Now Kuwaiti men have reduced the trend of marrying foreign women and marriage with Kuwaiti women has increased.

According to the data released by the Department of Sharia Documentation of the Ministry of Justice of Kuwait, 2,916 Kuwaiti men married Kuwaiti women from January 2025 to April 2025. At the same time, marriage cases of foreign women were only 332. During this time 133 Kuwaiti women also married foreign men. 44 Kuwaiti men and 10 women married Bedoon (peopleless people).

So many people divorced

Talking about divorce figures, a total of 1,419 Kuwaiti husband and wife divorced each other in these four months. Apart from this, 332 Kuwaiti men divorced their non-Kuwati wives and 141 Kuwaiti women from non-Kuwati husbands. That is, more than 15 divorce cases have been reported every day. This figure raises questions on Kuwait's family structures and social changes.

What is the reason for these searches?

An important reason for this change is being said to be the amendment made in the rich decree. It has now been clarified that a foreign woman who marries a Kuwaiti man will not get citizenship automatically. The purpose of this law is to protect the Kuwaiti identity and maintain balance in the structure of the population. Due to this, now Kuwaiti men are mostly preferred to marry within the country.

What are the data saying?

Talking about marriage trends, now 75 percent of marriages are taking place only among Kuwaiti citizens, while the rate of marriage between foreign couples is only 13.4 percent. The marriage between Kuwaiti male and foreign woman has been limited to 8.4 percent and foreign men and Kuwaiti woman to only 3.2 percent.

It is clear from these figures that big social changes are taking place on both marriage and divorce in Kuwait. On the one hand, the government is tightening its citizenship policy, on the other hand, the youth is getting married rapidly, but the relationship is also breaking at the same pace. This situation can not only affect the social balance, but can also affect the country's demographic policy and family systems in the coming time.