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, 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.

The largest number of divorces in 2023 were registered among couples who had been married for more than 20 years, with a total of almost ****** cases. In contrast, there were only *** divorces among couples married for less than a year in Spain.

Basic Demographic Indicators: Divorce rates by Autonomous Community, according to sex and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. Autonomous Communities and Cities.

Basic Demographic Indicators: Divorce rates according to sex and nationality (Spanish/foreign). Annual. National.

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.

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.

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.

From 2006 to 2020, the highest peak of opposite-gender marriages in Spain took place in 2006 with a total number of approximately 203,000 heterosexual unions. The tendency in the upcoming years was downward, and the lowest point was reached in 2020, with figures showing figures of 87,000 opposite-gender unions. However, since 2022 the number of marriages returned to pre-pandemic levels, fluctuating between 160,000 and 173,000 marriages. Same-sex marriage in Spain Spain legalized same-sex marriage (matrimonio igualitario in Spanish) in 2005, thus becoming the third country in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry, after the Netherlands and Belgium. The number of same-sex nuptials stood at approximately 6,770 in 2023, with figures looking very similar for marriages between women and marriages between men. While marriages between women grew steadily since same-sex marriages was legalized, the trend for men behaved differently, with marriages booming in 2006 and dropping thereafter only to pick up in recent years. The number of same-sex marriages was significantly lower than that of opposite-sex couples throughout the entire period under review. Divorce numbers in Spain When love does not work out, some married couples may seek to put an end to their wedlock by getting a divorce. This was the case for more than 76,000 couples in 2023, as recorded by the latest reports. The number of marriages terminated by divorce in Spain decreased over the last few years, although it maintained steadily above 90,000 between 2009 to 2019. 2006 registered the highest number of divorces in Spain during this period at roughly 127 thousand divorces. In contrast, 2020 recorded the lowest point of the period considered.

The average cost of a wedding with *** guests in Spain stood at ****** euros as of September 2023. This includes the expenses laid out for all products and services, such as clothing, music, banquet and invitations. The price of a wedding can vary greatly and is highly conditioned by the future new weds’ financial means or their taste. Thus, the price of a wedding in Spain could potentially balloon up to ****** euros and go as down as ****** euros. Over the past 16 years, the cost of a wedding dwindled slightly, except for a short-lived upward trend witnessed between 2013 and 2019.

Spain: the Europeans that tie the knot the oldest
The mean age at first marriage in Spain was, along with Sweden, one of the highest in the European Union. Based on this setting, it is no wonder that many Spanish autonomous communities featured quite elevated average age at the time of marriage - particularly in the Canary Islands, where the average age at first marriage stood at around 42 years old for men and nearly ** for women.

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 over the last years. This information translates into a national average of around **** marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, with the region of Ceuta recording the highest numbers on the list of marriage rate in Spain. On top of that, Spain also appears at the top of the list of the highest divorce rates in Europe, with ** divorces per 100 marriages carried out in this country, only exceeded by the rate of Portugal.

This statistic presents the number of divorces filed in the provinces of the Spanish autonomous community of the Region of Valencia in 2019. That year, there were approximately *** thousand divorces in the province of Valencia , which made it the province with the largest number of divorces registered in the region in 2019.

This statistic presents the number of divorces filed in the provinces of the Spanish autonomous community of Basque Country in 2019. That year, there were approximately *** thousand divorces in the province of Biscay, which made it the province with the largest number of divorces registered in the region in 2019.

This statistic depicts number of opposite-sex divorces in Spain in 2017, broken down by spouse accountable to pay the child support. In around ** percent of the cases of separation processed in 2017, the court ordered the husband to pay the compensatory pension, while in the case of the wife, the percentage was less than ***** percent.