Women have the same rights to remarry as men by country
Women and men have the same right to remarry. Unequal rights exist if women face restrictions—such as waiting periods not applied to men—or if divorce is not legally allowed.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Angola
Lowest
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Zimbabwe
Median
1 (1=yes; 0=no)
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152
What the numbers show
Women have the same rights to remarry as men is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Angola; the lowest is 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 (1=yes; 0=no), and the mean is 1 (1=yes; 0=no).
Women have the same rights to remarry as men: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belize | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bolivia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Botswana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chile | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | China | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ghana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Grenada | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | India | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Laos | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Liberia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lesotho | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Madagascar | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Myanmar | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mozambique | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malawi | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nigeria | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nepal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Sudan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Togo | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tonga | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tanzania | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zambia | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Women and men have the same right to remarry. Unequal rights exist if women face restrictions—such as waiting periods not applied to men—or if divorce is not legally allowed.