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Clarifying Portugal's high divorce rate
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- hwahyeon
Divorce rate:
🇮🇳 India: 1%
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 7%
🇹🇯 Tajikistan: 10%
🇮🇷 Iran: 14%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 17%
🇪🇬 Egypt: 17%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 17%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 21%
🇹🇷 Turkey: 25%
🇨🇴 Colombia: 30%
🇵🇱 Poland: 33%
🇯🇵 Japan: 35%
🇩🇪 Germany: 38%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 41%
🇳🇿 New Zealand: 41%
🇦🇺 Australia: 43%
🇨🇳 China: 44%
🇺🇸 United States: 45%
🇰🇷 South Korea: 46%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 46%
🇮🇹 Italy: 46%
🇨🇦 Canada: 47%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 48%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 50%
🇫🇷 France: 51%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 53%
🇫🇮 Finland: 55%
🇨🇺 Cuba: 55%
🇺🇦 Ukraine: 70%
🇷🇺 Russia: 73%
🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 79%
🇪🇸 Spain: 85%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 94%
The above text is from this link, which seems to be trending online. Many people are interpreting this data to mean that 94% of married couples in Portugal will eventually divorce, but that's not the case.
It's simply a percentage that compares the number of divorces to the number of marriages in a given year. The lack of context in the post is causing confusion. Upon researching, this statistic appears to be the divorce rate from 2020, calculated by comparing the number of marriages and divorces that occurred that year. (According to this data, the divorce rate in Portugal in 2020 was approximately 92%, showing a slight difference from the 94% mentioned above.)
For instance, if 100 couples got married in 2020 and 92 divorces were finalized (regardless of when those couples had originally married), the divorce rate would be 92%. Therefore, it's possible for the divorce rate to even exceed 100% in certain years!
Why did this happen?
In 2020, due to COVID-19, the number of marriages dropped significantly, while the number of divorces remained high, leading to such results.
As for India's low divorce rate, there are many factors, but one reason is that most people get married, and divorce tends to be more difficult than marriage in India.
Why is this data important?
It helps analyze social trends and changes. This kind of information can be used to shape policies and legal reforms in areas like family law or social support systems.