KUWAIT CITY, Nov 9: Statistical data for the first nine months of 2025 indicate a clear decline in marriages involving Kuwaiti citizens, with total marriage contracts dropping to 8,538 compared to 9,065 during the same period in 2024—a decrease of 527 cases, or 6.1 percent. The decline spanned marriages to Kuwaiti women and to women of other nationalities.

Marriages to Kuwaiti women continued to make up the majority of contracts but still fell from 7,966 in 2024 to 7,663 this year, a drop of 303 cases. A sharp decrease was recorded in marriages to women from Gulf countries, which fell by 30 percent from 413 to 289 cases.

Several other nationalities also saw marked declines. Marriages to Yemeni women dropped from 17 to 8 cases, Jordanian women from 54 to 37, European women from 28 to 22, and American women from 14 to 10. Marriages involving stateless (Bedoun) women declined from 175 to 143 cases.

Meanwhile, certain categories experienced growth or stability. Marriages to Lebanese women rose significantly by 37.5 percent, increasing from 24 to 33 cases, while marriages to Egyptian women climbed from 39 to 45, up 15.3 percent. Marriages to Iraqi women remained steady at 77 cases compared to 76 last year, and marriages to Syrian women remained nearly unchanged at 68 compared to 70.

Among Asian nationalities, marriages fell from 106 to 86, marking a 19 percent decline. Marriages to African women recorded a slight increase from 9 to 10 cases, and one marriage to a Sudanese woman appeared in this year’s records, a category not listed in 2024. Marriages to “other Arab women” decreased from 33 to 23 cases, while marriages to women of “other nationalities” also dropped from 31 to 17 cases.