- A monthly decrease in total deaths by 2.9% compared to November 2023.
- A monthly increase in the General Market Index (points) in December 2023 by 7.9% compared to November 2023.
- A monthly decrease in total number of registered new vehicles by 57.9% in December 2023 compared to previous month.
The Planning and Statistics Authority has released the 120th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, we highlighted the most important statistical changes that occurred in the country during December 2023 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.
One of the most prominent changes in this issue is the increase in total number and value of sold properties at a monthly rate of 2.5% and 4.2%, respectively (compared to November 2023). The month of December also witnessed an increase in total deposits and credit by a rate of 0.5% and 1.1%, respectively (compared to November 2023), in addition to an increase in the General Market Index (points) by 7.9% compared to previous month, and an annual increase by 1.4% (compared to December 2022).
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increase from 2.909 million at December 2022 to 2.966 million at December 2023 at an annual rate of change of 2.0%, and decreased monthly by 3.9% (compared to November 2023).
Regarding to Vital Statistics, 2443 live births have been registered during December 2023. Also, a decrease in the total Qatari live births by 6.8% comparing to last month. On the other hand, 236 deaths were recorded during the same period, a decrease of 2.9% compared to November 2023.
As for the Social Security statements, reached 76 Million Qatari Riyals in December 2023, for 14136 beneficiaries, Recording a monthly decrease of 1.1% for the value of social security and a monthly decrease of 0.1% for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector; Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 723 Billion Qatari Riyals during December 2023, an annual increase of 1.1% compared with December 2022. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for 986 Billion Qatari Riyals during December 2023. The figure has recorded an annual decrease of 1.3% compared to December 2022, when deposits recorded approximately 999 Billion Qatari Riyals.
Regarding the data of buildings permits issued, the total number of permits has reached 627 permits during December 2023, recording a monthly decrease of 16.2% and an annual increase of 19.0%.
The total number of registered new vehicles during December 2023 has reached 3390 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly decrease of 57.9% and it showed an annual decrease of 25.6%.
Traffic accidents cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 794 traffic cases were recorded during December 2023, showing a monthly increase of 1.9% and an annual decrease by 19.9%. Light injuries are accounted for most traffic accidents cases during the same month, with 94%, followed by severe injuries by 5%. However, 12 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 1% of total traffic accidents cases.
As for tourism, the total number of inbound visitors reached about 519 thousand, recording a monthly increase of 31.9% (compared to November 2023) and recorded an annual decrease of 15.4% (compared to December 2022). The highest number of visitors was from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at 33%. As for visitors by type of port, the visitors via Air make up the highest percentage with 52% of the total number of visitors.
