Skip to main content
Crude divorce rate
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 1.8 (p) Provisional value .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2021 2.0 (p) Provisional value 1.8 1.7 (e) Estimated value
2020 1.8 1.6 1.6 (e) Estimated value
2019 2.1 1.9 1.8 (e) Estimated value
2018 2.3 2.0 1.8 (e) Estimated value
2017 2.3 2.1 1.9 (e) Estimated value
2016 2.4 2.1 1.9
2015 2.4 2.1 1.9
2014 2.5 2.2 1.8
2013 2.4 2.0 1.8
2012 2.5 2.2 1.9
2011 2.5 2.2 1.9
2010 2.6 2.2 1.9
2009 2.4 2.1 1.9
2008 2.8 2.4 2.0
2007 3.3 2.8 2.0
2006 3.5 2.9 2.1
2005 2.1 1.7 2.0
2004 1.6 1.2 1.9
2003 1.4 1.1 1.8
2002 1.4 1.0 1.8
2001 1.3 1.0 1.7
2000 1.4 0.9 1.7
Units: Divorces per 1,000 inhabitants.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 13, 2023.

EDSN

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Annulments, Separations and Divorces (EDSN).

Methodological note

The ratio of the number of divorces during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1,000 inhabitants.

The data for Catalonia are calculated using population estimates and data on the natural movement of the population.