Second Edition 13 May 2000 - 24 ordibehesht 1379

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Divorce and Marriage Statistics in Iran

The following figures were published by the now banned daily newspaper Sobh-e emruz on the 18th of azar, 1378.

Year Number
of marriages
Cases
of divorce
1365 340342 35211
66 346652 33433
67 361940 33114
68 358707 33943
69 454963 37827
70 452675 39899
71 422457 33983
72 463487 29312
73 453671 32706
74 462855 34738
75 479263 37817
76 511277 41812
77 531490 42391
1st half of 78 290243 24182

Figures for the year of 1376

Province Number of
marriages
Cases of
divorce
East Azerbaijan 32172 1789
West Azerbaijan 20066 1408
Ardebil 10566 435
Isfahan 36157 2313
Ilam 2395 72
Bushehr 5853 419
Tehran 85770 12211
Chaharmahal 6592 184
Khorasan 56813 4598
Khuzestan 26500 2038
Zanjan 7497 432
Semnan 4292 253
Sistan & Baluchestan 8227 394
Fars 30567 1966
Qazvin 10548 621
Qom 7832 682
Kordestan 11571 1114
Kerman 16100 1192
Kermanshah 15258 1969
Kohkiluieh buierahmad 3513 142
GIlan 22702 1298
Lorestan 13412 1000
Mazandaran 36245 2170
Markazi 11291 1025
Hormozgan 7179 594
Hamedan 15078 245
Yazd 7081 250

 

Year Rate of marriages
ending in divorce
1369 6.8%
72 10.2%
73 10.4%
74 12.5%

1375 - 1376 : divorce rate increases 17%

1377 - first six months of 1378 : increase of 18.52%

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