Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

12 Estimated percentage1 of marriages dissolved, assuming the divorce rates as in the year of observation. 1960-2011
Year of observation Duration of marriage. Years
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
2005 5.3 11.4 24.1 39.4 47.5 49.8 50.3
               
2006 4.9 11.1 23.2 37.5 45.3 47.6 48.1
2007 5.1 10.9 21.5 33.7 40.8 43.0 43.5
2008 4.8 10.2 21.0 33.6 40.1 42.4 42.9
2009 4.8 10.1 21.3 34.0 40.5 42.6 43.0
2010 4.2 9.3 21.7 36.1 43.1 45.4 46.0
               
2011 4.6 9.6 20.6 33.6 40.0 42.1 42.6
1  Assuming that amarriage cohort of 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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