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Duration of marriages ending in divorce

The median or mean duration of marriages that end in divorce

186720191880190019201940196019802000United KingdomMedian durationNew ZealandMedian durationSingaporeMedian durationAustraliaMedian durationEcuadorMean durationGermanyMean durationUnited StatesMedian duration
OurWorldInData.org/marriages-and-divorces •

Source: Our World in Data based on national statistics

Note: The distribution of marriage duration is not symmetrical. This means that the mean and median can be very different. Keep this in mind when making country-to-country comparisons.

1867
2019

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