Is divorce legal in Sri Lanka?
Heavily restricted
Divorce is legal but restricted to fault-based grounds without no-fault options.
Sri Lanka is one of 40 countries classified “Heavily restricted” for divorce — 40% of the 101 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Divorce law by country
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- India
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Thailand
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Nepal
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Singapore
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Cambodia
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Pakistan
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
Other laws in Sri Lanka
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Illegal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Illegal
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Not permitted
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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.