The Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics released the 12th issue of (Qatar: Monthly Statistics) bulletin which includes a couple of statistical data that explain the economic and social changes happened in Qatar in December 2014.
  
     The bulletin data indicate that the number of population existing in Qatar in December amounted to 2.2 million people, after it was 2.3 million in November, a decrease of 1.5%.The number of driving licenses issued for nationals and residents rose approximately by 23.6%, and 15.1% respectively. Thus, the total number of licenses in December increased by 15.6% compared to November. In general, vehicles registered in the country increased to 11743 , vis-à-vis 10212 registered in November. Private vehicles came on top as the highest number registered in December with over 7000 vehicles, followed by the private transport vehicles with over 3000. At Hamad International Airport, the December number of arrivals and departures increased by approximately 15%, and 23% respectively.The violations at municipality level accounted for 3980 at all municipalities. Cleaning violations were ranked first with 1181, followed by food-related violations 1160.The bulletin shows that total electricity generated in December continued to decrease by roughly 16.3% alongside the total water generation by 2.2%, compared to November data. Economically, the CPI amounted to 118.6 points in December, after it was 119 in November, recording a slight slump of 0.3%.The value of shares traded in Qatar stock exchange decreased in December by 11.2%, together with the overall index by 3.7%, compared to November. As for foreign trade data, Japan came first for Qatar’s exports with over QR 8.7bn. South Korea was second and India third with over QR 6.9bn and QR 4.4bn respectively. The maximum imports were from the US (QR 1.3 bn). China (QR 1.2bn) and Germany (QR 834 mn) were second and third.It is noteworthy that the bulletin has been released on a monthly basis since February 2014, with the aim to identify developments and changes at both the social and economic levels in Qatar.
   More detailed data is available on: QALM website