The population of Lithuania (edition 2023)

Divorces

 

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In 2022, the number of divorces registered amounted to 7.4 thousand, i.e. by 0.4 thousand divorces (5.5 per cent) less than in 2021. In 2020, the crude. In 2022, the crude divorce rate (the number of divorces per 1,000 population) stood at 2.6 (in 2021, 2.8).

 

Crude divorce rate per 1,000 population, 2013–2022
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In 2022, more than half (54.9 per cent) of divorced couples had common children aged under 18. After divorce, 6 thousand children were left in the family without one of the parents, (in 2021, 6.2 thousand). In 2013-2022, 67 thousand children were living in incomplete families.

 

Number of divorced couples with children aged 0–17, 2013–2022

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In 2022, the average duration of the former marriage was 13 years. 16.2 per cent of couples divorced after less than 10 years of marriage, 10.2 per cent – during the second decade of marriage, 4.4 per cent – after more than 25 years of marriage.

 

Divorces by citizenship group, 2013–2022

 

Total

of which:

between nationals

between nationals and foreigners, between only foreigners

of which:

between nationals and foreigners

of which:

between foreigners

between nationals and EU citizens

between nationals and non-EU citizens

Not indicated

2022

7 395

6 923

472

456

82

359

15

16

2021

7 822

6 974

848

832

204

562

66

16

2020

7 544

6 848

696

688

135

449

104

8

2019

8 683

7 780

903

890

219

556

115

13

2018

8 640

7 799

841

831

203

545

83

10

2017

8 518

7 726

792

777

188

530

59

15

2016

8 879

8 057

822

811

219

520

72

11

2015

9 371

8 520

851

832

241

503

88

19

2014

9 806

8 901

905

892

220

563

109

13

2013

9 974

9 068

906

890

186

604

100

16


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In 2022, the number of divorces per 100 marriages stood at 46.2 (in 2021, 46.6). The ratio of marriages to divorces is more precisely reflected by the total divorce rate, which is calculated taking into account the duration of the previous marriage. If the previous year’s ratio does not change, it is probable that, out of 100 couples, 34 will get divorced (in 2013, 44).

 

Total divorce rate, 2013–2022

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Divorces by order of former marriage, 2022

Number of divorced couples with common children (aged 0–17), 2013–2022

Number of children aged 0–17 who after divorce stayed with one of the parents, 2013–2022

Divorces by citizenship, 2022

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