"Figure 3: The percentage of marriages ending in divorce has been decreasing for those who have married since the mid-1990s","" "Percentage of marriages ending in divorce by anniversary and year of marriage, England and Wales, 1963 to 2013","" "","" "Notes","1. When calculating these percentages, it has been assumed that the couples who married each year have not moved out of England and Wales, couples who divorced each year have not moved into England and Wales since getting married, and couples marry in the country where they usually live. 2. More information about the assumptions and how to interpret the statistics can be found in the Interpreting Table 6 worksheet of the published tables associated with this release. 3. The Divorce Reform Act 1969, which came into effect on 1 January 1971, made it easier for couples to divorce upon separation." "Unit","Percentage" "","" "Year of marriage","% divorced after five years","% divorced after ten years","% divorced after twenty years" "1963","1.5","7.8","19.2" "1964","1.7","8.7","20.4" "1965","1.9","9.9","21.7" "1966","2.2","10.8","22.9" "1967","2.7","11.6","23.6" "1968","3.5","12.6","24.6" "1969","3.9","13.2","25.1" "1970","4.5","14.6","26.6" "1971","4.9","15.0","26.7" "1972","5.3","15.6","27.0" "1973","5.8","16.7","28.5" "1974","6.4","17.6","29.6" "1975","7.0","18.1","30.2" "1976","7.6","18.7","30.9" "1977","8.0","19.3","32.0" "1978","8.3","19.9","32.7" "1979","8.4","20.2","33.3" "1980","8.5","20.7","33.8" "1981","8.6","20.9","34.1" "1982","9.3","21.5","34.8" "1983","9.9","22.2","35.3" "1984","10.1","22.4","35.7" "1985","10.2","22.8","36.1" "1986","10.4","23.2","36.6" "1987","10.9","23.9","37.9" "1988","10.9","23.7","37.7" "1989","11.0","23.8","37.9" "1990","10.9","23.6","37.7" "1991","11.0","23.8","37.9" "1992","11.2","24.1","38.1" "1993","11.1","24.4","38.2" "1994","11.1","24.7","38.3" "1995","10.8","24.7","38.1" "1996","10.5","24.5","37.8" "1997","10.2","23.9","37.2" "1998","10.4","23.6","37.0" "1999","10.3","23.1","" "2000","10.4","22.8","" "2001","10.1","22.6","" "2002","9.6","22.1","" "2003","9.1","22.0","" "2004","8.6","21.5","" "2005","8.3","20.7","" "2006","8.1","20.3","" "2007","8.1","20.1","" "2008","7.8","19.4","" "2009","7.6","","" "2010","7.5","","" "2011","6.9","","" "2012","6.4","","" "2013","5.9","",""