The divorce rate is the number of divorces that happen per every 1,000 people each year. The divorce rate for the United Kingdom for every 1,000 men the divorce rate was 9.3 and 9.3 for every 1,000 females in 2014. Therefore, this is a total of 111,169 divorces in total 2014 whilst this increased in 2015 to 130,473 divorces, providing evidence that divorce is still increasing due to its accessibility.