France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden are included in this first comparison. A shared reference year is chosen separately for each measure; the dataset retains every missing year and source flag.
European crude marriage rate
Common reference year: 2023. 1,000 average-year inhabitants.
| Country | Rate | Source flags |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4.3 | b |
| France | 3.5 | p |
| Italy | 3.1 | None supplied |
| Spain | 3.5 | None supplied |
| Sweden | 4.2 | None supplied |
Eurostat dataset, definitions and downloads. b = break in series; p = provisional.
Explore this comparisonEuropean crude divorce rate
Common reference year: 2016. 1,000 average-year inhabitants.
| Country | Rate | Source flags |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2.0 | None supplied |
| France | 1.9 | None supplied |
| Italy | 1.6 | None supplied |
| Spain | 2.1 | None supplied |
| Sweden | 2.4 | None supplied |
Eurostat dataset, definitions and downloads. b = break in series; p = provisional.
Explore this comparisonNational legal and reporting practices differ. These are descriptive indicators, not rankings of relationship success. Do not merge them with ONS married-population rates or treat missing years as zero.