Every 10 minutes in 2022, Saudi Arabia report divorce cases.
According to data from the Saudi General Authority for Statistics, 57,595 divorce certificates were issued in the last month of 2020, an increase of 12.7% compared to 2019.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an unprecedented increase in divorce rates during 2022 in the Kingdom, reaching 168 cases per day, with 7 divorce cases every hour, and at a rate exceeding one case every 10 minutes, local media reported.
According to data from the Saudi General Authority for Statistics, 57,595 divorce certificates were issued in the last month of 2020, an increase of 12.7% compared to 2019.
In statements to Arabic daily Al Yevmm, lawyer Dakhil Al Dakhil indicated that the number of divorce cases increased during the last 10 years, specifically since 2011, from only 9,233 cases in 2010, to 34,000 in 2011, to continue to rise during these years to 57,000 in 2020
Reasons for the high divorce rate
Al Dakhil attributed the increasing number of divorce cases between spouses in Saudi society and community are due to the increase in the complexities of contemporary life, and the high cost of living, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2019, and caused a noticeable increase in prices, in addition to social media, which has become playing an important role.
