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What is the divorce rate in South Africa?

According to STATS SA’s most recent  Marriages and Divorces report, the observed crude divorce rate was 40 divorces per 100,000 estimated resident population in 2019. 
There were 23,710 completed divorce forms processed in 2019,  a decrease of 6.2% from the 25,284 divorces processed in 2018. 

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