GOIC issues the latest edition of 'Gulf Statistical Profile'

Within the framework of its mandate to provide knowledge awareness programs, and its efforts to strengthen its informational role, the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) lately issued the new edition of its annual series of "Gulf Statistical Profile". This Profile is considered one of the most important information resources in the region, as it includes a wide and diversified range of data as well as economic and social indicators on GCC member states, both updated and trusted.

The new issue is designed in a new way meant to facilitate the process of utilizing the information inside. It also includes a large group of tables and graphics illustrating the industrial, economic and social developments in GCC member states including:
• Selected economic and social indicators on 2005.
• National accounts Statistics, which includes 11 detailed tables focused on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), expenditure on GDP, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, along with 6 tables illustrating government revenue and expenditure, commercial banks credit, and loans provided by development banks and funds in GCC member states.
• Foreign trade Statistics includes 10 tables on total exports and imports of GCC member states, classified by SITC code, counties and countries' groups.
• Energy and industry Statistics, subdivided into two sub-sections. One is on Energy and contains 10 tables on oil and gas reserves, production, exports and consumption. The other section is on Industry and contains 21 tables extracted from the GID database in addition to a table on water consumption in GCC countries.
• Population and Labor force Statistics includes 23 tables. This data depended on census data, or estimates of central statistical organization in each country.
• Miscellaneous social data such as communications, health and education in GCC member states.

To issue this Profile, GOIC depended the data available in some of its specialized databases such as the Socio-economic Database, and Gulf Industries Database and others. GOIC is continuously updating its databases according to the data directly received from the industrial projects, national statistical devices or from publications in addition to the statistical publications issued by the United Nations as well as other regional or local organizations.

"Gulf Statistical Profile" attracts great attention of officials in both the private and public sectors, as well as experts and researchers in the fields of industrial and economic development in GCC member states as it is rich, accurate and clear in terms of data presentation.