“ISLAND OF THOUSANDS HONEYMOONS & THOUSANDS DIVORCES” - MALDIVES

ISSCAD – Maryam Raution

ISLAND OF THOUSANDS HONEY MOONS &

THOUSANDS DIVORCES – MALDIVES

Maryam Raution - ISSCAD

Country Profile Located in South Indian Ocean.

6 meters above sea Level.

1200 tiny islands arranged in a ring shape.

Population: 372, 000 (2015 est.)

Males: 187.5 k (50.4%)

Females : 184.6 k (49.6%)

GDP per capita : $7,160 (2015 est.)

Asian Country with least population

Maldives – Highest divorce rate in the world Maldives ended up in World Guinness Record book as the

Country with highest divorce rate in the world. “An average 30-year-old Maldivian woman divorced trice “

– UN 11 divorces out of each 1000 people per year.

No. of marriage & divorce cases registered in Maldives from 2010 - 2015

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Years

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

6123 60155699 5620 5587 5763

27933016 3011

3332 3414 3358

Marriage Divorce

Source: Judicial Statistics Year book 2016 – Maldives

Divorce rate vs Marriage rate from 2010 - 2015

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20150%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

46%50%

53%

59% 61%58%

Source: Judicial Statistics year book 2015 – Maldives

Countries with the highest divorce rates

Maldives

Belarus

United States

Cuba

Estonia

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

11

4.63

4.34

3.72

3.65

Divorces per 1000s inhabitants / year

No. of divorces Vs Age range

Men women Men women Men women Men women> 40 26-39 18-25 < 18

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

Reasons for High Divorce Rate •women's are convinced to get married at younger age • Legal system gives eases to get married with a simple

procedure.• getting a divorce is relatively easy for mens, especially.• Low employment, poor health & education facilities in

rural areas - people migrate to very densely populated capital city.

Governments policies to minimize divorces

• offering counselling sessions to the couples in collaboration

with UN

• Family Law & regulation's amended recently – taking huge

fines for divorces out of the court.

Thank you!!!