Official Belgian data, explained
Share: Divorced by municipality in Belgium (2026)
This page maps Share: Divorced for one nationally comparable 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Population
What this indicator measures
Residents recorded with civil-status code 4.
Official Statbel measure for Divorced.
Share. Matching-category residents divided by total residents in the same area and reference date × 100.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2026
- Measure
- Share
- Unit
- %
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 9.3%
- Unweighted area mean
- 9.4%
- Minimum
- 5.1%
- Maximum
- 16.8%
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 9.3 %. Values extend from 5.1 to 16.8 %. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 3.4–7.438 areas
- 7.4–8.281 areas
- 8.2–9128 areas
- 9–10126 areas
- 10–16.8192 areas
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 5.1–5.6 | 2 |
| 5.6–6.1 | 2 |
| 6.1–6.6 | 2 |
| 6.6–7.1 | 12 |
| 7.1–7.6 | 34 |
| 7.6–8 | 41 |
| 8–8.5 | 76 |
| 8.5–9 | 82 |
| 9–9.5 | 61 |
| 9.5–10 | 61 |
| 10–10.5 | 71 |
| 10.5–11 | 45 |
| 11–11.4 | 33 |
| 11.4–11.9 | 16 |
| 11.9–12.4 | 9 |
| 12.4–12.9 | 3 |
| 12.9–13.4 | 4 |
| 13.4–13.9 | 3 |
| 13.9–14.4 | 2 |
| 14.4–14.8 | 3 |
| 14.8–15.3 | 2 |
| 15.3–15.8 | 0 |
| 15.8–16.3 | 0 |
| 16.3–16.8 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Hastière | 91142 | 16.8 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Blankenberge | 31004 | 15.1 % |
| Highest | 3 | Nieuwpoort | 38016 | 14.9 % |
| Highest | 4 | Middelkerke | 35011 | 14.6 % |
| Highest | 5 | Spa | 63072 | 14.5 % |
| Highest | 6 | De Panne | 38008 | 14.5 % |
| Highest | 7 | Vresse-sur-Semois | 91143 | 14.1 % |
| Highest | 8 | De Haan | 35029 | 13.9 % |
| Highest | 9 | Huy | 61031 | 13.8 % |
| Highest | 10 | Waremme | 64074 | 13.5 % |
| Lowest | 565 | Herstappe | 73028 | 5.1 % |
| Lowest | 564 | Amblève | 63001 | 5.5 % |
| Lowest | 563 | Burg-Reuland | 63087 | 6 % |
| Lowest | 562 | Pepingen | 23064 | 6 % |
| Lowest | 561 | Etterbeek | 21005 | 6.5 % |
| Lowest | 560 | Vaux-sur-Sûre | 82036 | 6.6 % |
| Lowest | 559 | Attert | 81003 | 6.7 % |
| Lowest | 557 | Ixelles | 21009 | 6.7 % |
| Lowest | 557 | Retie | 13036 | 6.7 % |
| Lowest | 556 | Wortegem-Petegem | 45061 | 6.8 % |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Reference population on 1 January.
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