With Statistics | Reasons for High Divorce Rates in Egypt

July 2, 2023
WoEgypt

Based on several studies, the reasons for the high rates of divorces in Egypt have been identified as (not in any order):

1- Families’ interference 
2- Drug and alcohol addiction
3- Social and financial incompetence
4- Irresponsible husbands
5- Domestic violence 

According to the Egyptian Information Center Poll, 240 divorces are recorded in Egypt per day. A high percentage of these divorces takes place during the first year of marriage. According to the same poll, the number of divorced women have increased from 7% to 40% in the last fifty years. 

The number of divorced women in Egypt is 2.5 million; with an annual increase of 5K.

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