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Single Parents 2010-2018
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
Single Parent Rates by Country 2024
North Macedonia
was given a placeholder single-parent rate of 1%, but its actual rate may be lower.
Data indicates the percentage of a country's households that are single parent households.
129 countries
Country
Single Parents 2010-2018
Sao Tome and Principe
15%
Kenya
12%
Rwanda
11%
Jamaica
11%
Angola
10%
Somalia
10%
Burundi
10%
Mauritania
10%
Puerto Rico
10%
United States
9%
Mozambique
9%
Nepal
9%
Malawi
9%
Dominican Republic
9%
Eswatini
9%
Belize
9%
Saint Lucia
9%
Ethiopia
8%
DR Congo
8%
Uganda
8%
Ghana
8%
Madagascar
8%
Zimbabwe
8%
Haiti
8%
Barbados
8%
Russia
7%
United Kingdom
7%
South Africa
7%
Chad
7%
Guatemala
7%
Benin
7%
Sweden
7%
Togo
7%
Costa Rica
7%
Guyana
7%
Suriname
7%
France
6%
Canada
6%
Cameroon
6%
Niger
6%
Zambia
6%
Honduras
6%
Sierra Leone
6%
El Salvador
6%
Republic of the Congo
6%
Denmark
6%
Central African Republic
6%
Ireland
6%
Panama
6%
Botswana
6%
Trinidad and Tobago
6%
Comoros
6%
Brazil
5%
Bangladesh
5%
Mexico
5%
Peru
5%
Netherlands
5%
Paraguay
5%
Finland
5%
Liberia
5%
Norway
5%
Mongolia
5%
Moldova
5%
Namibia
5%
Gabon
5%
Lesotho
5%
Timor Leste
5%
Estonia
5%
Iceland
5%
Pakistan
4%
Ivory Coast
4%
Belgium
4%
Papua New Guinea
4%
Portugal
4%
Switzerland
4%
Maldives
4%
India
3%
Indonesia
3%
Nigeria
3%
Egypt
3%
Philippines
3%
Iran
3%
Germany
3%
Spain
3%
Ukraine
3%
Burkina Faso
3%
Kazakhstan
3%
Romania
3%
Cambodia
3%
Guinea
3%
Jordan
3%
Hungary
3%
Israel
3%
Austria
3%
Kyrgyzstan
3%
Cyprus
3%
Japan
2%
Vietnam
2%
Thailand
2%
Italy
2%
Algeria
2%
Iraq
2%
Yemen
2%
Poland
2%
Taiwan
2%
Senegal
2%
Tunisia
2%
Tajikistan
2%
Greece
2%
Laos
2%
Bulgaria
2%
Slovakia
2%
Palestine
2%
Croatia
2%
Armenia
2%
Lithuania
2%
Albania
2%
Gambia
2%
Guinea Bissau
2%
Slovenia
2%
Montenegro
2%
China
1%
Turkey
1%
South Korea
1%
Afghanistan
1%
Mali
1%
Czech Republic
1%
Serbia
1%
North Macedonia
1%
Apendix A Methodology - Pew Research Center
U.S. has world�s highest rate of children living in single-parent households - Pew Research Center
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