Egypt Records a Divorce Every Two Minutes, Highlighting Growing Social Pressures

According to Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), the country recorded 273,892 divorces during the latest reporting year, equivalent to approximately 750 divorces a day—or one every two minutes. The crude divorce rate reached 2.6 divorces per 1,000 people, while 95.7% of final divorce rulings were issued in urban areas, highlighting the [...] The post Egypt Records a Divorce Every Two Minutes, Highlighting Growing Social Pressures appeared first on The Middle East Observer .