40,836 marriages in 2021. In comparison, neighboring France registered 220,000 marriages and 62,300 divorces. Although a divorce rate would be ideal to fathom divorce numbers in Belgium, available data shows that the average duration of marriage in the country was 15 years in 2020.
Since 2008, the number of divorces decreased in Belgium. In fact, the country registered 35,000 divorces in 2008 compared to 19,300 in 2022. Meanwhile, the number of marriages was mostly stable. In Belgium, there were 45,613 marriages in 2008 compared to Total number of divorces in Belgium from 2007 to 2022
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