According to statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, over the last twenty years, the divorce rate in Taiwan has tripled. In 1997 166,000 couples got married, while 38,000 couples divorced. That's a ratio of less than 5: 1. The number of divorces was the highest in history.
內政部統計，二十年來，台灣地區的離婚率成長了三倍，結婚和離婚對數比照之下，八十六年的結婚對數約十六萬六千對，離婚約三萬八千對，維持五比一的對比，離婚對數達到歷年來的新高點。