Statistical information reveals a notable decline within the variety of marriages amongst Kuwaitis throughout the first 9 months of 2025, with 8,538 marriage contracts registered as in comparison with 9,065 throughout the identical interval in 2024 — a lower of about 527 instances, or 6.1 p.c.
The drop encompassed marriages between Kuwaiti males and each Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti girls. Regardless of the decline, marriages to Kuwaiti girls continued to characterize nearly all of whole contracts, recording 7,663 instances to date in 2025 in comparison with 7,966 final 12 months — down by 303 instances.
A major lower was additionally noticed in marriages between Kuwaiti males and Gulf girls, which fell by 30 p.c from 413 instances in 2024 to simply 289 in 2025. Equally, marriages to Yemeni girls have been practically halved, declining from 17 to simply 8 instances.
Different notable declines included marriages to Jordanian girls (from 54 to 37), European girls (from 28 to 22), and American girls (from 14 to 10). Marriages involving stateless individuals (Bedoon) additionally dropped from 175 to 143, marking a lower of 32 instances.
Some classes, nonetheless, confirmed stability or modest will increase. Marriages to Iraqi girls remained regular at 77 instances in comparison with 76 final 12 months, whereas marriages to Egyptian girls rose by 15.3 p.c, reaching 45 instances in comparison with 39 in 2024.
Marriage to Syrian girls stayed comparatively secure at 68 instances in comparison with 70 beforehand, whereas marriages to Lebanese girls elevated sharply by 37.5 p.c, rising from 24 to 33 instances.
Marriages to Asian girls fell from 106 to 86 instances, a decline of 19 p.c, whereas marriages to African girls inched up barely from 9 to 10 instances. The info additionally recorded a single marriage to a Sudanese girl — a nationality not current in final 12 months’s data.
Moreover, marriages to girls from different Arab international locations dropped from 33 to 23 instances, and people involving girls from different unspecified nationalities fell from 31 to 17.
Total, the statistics point out a broad decline throughout most classes, suggesting a seamless downward pattern in Kuwaiti marriage charges for 2025.