The divorce rate in Kuwait is a disturbing factor that needs in depth research to find out its causes and repercussions as official figures show on an average 20 cases of divorce happen every day – 15 among Kuwaitis and five expatriates.<\/p>\n
According to the figures prepared by the Central Administration of Statistics, the number of divorce cases has increased in the last five years, while the statistics prepared by the Al-Rai daily for divorce cases between 2016 and 2020 shows 36,345 couples have parted ways 26,576 of them Kuwaitis.<\/p>\n
The decrease in the number of divorce cases in 2020 was largely due to the exceptional situation in the country as a result of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
According to the nationality of the divorced husband, the 26,576 Kuwaiti women were divorced by 22,626 Kuwaitis, 85 percent of the number of divorced women, compared to 3,950 non-Kuwaitis, 15 percent of the number of Kuwaiti women divorced. <\/p>\n
The year wise breakdown for divorce cases is as follows: <\/strong><\/p>\n 2016: 7,223 divorce cases – 5,259 of them Kuwaiti women (4,386 Kuwaiti husbands and 873 non-Kuwaiti husbands). <\/p>\n 2017: 7,433 divorce cases – 5,402 of them Kuwaiti women (4,510 Kuwaiti husbands and 892 non-Kuwaiti husbands). <\/p>\n 2018: 7,869 divorce cases – 5,764 of them Kuwaiti women (4,839 Kuwaiti husbands and 925 non-Kuwaiti husbands). <\/p>\n 2019: 7,888 divorce cases – 5,857 of them Kuwaiti women (4,938 Kuwaiti husbands and 919 non-Kuwaiti husbands). <\/p>\n 2020: 5,932 divorce cases – 4,294 of them Kuwaiti women (3,953 Kuwaiti husbands and 341 non-Kuwaiti husbands). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The divorce rate in Kuwait is a disturbing factor that needs in depth research to find out its causes and repercussions as official figures show on an average 20 cases of divorce happen every day – 15 among Kuwaitis and five expatriates. According to the figures prepared by the Central Administration of Statistics, the number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[329,60,1407],"class_list":["post-85324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","tag-divorce-rate","tag-kuwait","tag-kuwaiti-women"],"yoast_head":"\n