Divorce Rate in Singapore [up to 2024]
Divorces and Annulments
Singapore observed 7,078 divorces in 2024 according to official data sources, this was up just over 3% compared to 2023. The increase was largely driven by a 20% growth in the number of muslim divorces whilst civil divorces fell marginally to 5,638 in 2024 compared to 5,649 in 2023. It should be noted that whilst Muslim divorces did rise quite sharply in 2024, they continue to make up only around 20% of the total.
Marriage annulments, which are not typically classified as a “divorce” saw a 13% growth compared to 2023, but continue to make up a relatively small volume at 304. Annulments tend to be low due to the requirements necessary to dissolve a marriage via this method.
If we sum together divorces and annulments, then the total number of marriage dissolutions in 2024 was 7,382 compared to 7,118 in 2023, a 3.7% increase.
Median Age of Divorcees
The median age of men and women continues to increase when it comes to civil divorces. The average age of a male divorcing in Singapore was 45.5 years old in 2024 and 41.8 years old for females. As the longer term trend shows in the graph, this has been an increasing trend that people are divorcing at an ever older age in Singapore.
Interestingly for muslim divorces we saw a decline in the median age for both men and women. The average age for men fell to 39.6 years old, whilst for women it fell to 37.1 years old. This is perhaps not surprising given the 20% increase in total muslim divorces in 2024 compared to 2023.
Duration Of Marriage
For divorced couples, the median duration of the marriage before a divorce occurred increased in 2024 to 12 years, up from 11.7 in 2023. The overall data trend showing that marriages in Singapore before divorce occurs is typically increasing, which perhaps aligns with the message that people are also divorcing at an ever later point in their lives.
For those divorcing under the Muslim Law Act the median duration of the marriage has held static when compared to 2023 at 8.2 years.
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