Statistics of the social and economic situation of Mongolia have been release for the first half of 2013 by the National Statistical Office of Mongolia. The report measures social, macroeconomic and economic indicators, providing figures on birth rate, youth mortality rate, records of infectious diseases, crime, budget expenditure, lending, GDP, external trade turnover and figures of accidents and disasters.

Some highlights of the report are as follows:
“At national level, 12,793 crimes were registered in the first half of 2013, reflecting an increase of 1,595 crimes or 14.2 percent compared to same period of the previous year. The increase in the number of crimes was mainly due to the increases in crime against the right of ownership (1146), crime against human life and health (or physical well-being) (499) compared to same period of the previous year.”

“Compared to same period of the previous year, non-tax revenue increased by 90.5 bln.tog or 37.4 percent. The increase was mainly due to the increases of 53.0 bln.tog or 2.8 times in revenues from interest, 31.4 bln.tog or 2.0 times in revenues from oil petroleum, 25.5 bln.tog or 24.4 percent in revenues from budget entities, 4.7 bln.tog or 24.5 percent in navigation fee although there was decreases of 19.9 bln.tog or 82.2 percent in revenues from dividends, 4.6 bln.tog or 14.2 percent in revenues from others.”

“In the first half of 2013, the total industrial output increased by 59.1 bln.tog or 5.7 percent to 1104.8 bln.tog (at 2005 constant prices) compared to same period of the previous year. The increase in the industrial output was mainly due to 12.8-76.1 percent, increases in mining and quarrying products such as copper, with concentrate, crude oil, gold and 2.1 percent to 6.5 times industrial main products of manufacturing sector such as soft drinks, beer, steel casting, kind of sausage, sawn wood, carpet, flour, wooden building door and windows, combed down, concrete mortar, green tea.”

The fully report can be found at the National Statistical Office of Mongolia