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

South Africa: 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 South Africa, 1970–2023

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

Analysis

South Africa recorded 1 (1=yes; 0=no) for women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

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

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

Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in South Africa, 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%

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 South Africa

  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, Plurinational State of 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 Côte 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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 Timor-Leste 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 Japan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Mali 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Mauritius 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Republic of Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Panama 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Peru 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Russian Federation 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 San Marino 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Senegal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Republic of 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, United Republic of 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 Türkiye 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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, Bolivarian Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  142. 1 Viet Nam 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 South Africa?
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men in South Africa 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 South Africa?
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 South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
How does South Africa rank for women can get a divorce on the same terms as men?
South Africa 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 South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Africa 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.