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Around 129,300 marriages were dissolved in Germany in 2024, according to official data released on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The figure was roughly in line with the previous year, with a marginal increase of 0.3%, or 329 divorces, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported.<\/p>\n
In 2023, the fewest divorces took place since German reunification in 1990, the data showed. Since 2003, the number of divorces has been on a downward trend, except for a few years, according to the statisticians.<\/p>\n
Family break-ups<\/strong><\/p>\n Slightly more than half (50.8%) of couples that divorced in 2024 had underage children. Of these, 48% had one child, 40% had two and 12% had three or more children, the data showed.<\/p>\n This continues a long-standing trend: The divorce rate is falling for couples with one child, while the rate is increasing for couples with two or more children. In 2024, a total of about 111,000 minors were affected by their parents’ divorce.<\/p>\n Seven-year itch?<\/strong><\/p>\n Most of last year’s divorces (80.5%) were preceded by a one-year separation period. In 18.5% of cases, the couple had been separated for three years.<\/p>\n On average, the couples that divorced in 2024 had been married for 14 years and 8 months. For about 21,200 or 16.4% of the couples, the divorce occurred after 25 years of marriage or more.<\/p>\n The number of new marriages is also generally declining. In 2024, 349,200 marriages were registered, which was 3.3% or 11,800 fewer than in 2023.<\/p>\n In Germany, 340,400 marriages were between a man and a woman in 2024 and 8,800 marriages were between people of the same sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n