Statistics Norway

Divorces and separations

8   Estimated percentage1 of marriages dissolved, assuming the divorce rates of each single year. 1960-2003
Year of observation Duration of marriage. Year
3 5 10 20 30 40 60
1960 1.4 2.7 5.0 7.7 9.1 9.4 9.5
               
1961 1.1 2.6 5.1 7.8 9.3 9.7 9.8
1962 1.1 2.6 5.2 8.0 9.4 9.7 9.7
1963 1.1 2.8 5.3 8.1 9.3 9.7 9.8
1964 1.2 2.8 5.6 8.4 9.8 10.2 10.3
               
1965 1.1 2.9 5.7 8.5 9.9 10.3 10.4
1966 1.3 3.0 6.0 8.9 10.2 10.7 10.8
1967 1.5 3.3 6.5 9.5 11.0 11.5 11.6
1968 1.4 3.5 7.0 10.2 11.7 12.1 12.2
1969 1.4 3.5 6.9 10.2 11.9 12.3 12.4
               
1970 1.6 3.8 7.6 11.1 12.9 13.3 13.4
1971 1.5 3.8 8.0 11.9 13.7 14.3 14.4
1972 1.5 3.7 8.2 12.7 14.7 15.3 15.4
1973 1.7 4.2 9.5 14.8 16.9 17.5 17.6
1974 1.8 4.8 10.2 16.0 18.5 19.1 19.3
               
1975 1.9 4.9 10.6 17.3 20.0 20.6 20.8
1976 2.0 4.9 10.9 18.1 20.9 21.5 21.6
1977 2.1 5.1 11.6 18.9 21.8 22.5 22.6
1978 2.2 5.5 11.7 19.3 22.5 23.1 23.2
1979 2.2 5.8 12.4 20.5 24.0 24.7 24.8
               
1980 2.3 5.7 12.3 20.5 24.3 24.9 25.0
1981 2.3 5.8 13.1 22.0 26.1 27.1 27.2
1982 2.4 6.1 13.1 22.3 26.7 27.5 27.6
1983 2.4 6.7 14.6 24.1 28.7 29.7 29.9
1984 2.7 6.9 15.0 24.9 30.1 31.2 31.4
               
1985 2.5 6.7 14.7 25.5 31.1 32.3 32.5
1986 2.9 7.5 15.7 25.2 30.6 31.7 31.9
1987 3.6 8.5 17.3 27.5 33.0 34.3 34.5
1988 3.0 8.4 18.4 28.9 34.9 36.2 36.4
1989 3.3 9.1 19.6 31.1 37.0 38.5 38.7
               
1990 3.8 9.8 21.9 34.8 41.2 42.7 43.0
1991 3.7 9.6 21.7 34.9 41.8 43.4 43.7
1992 3.3 9.0 20.9 34.9 41.6 43.3 43.6
1993 3.6 10.0 22.7 37.1 44.7 46.7 47.1
1994 3.8 9.7 22.2 37.2 45.1 47.0 47.4
               
1995 4.8 10.3 22.8 36.2 43.9 45.4 45.6
1996 4.7 10.4 21.9 35.0 42.4 44.1 44.4
1997 4.6 10.5 21.7 34.6 42.1 44.1 44.4
1998 4.4 9.6 20.3 32.6 39.5 41.4 41.8
1999 4.7 10.2 20.6 32.9 39.9 42.0 42.4
               
2000 5.0 11.2 23.1 36.9 44.3 46.4 46.8
2001 5.3 11.4 23.9 37.8 45.3 47.5 47.8
2002 4.9 10.8 23.4 37.5 45.5 47.6 48.0
2003 5.1 11.1 23.8 38.2 46.6 48.8 49.3
1  Given that a cohort of married persons experiences the duration-specific divorce rates for the given year of observation, and that deaths and migrations to/from abroad do not occur.

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