The new edition of "Qatar; Monthly Statistics" bulletin
Annual Increase in the number of visitors from GCC
reached 5.1% compared with October from last year
The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics has released the 34th edition of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) which is released on a monthly basis to highlight detailed statistics on State of Qatar recorded during the period October 2016 in addition to glance from 2015 census.
The most-highlighted statistical variable in this edition is the annual increase in the number of visitors from GCC, as the total number of visitors from GCC has reached from the beginning of the year until October 2016 approximately 1,157,811 visitors, which resulted in an annual increase of 5.1% compared to the total number of visitors from GCC during last year until October 2015 where only 1,102,095 visitors arrived to Qatar. The difference is about 55,716 visitor from the beginning of the year.
The demographic statistics within bulletin shows that Qatar's population has reached 2.6 million in October 2016, an annual increase of 8.3% as the population attained 2.4 million in October 2015, with total of 2,311 births during October 2016 and total of 188 deaths during the same period.
Traffic violations accounted for 161,353 in October 2016, with a positive monthly change amounting to 11.2% compared to September 2016.
The bulletin also highlights the number of vehicles registered in October 2016 which recorded 8,629 vehicles compared to 5,352 during September 2016, with a monthly increase amounting to 61.2%.
Total broad money supply (M2) recorded about 489 Billion Riyals during the month of October 2016 showing a monthly decrease of 0.9% compared to September 2016. On the other hand, cash equivalents; includes deposits decreased by 0.3 % during October 2016 in comparison with September 2016, as it recorded about 677 Billion Riyals during October 2016. In contrast, Total broad money supply (M2) recorded a negative year-on-year change of 4.1%, while cash equivalents; includes deposits, recorded a positive year-on-year change of 7.4%.
Next issue will be released at end of December 2016, More detailed data is available on Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics website: www.mdps.gov.qa and Qatar information Exchange website: www.qalm.gov.qa . In addition, you can send an email to icu@mdps.gov.qa
