| Characteristic | Number of divorces |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 112,182 |
| 2019 | 119,428 |
| 2018 | 101,127 |
| 2017 | 111,200 |
| 2016 | 118,270 |
| 2015 | 112,434 |
| 2014 | 122,656 |
| 2013 | 126,719 |
| 2012 | 130,473 |
| 2011 | 129,773 |
| 2010 | 132,338 |
| 2009 | 126,520 |
| 2008 | 135,942 |
| 2007 | 143,825 |
| 2006 | 147,717 |
| 2005 | 154,559 |
| 2004 | 166,669 |
| 2003 | 166,218 |
| 2002 | 160,725 |
| 2001 | 156,798 |
| 2000 | 154,581 |
| 1999 | 158,720 |
| 1998 | 159,997 |
| 1997 | 161,055 |
| 1996 | 171,690 |
| 1995 | 170,062 |
| 1994 | 173,054 |
| 1993 | 180,493 |
| 1992 | 175,112 |
| 1991 | 173,430 |
| 1990 | 167,551 |
| 1989 | 164,295 |
| 1988 | 165,629 |
| 1987 | 164,644 |
| 1986 | 168,283 |
| 1985 | 175,334 |
| 1984 | 157,968 |
| 1983 | 162,374 |
| 1982 | 159,365 |
| 1981 | 156,963 |
| 1980 | 159,727 |
| 1979 | 148,144 |
| 1978 | 152,724 |
| 1977 | 138,445 |
| 1976 | 135,960 |
| 1975 | 129,278 |
| 1974 | 121,103 |
| 1973 | 113,531 |
| 1972 | 124,911 |
| 1971 | 79,588 |
| 1970 | 62,857 |
| 1969 | 55,556 |
| 1968 | 50,597 |
| 1967 | 46,131 |
| 1966 | 42,643 |
| 1965 | 40,476 |
| 1964 | 37,323 |
| 1963 | 34,297 |
| 1962 | 30,977 |
| 1961 | 27,224 |
| 1960 | 25,696 |
| 1959 | 25,990 |
| 1958 | 24,445 |
| 1957 | 25,532 |
| 1956 | 28,156 |
| 1955 | 28,894 |
| 1954 | 30,253 |
| 1953 | 32,702 |
| 1952 | 36,659 |
| 1951 | 30,722 |
| 1950 | 33,074 |
| 1949 | 37,303 |
| 1948 | 45,755 |
| 1947 | 62,787 |
| 1946 | 32,763 |
| 1945 | 17,861 |
| 1944 | 14,051 |
| 1943 | 11,329 |
| 1942 | 8,638 |
| 1941 | 7,132 |
| 1940 | 8,537 |
| 1939 | 9,144 |
| 1938 | 7,039 |
| 1937 | 5,535 |
| 1936 | 5,788 |
| 1935 | 4,567 |
| 1934 | 4,755 |
| 1933 | 4,552 |
| 1932 | 4,382 |
| 1931 | 4,333 |
| 1930 | 4,032 |
| 1929 | 3,915 |
| 1928 | 4,522 |
| 1927 | 3,664 |
| 1926 | 3,047 |
| 1925 | 3,056 |
| 1924 | 2,724 |
| 1923 | 3,030 |
| 1922 | 2,970 |
| 1921 | 4,022 |
| 1920 | 3,866 |
| 1919 | 2,483 |
| 1918 | 1,596 |
| 1917 | 1,000 |
| 1916 | 1,257 |
| 1915 | 922 |
| 1914 | 1,203 |
| 1913 | 827 |
| 1912 | 836 |
| 1911 | 814 |
| 1910 | 819 |
| 1909 | 886 |
| 1908 | 827 |
| 1907 | 844 |
| 1906 | 719 |
| 1905 | 771 |
| 1904 | 710 |
| 1903 | 800 |
| 1902 | 805 |
| 1901 | 635 |
| 1900 | 656 |
| 1899 | 644 |
| 1898 | 643 |
| 1897 | 645 |
| 1896 | 592 |
| 1895 | 524 |
| 1894 | 489 |
| 1893 | 499 |
| 1892 | 445 |
| 1891 | 476 |
| 1890 | 400 |
| 1889 | 451 |
| 1888 | 445 |
| 1887 | 520 |
| 1886 | 422 |
| 1885 | 472 |
| 1884 | 435 |
| 1883 | 399 |
| 1882 | 358 |
| 1881 | 382 |
| 1880 | 358 |
| 1879 | 413 |
| 1878 | 358 |
| 1877 | 278 |
| 1876 | 248 |
| 1875 | 227 |
| 1874 | 232 |
| 1873 | 240 |
| 1872 | 145 |
| 1871 | 177 |
| 1870 | 171 |
| 1869 | 166 |
| 1868 | 36 |
| 1867 | 124 |
| 1866 | 120 |
| 1865 | 183 |
| 1864 | 170 |
| 1863 | 143 |
| 1862 | 149 |
| 1861 | 223 |
| 1860 | 126 |
| 1859 | 141 |
| 1858 | 36 |
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Release date
February 2023
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Region
United Kingdom
Survey time period
1858 to 2020
Supplementary notes
Data from 2015 onwards includes same-sex divorces
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