Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death
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Marriage dissolutions; due to divorce and death
CONTENTS 1. General information 2. Definitions and explanation of symbols 3. Links to relevant tables and articles 4. Sources and methods 5. Further information 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 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 24 July 2024: Data of 2023 have been added. When will new figures be published? In the last quarter of 2025 final figures of 2024 will be added in this publication. 2. DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS Definitions: Population The total number of people residing in The Netherlands. In the population statistics compiled by Statistics Netherlands the inhabitants are the people registered in the population register of a Dutch municipality. 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. Excluding dissolutions of partnership registrations. 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. Marriage dissolution Ending a marriage through death or divorce. Partnership registration A marriage-like relationship recorded at the registry office. Partnership registration is open to same-sex and different-sex couples. Registered partnership was introduced in the Netherlands on 1 January 1998. The figures refer to registered partnerships of which at least one partner is recorded in the municipal registers of a Dutch municipality. Explanation of symbols: Empty cell : figure not applicable . : figure is unknown, insufficiently reliable or confidential * : provisional figure ** : revised provisional figure 3. LINKS TO RELEVANT TABLES AND ARTICLES Population and population dynamics by month; 1995-2018 More information can be found in the theme Population. 4. SOURCES AND METHODS Break in series of late reports Up to 2010 reports of events in a certain year received at Statistics Netherlands after 15 February of the following year - the so-called late reports - were ignored. As a result of an improvement in the production method, late reports received in the year of publication will be included in the figures for the year of publication. 5. FURTHER INFORMATION Infoservice Copyright (c) Statistics Netherlands, The Hague/Heerlen Reproduction is permitted, provided Statistics Netherlands is quoted as the source.
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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.
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Total marriage dissolutions
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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.
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Divorces
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Average duration of marriage at divorce
Average duration of marriage (in years) at the time the divorce is granted. Average marriage duration: The arithmetic mean of all marriage durations. Marriage duration: The duration of the marriage in years calculated as the difference between the year of observation and the year in which the marriage was contracted.
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Average age of divorcing men
Average age: The arithmetic mean of all ages of divorced men. Age: The number of whole years that have passed between someone's date of birth and 31 December of the year of divorce, calculated as the year of divorce minus the year of birth.
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Average age of divorcing women
Average age: The arithmetic mean of all ages of divorced women. Age: The number of whole years that have passed between someone's date of birth and 31 December of the year of divorce, calculated as the year of divorce minus the year of birth.
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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.
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Total men and women
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Deceased partners
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1950
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1955
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1960
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1965
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1970
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1975
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1980
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Total marriage dissolutionsTotal marriage dissolutions
Total marriage dissolutions
Marriages dissolved due to divorceDivorces
Divorces
Marriages dissolved due to divorceAverage duration of marriage at divorce
Average duration of marriage at divorce
Marriages dissolved due to divorceAverage age of divorcing men
Average age of divorcing men
Marriages dissolved due to divorceAverage age of divorcing women
Average age of divorcing women
Marriages dissolved due to deathTotal men and womenDeceased partners
Total men and women
Deceased partners
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| 1950 | 1955 | 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2023 | ||
Total marriage dissolutions Total marriage dissolutions | number | 39,746 | 42,977 | 47,272 | 54,981 | 65,285 | 76,885 | 81,504 | 91,479 | 85,816 | 92,539 | 93,603 | 88,178 | 88,182 | 92,552 | 95,614 | 88,993 | |
Marriages dissolved due to divorce Divorces | number | 6,462 | 5,498 | 5,672 | 6,206 | 10,317 | 20,093 | 25,735 | 34,044 | 28,419 | 34,170 | 34,650 | 31,905 | 32,544 | 34,232 | 28,965 | 24,310 | |
Average duration of marriage at divorce | year | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 14.6 | |
Average age of divorcing men | year | 38.4 | 39.6 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 37.7 | 39.6 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 45.6 | 46.9 | 47.8 | 48.0 | |
Average age of divorcing women | year | 35.6 | 36.8 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 35.6 | 36.0 | 35.1 | 36.5 | 37.2 | 37.7 | 39.0 | 40.7 | 42.5 | 43.7 | 44.5 | 44.6 | |
Marriages dissolved due to death Total men and women Deceased partners | number | 33,284 | 37,479 | 41,600 | 48,775 | 54,968 | 56,792 | 55,769 | 57,435 | 57,397 | 58,369 | 58,953 | 56,273 | 55,638 | 58,320 | 66,649 | 64,683 | |
Source: CBS