Singapore divorces up 1.2 per cent; ‘unreasonable behaviour’ a top reason
Divorce rates have gone up by 1.2 per cent from 2015, according to the Statistics on Marriages and Divorces released by the Department of Statistics Singapore on Tuesday (18 July), with “unreasonable behaviour” among the top reasons given.
Civil divorces citing “unreasonable behaviour” made up 53.5 per cent of cases. Another common reason leading to civil divorces was related to couples having “lived apart or separated for three years or more” with 42.5 per cent of couples citing this reason.
Separately, for divorces under the Muslim Law Act, infidelity and extra-marital affairs were the top reasons for dissolution of Muslim marriages, taking up 21 per cent.
Other reasons for divorces among Muslim couples include desertion (12.2 per cent), financial problems (12 per cent) and domestic violence and abuses (8.2 per cent), which saw a sharp drop from 23.7 per cent in 2006.
A majority of marriages in Singapore went on for 10 years before ending up in divorce. The median age of Singaporeans getting divorced were found to be 42.8 for men and 38.5 for women, while the average age of Singaporeans getting married was 30.3 for men and 28.3 for women.
In 2016, a total of 27,971 civil and Muslim marriages were registered in the country.
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