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Economy

Divorce Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 1980 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Dec 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 07/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data include annulments.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830202

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6e50a06c6be69b2f72ec0f4ab1cb5d84"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Divorce Rates, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6e50a06c6be69b2f72ec0f4ab1cb5d84/view

About this dataset

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Created on

17 Feb 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Divorce Rates, Annual

Data from Jan 1980 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 01 Dec 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 07/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data include annulments.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830202

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Data explorer

DivorceRatesAnnual.csv (17 rows, 5.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric	1983 Numeric	1982 Numeric	1981 Numeric	1980 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Male General Divorce Rate	6.3	6	6.2	7.2	6.3	6.9	6.7	6.9	7.1	7.1	7	7.3	7.1	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.1	7.8	7.1	6.2	6.5	6.8	7.4	6.6	6.4	6.1	5.5	6	6.2	7	6.1	5	5.2	4.9	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	3.7
20 - 24 Years	25.3	16.6	17	25.3	25.9	30.6	28.6	25.9	27.6	30.8	25.3	25.8	28.4	26.6	24.9	27.3	32.9	35.7	32.7	32.1	37.2	30	42.7	30.2	26.2	32	27.2	20.5	15.5	14.9	16.2	12.4	16.9	23.4	13.4	12.1	16.1	17.9	12.5	13.4	12.1	8.6	8	6.6	5.9
25 - 29 Years	14.6	13.7	13.7	16.1	14.6	16	15.6	16.8	16.7	17.8	20.2	21.7	21.7	20.3	16.3	17.4	19.1	20.2	21	19.1	21	19.4	17.3	14.8	14.1	15.1	18.2	13.7	12.2	12	11.4	13.7	13.2	15.9	13.3	13.4	12.8	11.8	10.2	9.5	9.5	9.1	8.7	9.1	6.9
30 - 34 Years	11.2	10.5	9.9	13.2	12.1	12.6	12.1	12.5	12.6	12.5	13.1	13.1	13.3	14	14.6	15.1	16	16	16.2	15.9	14.8	14	13.4	11.1	10.6	11	11.5	10.8	9.6	9.7	9	9.9	9.7	11.4	10.6	8.1	8.1	7.4	8	7.8	7.6	7.3	7.6	7.4	6.5
35 - 39 Years	10.8	10.4	10.5	12.9	11.8	11.6	11.8	11.5	12.8	11.7	11.6	12	11.9	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.3	11.9	11.8	11.7	9.4	11.5	10.6	7.8	8.9	9.1	9.8	8.6	8.6	8.4	7	7.8	7.8	9	7.5	6.4	6.6	6.1	6.4	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.7	5.9	4.4
40 - 44 Years	9.7	9.5	9.4	10.7	9.4	9.9	9.7	10.2	9.6	10.1	9.9	9.8	9.4	10	9.6	9.2	8.7	8.5	8.2	7.7	7.5	8.3	7.1	6.8	6.8	7.4	7.6	6.7	7.1	6.6	5.6	6.2	6.4	6.8	5.7	4.9	4.9	5.1	4.7	3.9	4.2	3.9	3.8	4.1	3.8
45 - 49 Years	7.9	7.5	8	9	7.9	8.5	8.5	7.7	8.4	8.3	7.7	8.5	7.6	7.7	7.5	7.2	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.4	5.6	6.5	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.9	6.1	5.5	5.7	5.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.1	3.2	3.5	3	3.1	2.7	2.8	3	3.1	2.9	2.1
50 Years And Over	3.5	3.5	3.6	4	3.2	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.1	3	2.9	3.2	2.7	2.4	2.6	2.7	3.1	2.5	2.3	2	1.7	1.9	2	1.9	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8
Female General Divorce Rate	5.7	5.5	5.9	6.9	6.1	6.5	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.9	6.7	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.3	6.9	7.8	7.1	6.4	6.5	6.9	7.5	6.6	6.5	6.1	5.5	6.1	6.2	7.1	6.1	5.1	5.2	5	5	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.3	3.8
20 - 24 Years	30.5	19.9	22.3	25.5	27.5	30	27.7	27.9	28.6	26.3	23.5	26.7	29.1	27.8	24.4	22.5	28.1	28.5	28.1	25.7	28	27.1	26.2	23.2	20.7	21.8	26.6	19.1	15.6	15.6	14.9	16.7	15.6	18.6	13.9	17	18	14.2	12.8	12.7	11.3	10.9	9.8	9.5	7.6

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Per 1,000 Married Resident Males Aged 20 Years & Over	-

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