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Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan

Japan: Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
All-time low
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023

Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan, 1970–2023

00.20.40.60.81197019962023

Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).

Analysis

In 2023, women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan stood at 1 (1=yes; 0=no). That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.

Japan ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan, year by year

Year (1=yes; 0=no) Change
1970 1 (1=yes; 0=no) —
1971 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1972 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1973 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1974 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1975 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1976 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1977 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1978 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1979 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1980 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1981 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1982 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1983 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1984 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1985 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1986 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1987 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1988 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1989 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1990 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1991 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1992 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1993 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1994 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1995 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1996 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1997 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1998 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
1999 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2000 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2001 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2002 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2003 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2004 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2005 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2006 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2007 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2008 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2009 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2010 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2011 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2012 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2013 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2014 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2015 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2016 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2017 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2018 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2019 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2020 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2021 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2022 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%
2023 1 (1=yes; 0=no) +0.0%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 1 (1=yes; 0=no) is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1980s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
1990s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2000s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2010s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 10
2020s 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 4

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  2. 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  3. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  4. 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  5. 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  6. 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  7. 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  8. 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  9. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Benin 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Bolivia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Burkina Faso 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Burundi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Cambodia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Cameroon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Chad 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 East Timor 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 El Salvador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Eritrea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Ethiopia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 Gabon 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Honduras 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Italy 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Laos 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Russia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 South Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  121. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  122. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  123. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  124. 1 Suriname 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  125. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  126. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  127. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  128. 1 Tanzania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  129. 1 Thailand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  130. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  131. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  132. 1 Tunisia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  133. 1 Turkey 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  134. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  135. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  136. 1 United Kingdom 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  137. 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  138. 1 Uruguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  139. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  140. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  141. 1 Venezuela 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 Vietnam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan?
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in Japan was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023, according to Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women can get a divorce on the same terms as men recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
What is the lowest women can get a divorce on the same terms as men recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does Japan rank for women can get a divorce on the same terms as men?
Japan ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women can get a divorce on the same terms as men rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Japan data come from?
The figures come from Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men
Unit
(1=yes; 0=no)
Source
Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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The divorce process is equal for women and men, unless the law provides women with added safeguards, such as during pregnancy. It is unequal if women face extra barriers, only men can initiate, or divorce is prohibited.