REVEALED: Infidelity Hotspots Around The World! | About Town (2024)
From sports legends to royals to average Joes, many people have been caught cheating in relationships. But instead of packing your bags and going to live with your parents, why not hop on a plane and move to the county with the least amount of infidelities?
The country with the most cheaters is the US, where 71% of people admitted to cheating.
Eins, zwei, drei…partners! In second place for the countries with most cheaters is Germany, where 68% of people admitted to cheating.
The third country with the most cheaters is the UK, where 66% of British respondents admitted to cheating... mostly with a friend!
Iceland is the country with the least number of cheaters (9%).
Some people prefer one-night stands with strangers! In fact, most respondents from Thailand, France, Russia and Australia said they’ve slept with a stranger behind their partners back.
But what's interesting are the racial disparities. Hispanic men experience the lowest rates of infidelity (28%), while black women report the highest: 61% have been cheated on.
As per a Statista report, Thailand, also referred to as the "land of smiles," has the highest rate of adultery worldwide, with 56% of married adults admitting to having extramarital encounters.
It tells the story of a couple living in the suburbs of New York City whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an affair with a stranger she encounters by chance.
Women were most likely to cheat on their spouses between the ages of 60 and 69, with a 16% likelihood1. In comparison, men were most likely to cheat on their spouses between the ages of 70 and 79, with a 26% likelihood1.
In addition to gender and age, the infidelity rate also differs by a number of other demographic and social factors. For example, cheating is somewhat more common among black adults. Some 22% of ever-married blacks said that they cheated on their spouse, compared with 16% of whites and 13% of Hispanics.
It is difficult to completely identify the chances of your partner cheating. According to the numbers, there are varying reports on exact numbers of men cheating, but it is generally accepted that men cheat more often than women. Reports show that men cheat between 3% and 7% more often than women do.
Though people of all genders cheat, many studies on extramarital affairs shows that men are more likely to commit adultery than women. 1 In fact, the General Social Survey indicates that men are roughly 7% more likely to cheat than women.
Infidelity occurs in 20-25% of marital relationships. When married people have affairs, they're most likely to do it with a close personal friend. When men have affairs, they're more likely than women to do it with a casual or paid partner.
According to the General Social Survey, men are more likely to cheat than women, with 20% of men and 13% of women reporting having sex with someone other than their partner while still married. However, the gender gap varies per age.
1. Lack of Emotional Connection. The number one reason why people cheat is a lack of connection in the relationship. Most people do not realize how important creating, maintaining, and nurturing a connection in a relationship is.
There are several countries in which cheating is relatively common. Thailand is an outlier, but it is also at the top of the list. More than half of people in Thailand who are married admit to committing infidelity at least once during the course of the marriage. Then, infidelity is relatively common in Europe.
Although adultery laws are mostly found in the conservative states (especially Southern states), there are some notable exceptions such as New York. In general, 3 US states criminalize it as a felony (Oklahoma, Michigan, and Wisconsin) and 14 states along with Puerto Rico criminalize it as a misdemeanor.
As for the most faithful cities, Pasadena, California takes the top spot, followed by Torrance, California, Roseville, Visalia, and Laredo, Texas. Dallas tops the number one spot for the most unfaithful city, followed by Fort Worth and Houston, St. Louis, and Nashville.
Columbus tops list for Ashley Madison sign-ups. Cities ranked by sign-ups per capita, with data gathered from June 20, 2023, to Sept. 22, 2023. Ruby Corp., based in Canada, named the capital of Ohio as the number one U.S. city creating new accounts on Ashley Madison, a website with the slogan "Life is short.
In Denmark, close to 46 percent of people admit to sleeping with someone outside of the marriage. Germany and Italy are not far behind, where 45 percent of people who are married in both of these countries admit to committing infidelity.
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