التوزيع الجغرافي لحالات الزواج و الطلاق في المملكة العربية السعودية خلال الفترة 2011-2020م

Abstract EN

As they closely relate to population growth and fertility, marriage and divorce cases are one of the most important features of population studies.

Therefore, the research aims to investigate the development of marriage and divorce cases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, their geographical distribution as well as the demographic, economic and social drivers during the period (2011-2020.).

The study found that the total number of marriages registered in 2011 nationwide, was about 126,507, and increased in 2020 150,117 cases.

That is an absolute increase of 23,610 marriages with a change of 1.9% per annum.

Throughout the study period, Makkah Region ranked first, in the number of marriages registered in the Kingdom.

Riyadh Region came in second place.

As for divorce cases, Mecca ranked first in the first four years of study, while Riyadh came first in the following years in terms of the number of divorces registered in the Kingdom.

Al Baha Region recorded the least number of divorce cases throughout the study period.

There is a spatial variation by regions of Saudi Arabia in the crude rates of marriage and divorce, where the crude divorce rate in Saudi Arabia was 1.64 per 1,000.

The highest rate was Hail and Al-Jouf regions at about 2.4 per 1,000 each.

The lowest rate was 1.3 in the Eastern Region.