​The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the eighteenth 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 June 2016, according to their geographical distribution, we find that Rayyan municipality (including Sheehaniya) comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 172 permits, i.e. 32% of the total issued permits while Doha municipality came in second place with 129 permits, i.e. 24%, followed by municipality of Al Wakrah with 86 permits (16%), municipality of Al Da'ayen with 59 permits, i.e.11%.The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 43 permits (8%), Al Khor 39 permits (7%), and finally Al Shamal 8 permits (2%).

In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 54% (286 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of June 2016, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 43% (232 permits), and finally fencing permits with 3% (18 permits).

By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ permits top the list, accounting for 62% (156 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans by 25% (62 permits) and apartments buildings by 11% (28 permits).

On the other hand, mosques buildings  were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 31% (11 permits),followed by commercial buildings with 29% (10 permits), industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 26% (9 permits), then government buildings with 14% (5 permits).

Comparing number of permits issued in June 2016 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general decrease of 19%. This decrease was noted in most of the municipalities (Doha 31%, Rayyan 14%, Wakrah 9%,Al Daayen 34%, Al Khor 9% Al Shamal 11%).       Umm Slal was an exception recording an increase of 13%. 

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