The bar chart illustrates the percentage of divorces in Finland and Sweden from 2011 to 2015.
Overall, Sweden experienced a downward trend in divorce rates, while Finland saw an upward trend. Throughout the period, both countries’ divorce rates fluctuated. Notably, Finland, which had a lower divorce rate than Sweden at the start, surpassed it by 2015.
In 2011, Sweden’s divorce rate was approximately 45%, which was higher than Finland’s rate of about 37%. Sweden’s rate increased slightly to 50% in 2012 before beginning a steady decline. By 2013, the rate dropped to around 47%, and this downward trend continued, with the figure falling to 45% in 2014 and reaching its lowest point of 38% in 2015.
Finland, on the other hand, started with a lower divorce rate of roughly 37% in 2011. This figure dropped to around 33% in 2012, but from 2013 onward, the divorce rate steadily increased. It rose to 39% in 2013, reached 41% in 2014, and remained stable in 2015, at which point Finland’s rate surpassed Sweden’s.
