What Is Israel’s Divorce Rate? 1.6 per 1,000 People in 2023
Israel recorded 15,283 divorces in 2023: 1.6 per 1,000 people and 7.9 per 1,000 married women, on the Central Bureau of Statistics’ count.
Divorces in Israel numbered 15,283 in 2023, or 1.6 per 1,000 of the average permanent population, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported in its Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025. That year is the latest the Bureau’s divorce tables cover, and neither table prints a 2024 figure. Measured against married women aged 15 and over, the Central Bureau of Statistics records a rate of 7.9 per 1,000.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 15,283 | Divorces registered in the Population Register, all religions | 2023 |
| 1.6 per 1,000 | Crude divorce rate, per 1,000 of the average permanent population | 2023 |
| 7.9 per 1,000 | Divorces per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over | 2023 |
| 8.0 per 1,000 | Divorces per 1,000 married men | 2023 |
| 10.8 per 1,000 | Divorces per 1,000 married women aged 15 to 49 | 2023 |
| 11,643 | Divorces of Jewish couples | 2023 |
| 1.7 per 1,000 | Crude divorce rate, five-year average | 2015 to 2019 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025, Tables 2.20 and 2.25.
Israel recorded 15,283 divorces in 2023, 1.6 per 1,000
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 15,283 divorces in 2023, and the same total appears in both Table 2.20 and Table 2.25 of the Statistical Abstract. The 1.6 is a crude rate: divorces per 1,000 people in the whole average permanent population, married or not. It is not a percentage.
What the count covers, as the Bureau sets it out:
- Divorces recorded in the Population Register, for all religions together.
- East Jerusalem from 1973 and the Golan from 1987.
- Rates for 2023 calculated on a provisional population updated after the 2022 Census, excluding the foreign population.
- Table 2.25 published on 27 August 2025 and revised on 18 May 2026; Table 2.20 published on 16 December 2025.
Divorces fell from 16,300 in 2021 to 15,283 in 2023
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded fewer divorces in 2023 than in 2021, and slightly more than in 2022. The crude rate of 1.6 per 1,000 sits a tenth below the 1.7 average the Central Bureau of Statistics published for 2015 to 2019.
| Year | Divorces | Crude rate per 1,000 population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16,300 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 15,196 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 15,283 | 1.6 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025, Tables 2.20 and 2.25.
7.9 divorces per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over
The Central Bureau of Statistics publishes divorce rates on several bases, and the rates on married people run higher than the crude rate because the denominator is smaller. Each rate belongs to its own population, and none of them converts into another.
| Rate, 2023 | Per 1,000 of |
|---|---|
| 1.6 | The whole average permanent population |
| 7.9 | Married women aged 15 and over |
| 8.0 | Married men |
| 10.8 | Married women aged 15 to 49 |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025, Tables 2.20 and 2.25.
The rates for married women and married men moved together over three years, from 8.9 each in 2021 to 7.9 and 8.0 in 2023.
Jewish couples accounted for 11,643 of the 2023 divorces
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 11,643 divorces among Jews in 2023, at 8.2 per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over. Among Jewish wives aged 15 to 49 the Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 11.8 per 1,000.
The Bureau’s 2023 breakdown by religion:
- Jews: 11,643 divorces, 8.2 per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over.
- Muslims: 2,534 divorces, 7.4 per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over.
- Christians: 178 divorces.
- Druze: 170 divorces.
The four groups sum to 14,525. The national total of 15,283 also includes divorces where religion is unknown or not classified, so the four rows do not add up to it.
No Bureau table here gives the share of marriages ending in divorce
The Statistical Abstract tables on divorce publish counts, a crude rate and rates per 1,000 married people. They publish no lifetime or cohort share of marriages that end in divorce. The marriage count sits in a separate release, which covers a different year and a different universe.
- The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 51,643 couples marrying in Israel in 2022, in its Tu B’Av data release of August 2024. The Bureau’s figures on how many couples marry in Israel are a separate record.
- That count covers marriages in the Population Registry conducted by authorised religious institutions in Israel where at least one spouse is registered.
- Marriages performed abroad are outside the marriage count, and the release carries registrations of marriage abroad as a separate figure.
- The divorce count covers 2023 and the marriage count covers 2022.
Which of these figures may not be combined?
None of the rates on this page may be combined with another, and none is a share of marriages. The 1.6 is per 1,000 of the whole average permanent population; the 7.9, 8.0 and 10.8 are per 1,000 married people on three different bases. The four religion counts do not exhaust the 15,283 total. Dividing 15,283 divorces in 2023 by 51,643 marriages in 2022 mixes two years and two universes, and produces no figure the Central Bureau of Statistics published.
Questions readers ask
Is Israel’s divorce rate 1.6%?
The Central Bureau of Statistics published 1.6 divorces per 1,000 of the average permanent population for 2023, which is a rate per thousand people rather than a percentage. Per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over, the rate was 7.9.
Are there divorce figures for 2024?
The Central Bureau of Statistics published no 2024 divorce figure in Tables 2.20 or 2.25 of the Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025. Its latest year with divorce data is 2023.
How many Muslim couples divorced in Israel in 2023?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 2,534 Muslim divorces in 2023, at 7.4 per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over.
How many Christian couples divorced in Israel in 2023?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 178 Christian divorces in 2023.
How many Druze couples divorced in Israel in 2023?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counted 170 Druze divorces in 2023.
Do the divorce counts by religion add up to the total?
The four religions sum to 14,525, against a total of 15,283. The Central Bureau of Statistics states that the total includes divorces where religion is unknown and the unclassified.
Does the divorce count include East Jerusalem?
The Central Bureau of Statistics includes marriages and divorces in East Jerusalem from 1973 and in the Golan from 1987.
Do the divorce rates include foreign residents?
The Central Bureau of Statistics calculated its 2023 rates on a provisional population, updated after the 2022 Census, that excludes the foreign population.
Where do the divorce figures come from?
The Central Bureau of Statistics counts divorces recorded in the Population Register and publishes them in Tables 2.20 and 2.25 of the Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025.
Do men and women have different divorce rates in Israel?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 8.0 divorces per 1,000 married men and 7.9 per 1,000 married women aged 15 and over in 2023. Both stood at 8.9 in 2021.
How many Jewish couples married in Israel in 2022?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 37,135 Jewish couples marrying in 2022, 71.9% of the 51,643 total.
How many Muslim couples married in Israel in 2022?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded 12,756 Muslim couples marrying in 2022, 24.7% of the total, alongside 959 Druze couples and 762 Christian couples. Those four counts sum to 51,612, short of the 51,643 total.
When were the divorce tables published?
The Central Bureau of Statistics published Table 2.25 on 27 August 2025 and revised it on 18 May 2026, and published Table 2.20 on 16 December 2025.
Sources
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2024. Marriages in Israel, Tu B’Av data release. Media release 253/2024, 15 August 2024, Demography and Census Division. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2024/253/11_24_253b.pdf. Official or primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2025. Statistical Abstract of Israel 2025, Tables 2.20 and 2.25, Marriages, Divorces and Vital Events, and Persons Divorcing, by Age, Sex and Religion. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2025/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_20.pdf and https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/doclib/2025/2.shnatonpopulation/st02_25.pdf. Official or primary record.
