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06  April  2010
   

QSA released the 22nd issue of The Annual Bulletin of Building and Construction  

 
   

The Qatar Statistics Authority released the 22nd issue of “the annual bulletin of Building and Construction” in the State of Qatar. The bulletin contains detailed data about this activity in 2008.

 
   


The bulletin showed that total number of establishments in building and construction amounted to (1845) establishments, where (1294) employ less than (50) employees, i.e. about (70%) of total establishments, while number of establishments employing (50) or more employees was (551) establishments, i.e. about (30%) of total establishments.

Total number of employees in establishments employing less than (50) employees amounted to (20312) persons and they received annual salaries of about (635) million Qatari Riyals (QR), while establishments employing (50) employees and more employed (286652) persons and received annual salaries of about (8116) million (QR.). Number of Qatari working in this activity was (813) persons and number on non-Qatari was (306151) persons.

Gross value added (Gross Domestic Product) in building and construction amounted to about (32507) million (QR), while net value added (after eliminating depreciation) amounted to (31081) million (QR).

Average annual wage of employees in this activity was (28574 QR.), and gross value added per worker was (105898 QR).

Percentage of intermediate goods to production (e.g. raw material, fuels, lubricants, electricity, water, consumable tools and spare parts, stationary… etc.) was (40%), while percentage of services (e.g. maintenance, transportation, services rendered by others, rents of non-residential buildings, equipment machinery and transportation equipment… etc.) to production was (8%).