Dubai: Saudi Arabia has reported an unprecedented increase in divorce rates with 168 cases per day, an average of 7 cases per hour, local media reported.
According to Al Youm newspaper, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics revealed that “57,595 divorce decrees were issued in the last months of 2020, a backlog of 12. 7% through 2019, while social media platforms emerged as the main explanation for the accumulation.
Saudi lawyer Dakhil Al Dakhil said the number of divorce instances has increased particularly in the last 10 years, especially since 2011, from just 9233 instances in 2010 to 34,000 in 2011. Divorce proceedings continued in the following years, reaching 57,000 instances. In 2020 reports this year indicated that “there are 7 cases of divorce consistent with the hour in the Kingdom.
Al Dakhil attributed the increasing number of divorce cases in Saudi society to the increasing complexity of life and the maximum burden of life, especially the COVID-10 pandemic, which began in 2019 and has caused a noticeable increase in prices, in addition to social charges. Media platforms, which have played a vital role in the ruin of Saudi families and Arab families in general.
Other reasons come with social differences, having other goals and priorities in life, and cultural disparities.
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