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Women have the same rights to remarry as men in South Africa

South Africa: Women have the same rights to remarry 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 have the same rights to remarry as men in South Africa, 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

South Africa recorded 1 (1=yes; 0=no) for women have the same rights to remarry 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 have the same rights to remarry 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.

That places South Africa 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

Women have the same rights to remarry 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 Bahamas 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  10. 1 Barbados 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  11. 1 Belarus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  12. 1 Belgium 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  13. 1 Belize 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  14. 1 Bhutan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  15. 1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  16. 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  17. 1 Botswana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  18. 1 Brazil 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  19. 1 Bulgaria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  20. 1 Canada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  21. 1 Cape Verde 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  22. 1 Central African Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  23. 1 Chile 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  24. 1 China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  25. 1 Colombia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  26. 1 Costa Rica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  27. 1 Croatia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  28. 1 Cyprus 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  29. 1 Czechia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  30. 1 Denmark 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  31. 1 Dominica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  32. 1 Dominican Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  33. 1 Ecuador 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  34. 1 Estonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  35. 1 Fiji 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  36. 1 Finland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  37. 1 France 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  38. 1 Georgia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  39. 1 Germany 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  40. 1 Ghana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  41. 1 Greece 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  42. 1 Grenada 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  43. 1 Guatemala 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  44. 1 Guyana 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  45. 1 Hong Kong, China 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  46. 1 Hungary 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  47. 1 Iceland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  48. 1 India 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  49. 1 Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  50. 1 Jamaica 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  51. 1 Kazakhstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  52. 1 Kenya 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  53. 1 Kiribati 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  54. 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  55. 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  56. 1 Latvia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  57. 1 Lesotho 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  58. 1 Liberia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  59. 1 Lithuania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  60. 1 Luxembourg 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  61. 1 Madagascar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  62. 1 Malawi 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  63. 1 Malta 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  64. 1 Marshall Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  65. 1 Mexico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  66. 1 Micronesia, Federated States of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  67. 1 Republic of Moldova 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  68. 1 Mongolia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  69. 1 Montenegro 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  70. 1 Mozambique 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  71. 1 Myanmar 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  72. 1 Namibia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  73. 1 Nepal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  74. 1 Netherlands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  75. 1 New Zealand 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  76. 1 Nicaragua 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  77. 1 Nigeria 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  78. 1 North Macedonia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  79. 1 Norway 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  80. 1 Palau 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  81. 1 Papua New Guinea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  82. 1 Paraguay 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  83. 1 Poland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  84. 1 Portugal 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  85. 1 Puerto Rico 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  86. 1 Romania 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  87. 1 Russian Federation 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  88. 1 Rwanda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  89. 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  90. 1 Saint Lucia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  91. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  92. 1 Samoa 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  93. 1 Serbia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  94. 1 Seychelles 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  95. 1 Sierra Leone 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  96. 1 Singapore 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  97. 1 Slovakia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  98. 1 Slovenia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  99. 1 Solomon Islands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  100. 1 Republic of Korea 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  101. 1 South Sudan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  102. 1 Spain 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  103. 1 Sri Lanka 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  104. 1 Sweden 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  105. 1 Switzerland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  106. 1 Tajikistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  107. 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  108. 1 Togo 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  109. 1 Tonga 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  110. 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  111. 1 Uganda 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  112. 1 Ukraine 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  113. 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  114. 1 United States of America 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  115. 1 Uzbekistan 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  116. 1 Vanuatu 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  117. 1 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  118. 1 Viet Nam 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  119. 1 Zambia 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare
  120. 1 Zimbabwe 1 (1=yes; 0=no) compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is women have the same rights to remarry as men in South Africa?
Women have the same rights to remarry 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 have the same rights to remarry as men recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1 (1=yes; 0=no) in 1970.
What is the lowest women have the same rights to remarry 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 have the same rights to remarry as men?
South Africa ranks 1st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is women have the same rights to remarry 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 have the same rights to remarry as men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Women have the same rights to remarry 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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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.