Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

8 Marriages dissolved. Separations. 1961-2006
Annual average. Year Marriages dissolved Separations1 Per 1 000 married and separated women
Total By deaths By divorce1 By deaths By divorce
1961-1965 17 373 14 921 2 452 2 546 17.5 2.9
1966-1970 19 562 16 602 2 960 3 434 18.3 3.3
1971-1975 22 030 17 567 4 463 6 004 18.5 4.7
1976-1980 24 194 18 088 6 106 7 826 18.6 6.3
1981-1985 25 987 18 536 7 451 9 848 19.3 7.8
1986-1990 27 542 18 730 8 812 11 469 20.0 9.4
1991-1995 28 350 17 939 10 411 12 055 19.9 11.5
1996-2000 26 443 16 835 9 608 11 789 19.2 10.9
2001-2005 26 126 15 406 10 720 12 891 17.6 12.3
             
1986 26 469 18 656 7 813 10 117 19.7 8.3
1987 27 278 18 936 8 342 10 616 20.1 8.9
1988 27 456 18 767 8 689 11 307 20.0 9.3
1989 27 757 18 594 9 163 12 480 20.0 9.8
1990 28 750 18 695 10 055 12 825 20.2 10.9
             
1991 28 424 18 260 10 164 12 350 19.9 11.1
1992 28 055 17 949 10 106 12 146 19.7 11.1
1993 29 185 18 380 10 805 11 928 20.4 12.0
1994 28 208 17 413 10 795 11 882 19.5 12.1
1995 27 878 17 695 10 183 11 968 19.9 11.5
             
1996 27 013 17 177 9 836 11 125 19.5 11.1
1997 26 859 17 046 9 813 11 464 19.4 11.2
1998 25 991 16 778 9 213 11 579 19.1 10.5
1999 26 016 16 892 9 124 11 883 19.3 10.4
2000 26 334 16 281 10 053 12 896 18.5 11.5
             
2001 26 454 16 146 10 308 12 752 18.4 11.8
2002 26 664 16 214 10 450 13 005 18.9 11.9
2003 26 076 15 319 10 757 12 772 17.5 12.3
2004 25 806 14 761 11 045 13 167 16.9 12.6
2005 25 632 14 592 11 040 12 758 16.7 12.6
             
2006 24 798 14 200 10 598 12 146 16.3 12.1
1  Figures comprise divorces/separations where the husband was a resident of Norway. Before 1986 were situations where the husband was resident abroad also included.

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