In 2023, approximately 5,100 divorces were registered in the province of Valencia, making it the third province with the most registered divorces. Spain's largest cities, Madrid and Barcelona, ranked first and second respectively, with figures reaching over 10,000 cases in both cities.

In 2023, the European country with the highest divorce rate per 100 marriages was Finland, with more than 55 divorces. At the bottom of the list was Ireland with only 15.5 divorces per 100 marriages.

In 2023, the number of divorces in Spain in which at least one of the spouses was between 40 and 49 years amounted to more than ******, being the age range in which the highest value of cases was recorded. In addition, there were *** divorces in which one of the spouses was between 19 and 29 years old.

In 2023, couples without dependent children and those who had only minor children were the ones with the most divorce cases filed in Spain, registering over ****** cases in both cases. Couples with dependent adults registered only ***** divorces.

The number of same-sex divorces in Spain increased steadily throughout the period of time under consideration, standing at 1718 cases in 2023 compared to approximately *** cases in 2013. However, the number of same-sex divorces is considerably lower than that of opposite-sex couples.

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This statistic depicts the share of respondents who expressed their viewpoint on what they think of divorce, according to the results of a survey conducted in Spain in January 2019. The great majority of the surveyed population believed that divorce was a necessary procedure sometimes.

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From 2013 to 2023, the number of uncontested divorces between same-sex couples did not exceed the number of this type of divorce in opposite-sex couples, which stood at approximately ****** cases in 2023. The number of mutual consent divorces in same-sex couples has been increasing since 2019.

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This statistic depicts number of opposite-sex divorces in Spain in 2019, broken down by spouse accountable to pay the alimony. In ***** cases of separation processed in 2019, the court ordered the husband to pay the compensatory pension, while in the case of the wife, number of cases was less than ************.

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According to the 2020 UNIDOMO questionnaire, Portugal clearly led the list of European countries with the highest divorce rate per 100 marriages. With 91.5 divorces the Portuguese Republic led the list, followed by Spain and Luxembourg. All three countries boast a significantly higher share than the other European countries, each reporting a divorce rate over 80 divorces.

A different way to look at Portugal

While Portugal clearly has the most divorces per 100 marriages, looking at divorce rates per 1.000 inhabitants in other European countries alters the picture of the country as one unsettled by significant numbers of divorces. With nearly 1.7 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants Portugal has roughly the same divorce rate as Germany and the Netherlands. Interesting is furthermore that although marriages in Portugal tend to result in divorce lightly more often as in Luxembourg (80.3%), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg experienced a 0.6 point higher divorce rate.

What about the rest of the World?

While compared with Latin American countries like Guatemala or Peru, ranked among the countries with the lowest divorce rates in the world, Luxembourg’s divorce rate seems excessive. However, when compared with divorce rates (per 1.000 inhabitants) of countries like the United States (2.7) or China (3.5) divorce rates from Luxembourg and Europe are not out of the ordinary.

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The mean age at first marriage in Spain was, along with Sweden, one of the highest in the European Union. Based on this setup, it is no wonder that the Spanish autonomous communities featured quite elevated numbers - particularly in the Canary Islands, where the average age at first marriage stood at over 41 years old for men and over ** for women in 2023. Easy come easy go Marriage might be undergoing a declining popularity among Spaniards, or so it would seem by its national (heterosexual) marriage figures, which have experienced a slight decrease overtime. In 2023, the Balearic Islands recording the highest numbers on the list of marriage rate in Spain, with a rate of **** marriages per 1,000 people. Moreover, Spain has one of the highest divorce rates in Europe, with **** divorces per 100 marriages carried out in this country in 2020. Ageing: a common problem across the continent The age at first marriage is not the only digit that is on the rise in Spain. Data related to age in the Mediterranean country essentially behaves in a similar fashion as the rest of its European counterparts, whose population is also slowly but surely getting older. In 2023, the life expectancy at birth in Spain stood at ***** years, one of the highest in the world.