This Week in Palestine - Statistics
Issue no. 6 - April 1999

Statistics

GDP $2.8 billion (West Bank $ 1 billion (Gaza Strip)

Poverty line $ 650 per capita per year
GNP per capita/year US$ 1,726 ( 2,140 in the West Bank and 1,110 in the Gaza Strip)
Infant mortality rate 28 per 1000 live births
Literacy rate: 84.3%
Average unemployment rate (1996) 23.8%
Labour force participation rate (1996) 40%
Female labour force participation rate (1996) 11%
Contributions of Economic Branches in Private GDP in the WBGS 1996
Agriculture and Fishing 16.11%
Manufacturing and Mining 19.26%
Construction 10.08%
Commerce, hotels and Restaurants 18.13%
Transport, communication 5.35%
Services and Other 31.07%

Population in major West Bank and Gaza Strip districts

(according to the PCBS census of December 1997)
 
 
Total
Male
Female
Gaza Strip
Rafah
122,865
 62052 
60813 
Khan Younis
200,704
 101607 
99097 
Deir Al Balah
147877 
74819
 73058 
Gaza
 367388 
 186970 
 180418 
North Gaza
 183373 
93365
90008 
West Bank
 
 
 
Nablus
  261340
 132818
  128522 
Tulkarem
 134,110
  67781
  66429 
Jerusalem
 328,601
 166001
 162600 
Ramallah and Elbireh
 213582 
 106988
 106584  
Jericho
  32713
 16491 
16222  
Qalqilya
 72007 
 37002 
35005 
Hebron
 405684 
 207689 
197995  
Jenin
 203026 
 103407 
 99619 
Tubas
 36609 
 18583 
 18026  
Salfit
  48538
 24695
  23843  
Bethlehem
137286
  70238 
67048
Total Palestinian Territories
2895683
 1470506 
1425177
Fertility rate: 6.4 ( 5.4 in the West Bank and 7.4 in the Gaza Strip)
Life expectancy at birth: 66 years
Population growth: 3.7%
For further information visit the website of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics http://www.pcbs.org/english or the website of the Health Development Information and policy Institute at: http/www.hdip.org.
 
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