Divorce Statistics

Belarus has the highest divorce percentage in the world with 66% of its married couples getting divorced Albania had the world's lowest divorce percentage with only 5% of its couples getting divorced In Canada, 43% of marriages end in divorce In 1997, Canada granted 69 088 divorces while the United States granted 1 163 000 divorces In 1999, 1 417 000 Canadians and 19 400 000 Americans were divorced (about 9.8% of United States' total population) The average age of males at divorce is 42, and the average age of females at divorce …

…average age of females at divorce is 39.4 The average duration of marriages in Canada is 13.7 years The fifth year of marriage had the highest divorce rate In 1999, 4% of Canadian males and 5% of Canadian women were divorced In 1998, there were approximately 36 252 dependent children involved in a divorce In 60% of divorce custody cases, the mother receives the child/ children In 30% of divorce cases the parents have joint custody Single-parent families account for 46% of children living in poverty