Taiwan's divorce rate began escalating sharply in 1996, with the crude divorce rate going from 1.68 to 2.53 couples per thousand persons in the total population. Calculated per thousand married persons, the number of divorced people doubled to 11.
追溯起來，台灣的離婚率從民國八十五年起開始快速攀升，粗離婚率從千分之一・六八直線上升至去年的二・五三（也就是每千名人口中，有二・五三對、即五・○六人離婚）；每千名有偶人口的離婚人數跳增一倍，達到十一人。