Divorce rate

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Last update: 2026-02-24

Explanation

The divorce rate is calculated as the proportion of separated women in the age group 30-59 years in relation to the number of women married at some time (married, widows, and divorcees) in the same age group.

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Divorce rate 2025. Women aged 30-59.

Municipality/ Region	Number					Divorce rate
Municipality/ Region	Unmarried	Married	Widows	Divorced	Married at some time, total	Divorce rate
Falkenberg	3 202	4 139	82	1 062	5 283	20,1
Halmstad	7 085	9 623	176	2 805	12 604	22,3
Hylte	581	955	22	227	1 204	18,9
Kungsbacka	5 488	9 517	131	1 975	11 623	17,0
Laholm	1 721	2 396	38	576	3 010	19,1
Varberg	5 088	5 990	96	1 452	7 538	19,3
Halland County	23 165	32 620	545	8 097	41 262	19,6
Sweden	783 942	952 795	17 346	279 691	1 249 832	22,4
Source: Statistics Sweden

Divorce rate in 2015-2025. Women aged 30-59.
Municipality/ Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Falkenberg	19,9	19,7	19,7	19,6	19,4	20,0	20,5	19,9	19,7	20,0	20,1
Halmstad	22,6	22,2	22,3	22,0	22,1	22,2	22,3	22,3	22,2	22,3	22,3
Hylte	17,8	16,4	16,5	16,9	16,3	17,5	18,4	17,0	17,2	18,4	18,9
Kungsbacka	16,9	17,1	16,8	16,6	16,6	17,0	17,1	17,1	17,0	16,9	17,0
Laholm	19,7	19,8	19,3	19,2	19,3	19,9	19,4	18,9	18,9	19,6	19,1
Varberg	19,4	19,3	18,8	19,0	19,2	19,7	19,9	19,9	19,5	19,5	19,3
Halland County	19,7	19,5	19,3	19,2	19,3	19,6	19,8	19,6	19,5	19,6	19,6
Sweden	22,4	22,3	22,2	22,2	22,2	22,5	22,7	22,5	22,5	22,4	22,4
Source: Statistics Sweden

Divorce rate in 2015-2025. Women aged 30-59. Index year 2015=100
Municipality/ Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Falkenberg	100	99	99	99	98	101	103	100	99	101	101
Halmstad	100	98	98	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Hylte	100	92	93	95	92	99	103	96	97	103	106
Kungsbacka	100	101	99	98	98	100	101	101	100	100	100
Laholm	100	101	98	98	98	101	99	96	96	100	97
Varberg	100	99	97	98	99	101	102	102	100	100	99
Halland County	100	99	98	98	98	100	101	100	99	100	100
Sweden	100	99	99	99	99	100	101	100	100	100	100
Source: Statistics Sweden