Divorce Rate in India

When you look on the Indian culture and the social ethics then can guess that Indian people do not go towards getting a divorce and therefore the divorce rate in India is relatively lower than other countries. You will be surprised to know that divorce rate in India is the lowest among all the countries. Recent surveys stated that 1 out of hundred Indian marriages break up with the divorce that is a very low as compared to other countries like United States of America’s 50% rate. When you check the divorce rate in Indian villages then it is even lower than urban cities. Few decades ago the divorce rates were even lower than current and only 7.4 marriages out of 1000 marriages were find the way of divorce.



Let us look on the global divorce rate and get an idea about the divorce rate in India:



  1. Sweden – 54.9%

  2. United States – 54.8%

  3. Russia – 43.3%

  4. United Kingdom – 42.6

  5. Germany – 39.4%

  6. Singapore – 17.2%

  7. Israel – 14.8%

  8. Japan – 1.9%

  9. Sri Lanka – 1.5%

  10. India – 1.1%


This list shows that in India almost 100 percent of marriages are successful but due to the urbanization and awareness of laws and rights, people are now simplifying their life with divorce if they are not happy with their married life. After the women empowerment society is getting stronger and if these financially educated women are unsatisfied with their married life then can take the step towards divorce rather than bear the lifelong abuses silently. Today there is a situation where man as well as women is earning for themselves and for their family and therefore the ego clashes are frequently occurs between couples and becomes the reason of divorce.



Recent surveys have given us shocking results about the divorce rate in India. In Delhi the divorce rates gone over double and broken the barrier of 12,000 annually. Big cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and also not far behind and in every urban city the divorce rates are increasing. Kerala which is the most literate state of India has seen the 350% increment in divorce rate in past 10 years and these statistics are really make people think that what is going on in our society. As time is passing and people are getting literate, the divorce rate in India is also getting higher.




The information on the site is only for informational purpose please take legal advice for any kind of decision making.