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Scotland: divorces 2000-2016

Number of divorces in Scotland from 2000/2001 to 2015/2016

The data displays the number of divorces that took place in Scotland from the fiscal year 2000/2001 to 2015/2016. The peak occurred in 2006/2007 with 13,767 divorces. Since that year, the number of divorces decreased each following year, reaching a low of 8.9 thousand dissolutions in 2015/2016.

2000-01 10905
2001-02 10517
2002-03 10859
2003-04 11260
2004-05 11018
2005-06 10900
2006-07 13767
2007-08 12256
2008-09 11280
2009-10 10173
2010-11 10112
2011-12 9903
2012-13 9694
2013-14 9626
2014-15 9036
2015-16 8875