The newly released marriage statistics, for 2022, shows a majority of Kuwaiti women tied the know between the age of 20 and 24 years, while among men it is from 25 to 29 years.
The figures issued by the Central Administration of Statistics on marriage and divorce rates for 2022 showed 3,358 Kuwaiti women, in the age group of 20-24 years, got married in 2022, while 3,149 Kuwaiti women in the age group of 25-29 years got married during the same period, reports Al-Qabas daily.
On the other hand, most Kuwaiti males who got married in 2022 were in the age group of 25-29 years followed by the age group of between 30-34 years, with 1,973 Kuwaitis tying the knot.
It was remarkable two Kuwaiti girls who got married under the age of fifteen, while 937 women in the age group of 15-19 years also got married in 2022, and there were 78 Kuwaitis of the same age group who got married during the same year.
The figures showed that in the age group of 45 years and over, the number of married Kuwaiti women reached 328, while the number of Kuwaiti men in the same age group was 884.
With regard to the educational level, the figures showed that the majority of married Kuwaiti couples were university graduates — 5,482 females and 4,590 males.