An alarming rise in the divorce rate in Saudi Arabiaimage source: dunyanews.tv

divorce rate in Saudi Arabia just one year, more than 3 Hundred 50 thousand couples got separated

1 The divorce rate in Saudi Arabia has increased alarmingly in Saudi Arabia, where more than 350,000 couples separated in just one year, with the majority of women between the ages of 30 and 39. According to Gulf News, the divorce rate among Saudi women has increased.

The recently released Saudi Women Report for 2022 by the General Authority of Statistics has revealed an increase in the number of divorced women, with a total number of 350,000.  women aged 30 to 34 years saw the highest rate of divorce with more than 54,000 cases, 35 to 39 age group saw more than 53,000 divorces, in the year A count of 2 hundred 03 thousand 469 widows was observed.

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The figures came after reviewing the results of several surveys, and registry data, which report on women’s roles in education, health, sports, technology, and more, from 15 The age groups of 19 and 20 to 24 years saw the largest population of females with 916,439 and 850,780 respectively.

It is reported that on the bright side, Saudi women have shown resilience and growth in the employment sector, with a promising drop in the unemployment rate, which remains at 15.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, which is lower than in previous years. In addition, there was an appreciable increase in women’s economic participation, which increased from 27.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 30.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. Taking the overall participation rate to a robust 36 percent.

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It has also been found that the spirit of entrepreneurship among women is growing, surprisingly, the number of self-employment documents issued to women in 2021 reached 9 hundred 61 thousand 189, which was only 7997 in 2019. Similarly, the influence of Saudi women in the stock market was also seen, with 2021 marking the participation of 1516995 female investors, showing an impressive growth rate during 2019 and 2020.

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