The number of couples who asked the courts to dissolve their marriages throughout the country has risen by about 9,000 cases to reach 31,000 last year from 22,000 recorded in 2021.
From the 31,452 applications for divorce, the courts gave the go-ahead to 15,147 while 16,305 were not granted.
The reasons for seeking divorce are familiar – infidelity and drunkenness.
The shortest marriage among those dissolved lasted nine days and involves a couple from Eastern Province, the region that has been recording the highest number of divorce cases the last three years.
If it is any consolation, in 2021 the shortest marriage lasted 30 days.
The oldest couple that sought divorce lasted about 78 years in matrimony in North-Western Province compared to 67 years in 2021.
