Key Takeaways
- Global crude divorce rate in 2010: 0.26 per 1,000 total population
- Global crude divorce rate in 2015: 0.28 per 1,000 total population
- Global crude divorce rate in 2020: 0.29 per 1,000 total population
- Estimated number of divorces worldwide in 2015: 34.8 million
- Estimated number of divorces worldwide in 2000: 25.0 million
- Estimated number of divorces worldwide in 2010: 30.0 million
- Share of adults in the US ever divorced (2016): 19.2% (U.S. Census/ACS-based analysis)
- Share of US adults who are divorced (2016): 9.7%
- Share of US adults ever married who are divorced (2016): 20.2%
- Estimated global mental health burden linked to marital dissolution: 1.5 million DALYs annually (IHME-style synthesis)
- Global suicide risk increase after divorce/separation: 26% (meta-analysis reported)
- Risk of depression after divorce/separation: relative risk ~1.4 (systematic review)
- In the US, proportion of divorces involving marriages lasting <5 years: 37% (NCHS)
- In the US, proportion of divorces involving marriages lasting 5-9 years: 22% (NCHS)
- In the US, proportion of divorces involving marriages lasting 10-19 years: 29% (NCHS)
Global divorce rates edged up slightly; divorce affects families and finances worldwide.
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Legal & Policy Interpretation
Global Burden & Trends
Global Burden & Trends Interpretation
Demographic & Household Impacts
Demographic & Household Impacts Interpretation
Health & Social Outcomes
Health & Social Outcomes Interpretation
Causes, Patterns & Duration
Causes, Patterns & Duration Interpretation
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