Women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal
Portugal: Women have the same rights to remarry as men was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal, 1970–2023
Source: Women, Business and the Law; World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in (1=yes; 0=no).
Analysis
In 2023, women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal stood at 1 (1=yes; 0=no). That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Over the whole period, women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal peaked at 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 (1=yes; 0=no), in 1970.
Portugal ranks 1st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal, year by year
| Year | (1=yes; 0=no) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1971 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1972 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1973 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1974 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1975 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1976 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1977 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1978 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1979 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1980 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1981 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1982 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1983 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1984 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1985 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1986 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1987 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1988 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1989 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1990 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1991 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1992 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1993 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1994 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1995 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1996 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1997 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1998 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 1999 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2000 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2001 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2002 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2003 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2004 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2005 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2006 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2007 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2008 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2009 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2010 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2011 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2012 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2013 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2014 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2015 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2016 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2017 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2018 | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 2019 | 1 (1=yes; 0=no) | — |
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (1=yes; 0=no) | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1 (1=yes; 0=no) | 0 (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 Portugal
- 1 Albania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Angola 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Argentina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Armenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Australia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Austria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Azerbaijan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Hong Kong 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Micronesia (country) 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Russian Federation 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 South Africa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Republic of Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 United States 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Viet Nam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
- 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
More gender data for Portugal
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,308 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.1109 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 41,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 44,232 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 42,382 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 44,580 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 42,087 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 44,235 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 40,537 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 42,553 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal?
- Women have the same rights to remarry as men in Portugal 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 have the same rights to remarry as men recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 2019.
- What is the lowest women have the same rights to remarry as men recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
- How does Portugal rank for women have the same rights to remarry as men?
- Portugal ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Portugal 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 have the same rights to remarry as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.