- Kuwait is offering a KD560 monthly allowance for unmarried Kuwaiti women aged 30+ whose fathers are deceased.
- The scheme will run on a trial basis, with document verification required.
Kuwait is offering a monthly financial allowance for single Kuwaiti women aged 30 and above, whose fathers are deceased. Other countries who have already rolled out this offer are Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.
The Ministry of Social Affairs have stated that eligible women will receive KD560 per month. The allowance is aimed at providing financial and social support to unmarried women who do not have the male guardianship of their fathers, and in order to help improve their quality of life.
The initiative will be applied on a trial basis before being considered for implementation on a more permanent basis. The ministry has stated that documents must be verified to confirm the father’s death.
Official statistics from the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) as of mid-2024 showed that 39,765 Kuwaiti women over the age of 30 remain unmarried, while data from the Ministry of Justice revealed that 8.4% of all registered marriages between January and April 2025 were between Kuwaiti men and foreign nationals.
Professor of family psychology Dr Ahmed Salama suggests that the government are currently seeking to reduce the number of unmarried Kuwaiti women and has introduced policies to encourage Kuwaiti men to marry Kuwaiti women. The Kuwaiti Cabinet approved amendments to the Kuwaiti Nationality Law on 25th September 2025 to end the automatic granting of citizenship to foreign women who marry Kuwaiti men. A KD6,000 marriage grant is also granted to Kuwaiti couples. The allowance can be used to cover wedding costs or dowries and is split into KD2,000 as a non-repayable government gift and an interest-free loan of KD4,000, ensuring couples do not begin married life in debt.
Furthermore, in November 2025, the Ministry of Justice reported that marriages in Kuwait were registered at an average rate of about one every 34 minutes, and divorces occurred at a rate of about one every 75 minutes (roughly one divorce every 1 hour 15 minutes).
