Divorce rate

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Last update: 2024-02-26

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 2023. Women aged 30-59.

Municipality/ Region	Number					Divorce rate
Municipality/ Region	Unmarried	Married	Widows	Divorced	Married at some time, total	Divorce rate
Falkenberg	3 103	4 217	87	1 058	5 362	19,7
Halmstad	6 897	9 678	186	2 817	12 681	22,2
Hylte	602	986	20	209	1 215	17,2
Kungsbacka	5 229	9 709	123	2 014	11 846	17,0
Laholm	1 691	2 427	35	574	3 036	18,9
Varberg	4 938	6 024	97	1 483	7 604	19,5
Halland County	22 460	33 041	548	8 155	41 744	19,5
Sweden	763 181	961 777	18 405	284 137	1 264 319	22,5
Source: Statistics Sweden

Divorce rate in 2013-2023. Women aged 30-59.
Municipality/ Region	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Falkenberg	20,3	20,0	19,9	19,7	19,7	19,6	19,4	20,0	20,5	19,9	19,7
Halmstad	22,9	22,7	22,6	22,2	22,3	22,0	22,1	22,2	22,3	22,3	22,2
Hylte	18,8	19,0	17,8	16,4	16,5	16,9	16,3	17,5	18,4	17,0	17,2
Kungsbacka	16,1	16,5	16,9	17,1	16,8	16,6	16,6	17,0	17,1	17,1	17,0
Laholm	19,9	20,0	19,7	19,8	19,3	19,2	19,3	19,9	19,4	18,9	18,9
Varberg	19,4	19,3	19,4	19,3	18,8	19,0	19,2	19,7	19,9	19,9	19,5
Halland County	19,6	19,6	19,7	19,5	19,3	19,2	19,3	19,6	19,8	19,6	19,5
Sweden	22,4	22,4	22,4	22,3	22,2	22,2	22,2	22,5	22,7	22,5	22,5
Source: Statistics Sweden

Divorce rate in 2013-2023. Women aged 30-59. Index year 2013=100
Municipality/ Region	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Falkenberg	100	98	98	97	97	97	96	99	101	98	97
Halmstad	100	99	99	97	98	96	97	97	97	97	97
Hylte	100	101	95	87	88	90	87	93	98	91	92
Kungsbacka	100	102	105	106	104	103	103	105	106	106	105
Laholm	100	101	99	100	97	97	97	100	98	95	95
Varberg	100	99	100	100	97	98	99	101	103	102	100
Halland County	100	100	100	100	99	98	98	100	101	100	100
Sweden	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	101	101	101	100
Source: Statistics Sweden