Increasing Divorce in India and its Consequences Even though divorce rate in India is one of the lowest in the world, it has seen an upward trend during the last two or three decades . The divorce rate in India was around 1% ( 13 per 1000 ) according to 2019 data . During the last two decades India has witnessed a 350% hike in divorce rate . According to a study in Mumbai divorce rate increased by 40% in just the 2014-2017 period . In Delhi this rate was 36% between 1990- 2012 . More than 53% divorce