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Divorce rate
Year Value {"NUMBER"=>"Number", "UNIT_MEASURE"=>"Unit measure"}
1971 88.2 Number per 1000 marriages
1981 93.3 Number per 1000 marriages
1991 56.3 Number per 1000 marriages
1997 79.0 Number per 1000 marriages
1998 87.7 Number per 1000 marriages
1999 88.8 Number per 1000 marriages
2000 88.1 Number per 1000 marriages
2001 104.7 Number per 1000 marriages
2002 112.9 Number per 1000 marriages
2003 92.5 Number per 1000 marriages
2004 68.4 Number per 1000 marriages
2005 81.3 Number per 1000 marriages
2006 77.2 Number per 1000 marriages
2007 77.7 Number per 1000 marriages
2008 61.8 Number per 1000 marriages
2009 68.0 Number per 1000 marriages
2010 85.8 Number per 1000 marriages
2011 120.5 Number per 1000 marriages
2012 125.8 Number per 1000 marriages
2013 148.1 Number per 1000 marriages
2014 144.1 Number per 1000 marriages
2015 150.5 Number per 1000 marriages
2016 143.9 Number per 1000 marriages
2017 151.3 Number per 1000 marriages
2018 155.2 Number per 1000 marriages
2019 147.2 Number per 1000 marriages
2020 178.8 Number per 1000 marriages
2021 161.0 Number per 1000 marriages
2022 164.4 Number per 1000 marriages
2023 179.0 Number per 1000 marriages

Source: BHAS

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Divorce rate is the relation between the number of divorces in one year period and the estimated number of inhabitants per 1000 population.
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Indicator name

Divorce rate
Indicator number

1.6.4
Target name

Marriages and divorces
Target number

1.6
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
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BHAS
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