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The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirteenth issue of the monthly data on 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, and a main pillar for the basic infrastructure of many other activities.
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, on 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 2016, we find that Rayyan municipality (including Sheehaniya) comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 226 permits, i.e. 37% of the total issued permits while Doha municipality came in second place with 164 permits, i.e. 26%, followed by municipality of Al Wakra with 60 permits (10%), municipality of Al Khor with 56 permits, i.e.9%.The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Al Da’ayen 50 permits (8%), Umm Slal 44 permits (7%), and finally Al Shamal 18 permits (3%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits constitutes 57% (350 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of January 2016, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 39% (242 permits), and finally fencing permits with 4% (26 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ permits top the list, accounting for 79% (232 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans by 11% (31 permits) and apartments buildings by 8% (25 permits).
On the other hand, commercial buildings are found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 40% (22 permits),followed by industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 29% (16 permits), followed by mosques with 15% (8 permits), then government buildings with 9% (5 permits) only.

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For more statistical data, please visit the Ministry's website: www.mdps.gov.qa as well as “QALM” portal (Qatar Information Exchange) : www.qix.gov.qa