Doha: The total number of registered new vehicles during March 2023 has reached 7,091 which is a monthly increase of 21.0 percent and an annual decrease of 18.8 percent according to the Planning and Statistics Authority.
The Planning and Statistics Authority released yesterday the 111th issue of (Qatar; Monthly Statistics) bulletin; a series of statistical newsletters released on a monthly basis.
Among the most prominent changes in this issue is the increase in the general index at a monthly rate of 0.2 percent compared to February 2023, and at an annual rate of 4.0 percent (compared to March 2022). Garments and shoes registered the highest monthly change at a rate of 1.56 percent while the issued cash decreased at a monthly rate of 2.0 percent (compared to February 2023), in addition to a decrease in the general market index (point) by 3.4 percent (compared to February 2023).
The demographic statistics revealed that the total population of Qatar has increased from 2.83 million at March 2022 to 3.01m at March 2023 at an annual rate of change of 6.3%, and it increased monthly by 0.8 percent (compared to February 2023).
Regarding Vital Statistics, 2139 live births have been registered during March 2023. Also, a decrease in the total Qatari live births by 5.1 percent comparing to last month. On the other hand, 233 deaths were recorded during the same period, an increase of 9.4 percent compared to February 2023.
March witnessed a monthly increase of 18.4 percent and 36.8 percent of total marriage contracts and total divorce certificates respectively compared to the previous month. The total number of marriage contracts reached 367 marriage contracts, while the total number of divorce certificates reached 145 cases.
As for the Social Security statements, reached QR77m in March 2023, for 14323 beneficiaries, Recording a monthly increase of 0.2 percent for the value of social security and a monthly increase of 0.6 percent for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector; total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about QR705bn during March, an annual increase of 11.3 percent compared with March 2022.
On the other hand, cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for QR967bn during March 2023.
