Statistics on Marriage and Divorce in Israel

(1955 - 2021)

	Divorces	Marriages
1955	2,156	14,742
1956	2,070	15,098
1957	2,203	15,983
1958	2,267	16,562
1959	2,137	16,163
1960	2,210	16,532
1961	2,023	15,823
1962	2,116	16,838
1963	2,253	18,318
1964	2,213	19,238
1965	2,303	20,283
1966	2,237	20,662
1967	2,142	19,989
1968	2,381	23,159
1969	2,355	25,477
1970	2,442	26,593
1971	2,486	28,357
1972	2,665	29,161
1973	2,672	29,347
1974	2,876	32,458
1975	3,100	32,335
1976	3,287	29,314
1977	3,691	29,253
1978	3,917	29,379
1979	4,196	29,924
1980	4,439	29,592
1981	4,629	29,848
1982	4,691	29,700
1983	5,061	30,724
1984	4,834	29,871
1985	4,911	29,158
1986	5,086	30,113
1987	5,289	30,116
1988	5,592	31,218
1989	5,829	32,303
1990	6,325	31,746
1991	6,291	32,291
1992	7,029	32,769
1993	7,324	34,856
1994	8,232	36,035
1995	9,402	35,990
1996	8,578	36,081
1997	9,099	37,611
1998	9,886	40,137
1999	10,683	40,236
2000	10,723	38,894
2001	11,164	38,924
2002	10,939	39,718
2003	10,689	39,154
2004	11,181	39,855
2005	11,030	41,029
2006	13,439	44,685
2007	13,105	46,448
2008	13,488	50,038
2009	13,233	48,997
2010	13,042	47,855
2011	13,460	51,271
2012	13,685	50,474
2013	14,735	52,705
2014	14,430	50,797
2015	14,487	53,579
2016	14,819	52,809
2017	14,741	50,029
2018	15,605	49,410
2019	15,992	48,056
2020	15,307	39,984
2021	16,300	51,605

About

Bookstore

Glossary

Links

News

Publications

Timelines

The Virtual Jewish World

Virtual Israel Experience

Contact

Donate

The Jewish Virtual Library is a project of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization. | © 1998–2026 American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

The Jewish Virtual Library is a free educational resource. This site may display limited advertising to help support operations. Advertising is not the primary purpose of this site. This site includes links to external third-party resources that JVL's editorial team has selected for their educational value.