Where is divorce legal?
How divorce is treated in 101 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Legal 59 countries (58%), including China, United States, Pakistan and Brazil.
- Heavily restricted 40 countries (40%), including India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Germany.
- Not possible 2 countries (2%): Philippines and Vatican City.
Legal 59
- Angola
- Argentina
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mali
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
Heavily restricted 40
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gabon
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guyana
- Honduras
- India
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malta
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Not possible 2
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: Divorce law by country; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.