Marriage contracts by country of citizenship of spouses (2012)
| Country of citizenship | Saudi spouse | Non-Saudi spouse | Total | ||||
| Saudi spouse | Non-Saudi groom | Non-Saudi bride | The qadî (judge) represents the female’s guardian* | Non-Saudi spouse | |||
| of spouse | Non-Saudi bride | Saudi bride | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 142.132 | 142.132 | |||||
| UAE | 112 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 156 | |
| Kuwait | 375 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 421 | |
| Bahrain | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | |
| Oman | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | |
| Qatar | 307 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 324 | |
| Egypt | 62 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 516 | 690 | |
| Sudan | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 241 | 276 | |
| Palestine | 65 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 776 | 975 | |
| Yemen | 544 | 1.182 | 12 | 2 | 3.582 | 5.322 | |
| Jordan | 53 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 504 | 646 | |
| Lebanon | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 93 | |
| Syria | 120 | 199 | 3 | 1 | 1.164 | 1.487 | |
| Iraq | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 44 | |
| Morocco | 6 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 143 | |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Tunisia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| Mauritania | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 88 | |
| Djibouti | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | |
| India | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 264 | 288 | |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| Philippines | 1 | 9 | 218 | 11 | 222 | 461 | |
| Thailand | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 50 | |
| Bangladesh | 17 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 457 | 503 | |
| Turkey | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 61 | |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 631 | 706 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 79 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Burma | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1.368 | 1.408 | |
| Turkestan | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 46 | |
| Pakistan | 72 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 1.560 | 1.773 | |
| Mali | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 129 | |
| Erythrea | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 244 | 255 | |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 146 | 170 | |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| Nigeria | 28 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 324 | |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Chad | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 102 | |
| Europe | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 | |
| U.K. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 47 | |
| USA | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 53 | |
| Others | 149 | 256 | 4 | 47 | 409 | 865 | |
| Total | 142.132 | 2.075 | 2.583 | 300 | 64 | 13.117 | 160.271 |
Source: Ministry of Justice
ANNEXED NOTE
1. Definition
In an Islamic marriage, the formal consent of the bride’s male guardian in mandatory.
In the absence of the guardian, the judge (qâdi) takes responsibility.
2. Institution which provides data
Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
3. Data availability
As of mid-2013, MoJ has issued 37 Annual statistical abstracts.
Years 1431, 1432 and 1433 (H) (circa 2010; 2011; 2012 (AD)) are available online in PdF format and can be downloaded from:
date of access: September 2013