The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics has released the 53rd. issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, we've highlighted the most important statistical changes witnessed by the Country during May 2018 in addition to some extracts from the results of the 2015 Census.
The most prominent change in this issue is the annual drop in the number of deaths by 9.9% compared to May 2017, and the decrease in the traffic violations by an annual rate of 58.2%. Accordingly the number of traffic accidents and the traffic deaths decreased by 1.3%, and 16.7% respectively as compared to May 2017.
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population in Qatar has increased from 2.70 million during May 2017 to almost 2.73 million by the end of May 2018 i.e. an annual increase of 1.2%.
With regard to Vital Statistics, a total number of 2148 live births has been registered during May 2018, yielding a 4.8% annual increase compared to April 2018. However, this increase was offset by a decrease in the total Qatari live births by 13.0% compared to last month. On the other hand, 192 deaths were recorded during the same period, i.e. a decrease of 6.3% as compared to April 2017. However, this decrease was offset by an increase of 23.0% in Qatari deaths.
Moreover, May 2018 has experienced a decrease in marriage contracts and an increase in the number of divorce cases. The total number of marriage contracts was 303, whereas the total no of divorces has reached 110 divorce cases; that's to say one divorce for every 3 marriages.
As for Social Security statements, May 2018 has witnessed a significant increase in the number of social security beneficiaries, reaching 13837 individuals, and the total value for Social Security has exceeded 79.1 million Qatari Riyal during the same month.
The bulletin showed that the total electricity utilization during May 2018 was 3311.2 GWh attaining a monthly increase of 26.8% as compared with last month, while recording an annual drop of 20.6% compared to May 2017. The bulletin also showed that the total water consumption has reached 40181.4 Thousand m3 during the same month attaining a monthly increase of 2.5% as compared with last month, while recording an annual drop of 12.3% compared to May 2017 .
The number of issued buildings permits has reached 597during May 2018, recording a monthly decrease of 9.8%.
As for traffic accidents cases, a total of 551 traffic cases were recorded during May 2018, showing a monthly decrease of 3.6% compared to April 2018. Light injuries are accounted for the vast majority of traffic accidents in May 2018, with 89%, followed by severe injuries by 9%. However, 13 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 2% of total traffic accidents.
The bulletin also highlighted that the total number of registered vehicles during May 2018 has reached 5443 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly increase of 3.0% and an annual decline of 28.9%.
Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 581.2 Billion Qatari Riyals during May2018, an annual increase of 11.6% compared with May 2017. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including deposits, attained for 785.4 Billion Qatari Riyals during May 2018. The figure has recorded an annual increase of 3.0% compared to May 2017, when deposits recorded approximately 762.2 Billion Qatari Riyals.
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Next issue will hopefully be released by the end of June 2018 .
