DOHA: Qatar saw 48 major road accidents last month, 13 causing deaths, with 8,123 new vehicles on the road and 7,433 new driver’s licences issued, according to latest data released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics.
The Qatar Monthly Statistics for February recorded a high 99 divorces among Qataris and non-Qataris, against 234 marriages.
Sixty-three husbands were Qatari and 36 non-Qatari while 57 wives were Qatari and 42 non-Qatari who parted ways.
A total of 193 people died in Qatar last month, including 50 Qataris, against 1,603 births.
The population touched 2.1 million, of whom males constituted almost 1.5 million.
Those in the 15-64 age group were estimated at 1.7 million of the population.
Of the 1, 603 births, 810 were males. The total births among Qataris accounted for 450, of whom 231 were females.
There were 572 traffic accidents, 13 of which led to deaths. Serious accidents stood at 48, and 511 were considered “not serious”.
Vehicles registered at the Traffic Department totalled 8,123, including 5,250 private vehicles and 188 private motorcycles.
A total of 7,433 driving licences were issued; 438 to Qataris and 6,995 to non-Qataris.
The Consumer Price Index attained 116.5 points.
On foreign trade, the data indicates that Japan was one of the major export destinations.
Japan was ranked first with exports worth over QR12.662bn, followed by South Korea with QR10.447bn, and India with QR5.391bn.
Maximum imports were from the US with over QR917.307m, followed by China with QR89.763m and the UAE with QR649.745m.
Real estate transactions totalled 748 and were worth over QR2.8bn.
As much as 1.865m kW electricity was generated and water production exceeded 29.430m cubic meters.
A total of 2,650,635 passengers used Doha International Airport, with 1,018,610 arrivals, 965,565 departures and 666,460 transits.
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