Last year, it recorded 1799 cases, a growth of 1.1%.

38.6 years average age for citizens upon divorce, and 33.8 years for female citizens

Last year, there were 1,845 divorces between non-citizen spouses.

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The Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics reported that 47.6% of divorce cases in the country last year occurred during the first three years of marriage, pointing out that the average age at divorce for citizens was 38.6 years, and 33.8 years for female citizens, while the percentage was at non Emiratis are 39.8 years old, and 33.2 years old for non-Emiratis.

The report revealed that the month of October was the highest in cases of divorce for citizens, at 9.8% of divorce cases, while August was the lowest, with 6.2%.

He explained in a report issued yesterday on divorce cases in the UAE in 2019, that 27.8% of divorce cases came within less than one year of marriage, 12.3% after one year, 7.5% after two years, and 10.5 % After three to four years, 14.1% after five to nine years, 10.2% after 10 to 14 years of marriage, 7.1% after 15 to 19 years, and 10.4% after The passage of 20 years or more.

The report indicated that last year there were 4,554 cases of divorce, compared to 4,506 divorces in 2018, an increase of 1.1%, including 1,799 cases between Emirati spouses, 728 cases between a citizen and a non-Emirati wife, 182 cases between a citizen wife and a non-Emirati husband, and 1,845 divorce cases. Between non-citizen spouses.

Abu Dhabi ranked highest in divorce cases by 45.8% of cases in the country with 2,086 cases, including 479 divorces for mixed marriages, and Dubai came again with 1308 divorces, accounting for 28.7% of divorces, including 179 divorces for mixed marriages, and third for Ras Al Khaimah with 406 divorces by 8.9 Among them, 77 divorces for mixed marriage.

Sharjah came in fourth place with 395 divorces, at a rate of 8.7%, including 87 mixed marriage divorce, fifth Ajman with 187 divorce cases, including 55 mixed marriage divorce, and sixth in Fujairah with 105 divorce cases, including 19 mixed marriage divorce, and Umm Al Quwain seventh with 67 divorce cases, among them 14 divorce cases for mixed marriage.

The age difference between the divorced

The report of the Federal Center for Competitiveness and Statistics confirmed that 57.3% of divorced men were between 25 and 39 years old, while 61.5% of divorced women were between 25 and 39 years old.

As for the age difference between divorced people, the report indicated that 24.1% of citizens had an age difference of two years or less, 33.2% of the husband was two to five years older than the wife, and 16.5% of the husband was six to nine years older than the wife. And 12.2% was the husband 10 years or more older than his wife, and 14% was the wife two years or more older than her husband.

As for the age difference between spouses in general divorce cases in the country, the report showed that 28% of divorce cases were the husband greater than the wife by a difference of two to five years, and 17.2% of the husband was greater than the wife by a difference of six to nine years, and 19.8% The husband was 10 years or more older than the wife, and 14.5% of the wife was two years or more older than the husband.

47.6%

Of the cases of divorce in the country occur during the first 3 years of marriage.

October is the month with the highest 

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