The Planning and Statistics Authority has released the 100th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis. In this issue, we highlighted the most important statistical changes that occurred in the country during April 2022 in addition to extracts from the results of the 2020 Census.
One of the prominent changes in this issue is the increase in the General Index by a monthly rate of 0.29% (compared to March 2022) and by an annual rate of 4.66% (compared to April 2021). The highest monthly increase was for restaurants and hotels by 1.57%, followed by clothes and shoes by 1.28% (compared to March 2022), whereas the highest decrease was in communications by 1.04% (compared to March 2022).
Another prominent change is the increase in total value of real estate sold per month by 49.5% (compared to March 2022), an annual increase of 9.2% (compared to April 2021). Doha Municipality recorded the highest increase in the value of real estate sold by 179.2%, compared to March 2022.
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increased from 2.65 million during April 2021 to 2.77 million at end of April 2022.
Regarding to Vital Statistics, 1567 live births have been registered during April 2022. Also, a decrease in the total Qatari live births by 20.4% compared to last month. On the other hand, 218 deaths were recorded during the same period, a decrease of 2.7% compared to March 2022.
Moreover, April 2022 has experienced a monthly decrease by 39.4 and 38.9% in marriage contracts and divorce certificates respectively. The total number of marriage contracts was 245 contracts, whereas the total No. of divorces has reached 157 divorce cases.
As for the Social Security statements, reached 78 Million Qatari Riyals in April 2022, for 14382 beneficiaries, Recording a monthly decrease of 0.2% for the value of social security and a monthly increase of 0.5% for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
Total electricity consumption during April 2022 was 3731.6 GWh attaining a monthly increase of 17.5 and an annual increase of 6.1%. While the total water consumption has reached 55939.9 Thousand m3 during the same month attaining a monthly increase of 4.3% and an annual increase of 3.7%.
As for the Banking Sector; Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about 639.0 Billion Qatari Riyals during April 2022, an annual increase of 6.9% compared with April 2021. On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for 956.1 Billion Qatari Riyals during April 2022. The figure has recorded an annual increase of 1.3% compared to April 2021, when deposits recorded approximately 943.5 Billion Qatari Riyals.
Regarding the data of buildings permits issued, the total number of permits has reached 677 permits during April 2022, recording a monthly decrease of 31.5% and an annual increase of 35.4%.
The total number of registered new vehicles during April 2022 has reached 7321 new vehicles. The figure showed a monthly decrease of 16.2% and an annual increase of 54.6%.
Traffic accidents cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 695 traffic cases were recorded during April 2022, showing a monthly decrease of 14.2% and an annual increase by 37.6%. Light injuries are accounted for the vast majority of traffic accidents cases during the same month, with 91%, followed by severe injuries by 6%. However, 19 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 3% of total traffic accidents cases.
Next issue will hopefully be released by the end of June 2022.