GOIC issues 'Gulf Statistical Profile 2007'

This comes within the framework of its commitment to information awareness programmes, and within its quest towards strengthening the knowledge role in Gulf societies.

The profile is one of the most important sources of information in the region. It contains a wide variety of data as well as economic and social indicators on GCC member states, both updated and trusted.

The new edition comes in a new design that facilitates the use of information it contains. It also includes a wide range of tables and graphs on industrial, economic and social developments in GCC member states including:

Selected Economic and Social indicators for 2006.

National Accounts Statistics, which includes 11 tables on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), expenditure on GDP, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, along with 6 tables on government revenue and expenditure, commercial banks credit, and loans from development banks and funds in GCC member states.

Foreign trade Statistics, which contain 10 tables on total exports and imports classified by SITC code, country and country 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, containing 23 tables at country-level. These tables are based either on census data, or estimates of central statistical organization in each country.

Selected Social Development Indicators such as transport and communications, health and education in GCC member states.

Data presented are basically extracted from a number of computerized databases available at GOIC. These include Socio-Economic Database and Gulf Industries Database (GID). These databases are regularly updated with data obtained directly from industrial firms, or from national statistical departments or other official publications. In case data is not available from national resources, resort is usually made to United Nations' publications, as well as to the publications of other regional and international organizations.

"Gulf Statistical Profile" attracts great attention of officials in the private and public sectors, further to 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.