Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

14   Estimated percentage1 of marriages dissolved, assuming the divorce rates of each single year. 1960-2004
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
2004 5.4 11.6 24.2 39.5 47.3 49.9 50.4
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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