Central Java Had the Highest National Divorce Rate in 2020
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Central Java recorded the highest number of divorces in 2020. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded 65,755 divorces in Central Java that year. East Java and West Java followed with 61,870 and 37,503 divorces respectively.
(Read More: Disputes Were the Main Cause of Divorces Throughout 2020)
Aco Nur, Director General of the Religious Court Agency of the Supreme Court (MA), stated that the Covid-19 pandemic was not the main trigger for divorce in 2020. Divorces caused by pandemic-related issues accounted for only about 2% of total court cases. Last year's divorces were largely due to disputes between husband and wife, economic factors, and one party abandoning the other.
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