Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death
| Periods | Total marriage dissolutions Marriage dissolutions per 1,000 couples (o/oo) | Marriages dissolved due to divorce Divorces per 1,000 couples (o/oo) | Marriages dissolved due to death Total men and women Deceased partners per 1,000 couples (o/oo) | Marriages dissolved due to death Men Deceased male partners per 1,000 couples (o/oo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.6 | 7.0 | 19.5 | 12.8 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
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This table includes the most important key figures on marriage dissolutions due to death and divorce among the registered population of the Netherlands.
Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships.
Data available from: 1950
Status of the figures:
All data recorded in this table are final data.
Changes per 17 August 2023:
Data of 2022 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
In the last quarter of 2024 final figures of 2023 will be added in this publication.
Description topics
- Total marriage dissolutions
- Total marriage dissolutions due to death and divorce. Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships.
Marriage
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.
Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.- Marriage dissolutions per 1,000 couples
- Marriage dissolutions per thousand of the average number of married men(couples).
Average number of married men:
Half of the number of married men at the start of a given period plus half of the married men at the end of that period.
- Marriages dissolved due to divorce
- Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships other than by death of the partner.
Divorce:
Dissolution of the marriage pronounced by a judge on the basis of legal grounds. The divorce comes into force once it has been recorded in the municipal population register. Until September 1994: divorces granted by Dutch courts and entered in the municipal registers. From October 1994: divorces in which at least one of the partners is recorded in the register of a Dutch municipality.- Divorces per 1,000 couples
- Divorces per thousand of the average number of married men (couples).
Average number of married men:
Half of the number of married men at the start of a given period plus half of the married men at the end of that period.
- Marriages dissolved due to death
- Marriage dissolutions due to death. Excluding dissolutions due to ending registered partnerships by death of the partner.
Marriage
Legal, formally sanctioned living arrangement between two people. Since 1 April 2001, it is legally possible for people in the Netherlands to marry a person of the same sex.
Registered partnership:
A marriage-like relationship between two people of the opposite or same sex, registered at the Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registered partnership was introduced in The Netherlands on 1 January 1998.- Total men and women
- Deceased partners per 1,000 couples
- Deceased partners per thousand of the average number of married men (couples).
Average number of married men:
Half of the number of married men at the start of a given period plus half of the married men at the end of that period.
- Men
- Deceased male partners per 1,000 couples
- Deceased male partners per 1,000 couples
Deceased male partners per thousand of the average number of married men (couples).
Average number of married men:
Half of the number of married men at the start of a given period plus half of the married men at the end of that period.