- A monthly increase in the total net tonnage of ships, estimated at 22.1% compared to July 2023.
- A monthly decrease in total traffic violations by 12.1% during August 2023 compared to July 2023.
- A monthly drop in traffic-related deaths by 15.4% during August 2023 compared to July 2023.
The Planning and Statistics Authority has released the 116th 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 August 2023 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.
One of the most prominent changes in this issue is a decrease in total cash issued at a monthly rate of 5.8% (compared to July 2023). In addition, this month witnessed a rise in the number of building permits by 5.0% (compared to July 2023). Moreover, the percentage of drivers' licenses increased by 9.2% compared to the previous month (July 2023), while it decreased annually by 25.5% (compared to August 2022).
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has a slight increase from 2.938 million at August 2022 to 2.969 million at August 2023 at an annual rate of change of 1.08%, and increased monthly by 9.8% (compared to July 2023).
Regarding to Vital Statistics, 2261 live births have been registered during August 2023. Also, a decrease in the total Qatari live births by 3.3% comparing to last month. On the other hand, 204 deaths were recorded during the same period, a decrease of 6.4% compared to July 2023.
As for the Social Security statements, reached 78 Million Qatari Riyals in August 2023, for 14488 beneficiaries, Recording a monthly decrease of 3.6% for the value of social security and a monthly decrease of 0.2% for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector; Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 685 Billion Qatari Riyals during August 2023, an annual increase of 1.0% compared with August 2022. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for 928 Billion Qatari Riyals during August 2023. The figure has recorded an annual decrease of 4.7% compared to August 2022, when deposits recorded approximately 973 Billion Qatari Riyals.
Regarding the data of buildings permits issued, the total number of permits has reached 666 permits during August 2023, recording a monthly increase of 5% and an annual decrease of 15.1%.
The total number of registered new vehicles during August 2023 has reached 7545 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly increase of 22.8% and showed an annual decrease of 14.6%.
Traffic accidents cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 589 traffic cases were recorded during August 2023, showing a monthly decrease of 1.0% and an annual decrease by 14.0%. Light injuries are accounted for most traffic accidents cases during the same month, with 93%, followed by severe injuries by 5%. However, 11 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 2% of total traffic accidents cases.
As for tourism, the total number of inbound visitors reached about 264 thousand, recording a monthly decrease of 8.5% (compared to July 2023) and recorded an annual increase of 78% (compared to August 2022). The highest number of visitors was from the GCC Countries at 43%. As for visitors by type of port, the visitors via Air make up the highest percentage with 62% of the total number of visitors.
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click hereNext issue will hopefully be released by the end of October 2023.
