Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 marriages). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Marriage Dissolution Rate in The Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 Marriages)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 marriages) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 15, 2025)
Marriage dissolution rate in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022 (per 1,000 marriages) [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, August 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/521195/number-of-marriage-dissolutions-in-the-netherlands/
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