The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty seventh issue of the monthly Statistics of Building Permits issued by all municipalities of the State.
Building permits data is of particular importance as it is considered an indicator for the performance of the construction sector which in turn occupies a significant position in the national economy.
This press release is intended to give a brief overview of the nature of these monthly permits in terms of their geographical distribution (according to the municipalities) and types of these permits (buildings, additions, fencing) as well as details about categories of the different types of buildings, whether they are residential or non-residential.
It is worth mentioning that the release of this monthly data comes under the joint cooperation between the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to make use of the existing electronic link between the two ministries.
In a quick review of the data on building permits issued during the month of January 2018, according to their geographical distribution, we find that municipality of Al Wakrah comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 341 permits, i.e. 36% of the total issued permits while Rayyan municipality came in second place with 215 permits, i.e. 23%, followed by municipality of Doha with 150 permits (16%), then Al Da'ayen municipality with 95 permits, i.e.10%. The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 63 permits (7%), Al Sheehaniya 32 permits (3%), Al Khor 26 permits (3%), and finally Al Shamal 19 permits (2%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 70% (660 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of January 2018, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 28% (261 permits), and finally fencing permits with 2% (20 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ top the list, accounting for 56% (207 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans permits by 33% (122 permits) and apartments buildings by 6% (23 permits).
On the other hand, commercial buildings were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 50% (145 permits), followed by industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 42% (122 permits), then governmental buildings with 4% (11 permits), then other non-residential buildings with 3% (9 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in January 2018 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general increase of 34%. This increase was clearly noted in the majority of the municipalities: Al Shamal (171%), Al Wakrah (63%), Rayyan (34%), Umm Slal (24%), Al Sheehaniya (23%), Doha (15%), Al Da'ayen (8%). On the other hand there was a clear decrease in the municipality of Al Khor (7%).
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