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Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Main Issue In Marriage And Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual

Data from Jan 2004 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 14 Jun 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 15/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data on inter-ethnic divorces include divorces where both parties are of different CMIO group. Main issue in marriage for Muslim Divorces refers to the main issue indicated during registration for Marriage Counselling Programme that must be attended by a Muslim married person within a prescribed time before he/she may file for a divorce application. Categories on 'Family Related Reasons/Differences', 'Addiction', 'Religion' and 'Sex Related Matters' are only available from 2010 onwards. Total may include divorces with attribute(s) not reported.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830241

Data explorer

DivorcesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByMainIssueInMarriageAndEthnicGroupOfCoupleAnnual.csv (55 rows, 6.8 KB)

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(Null)36.4%
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(Null)36.4%
(Null)36.4%
Total12001505176715981697168216371702166716891662158715381536151116011595178216901657
Desertion951261481451841581682082312002071841411811201151171236881
Domestic Violence & Abuses136167205150149157141140134143157192255364457439489423385307
Financial Problems111176231185206197165205206265264310234345234200234313287308
Incarceration / Imprisonment4348553559615660514559475228364534604458
Infidelity / Extra-Marital Affair263288370374375365384358349370420394318231326372300316326325
Family Related Reasons/Differences6298119107104100104100981201051005423nananananana
Addiction3027424148383955414034314020nananananana
Religion71524145917262011141677nananananana
Sex Related Matters4461625551624773606754644619nananananana

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dataset_id = "d_66b11b74ed66b5461d1209e037c9f2c6"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Divorces Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Main Issue In Marriage And Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_66b11b74ed66b5461d1209e037c9f2c6/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)