Labour Force Participation Rate of Persons Aged 15 Years and Above in the Palestinian Territory by Governorates and Sex, 1999-2011
|
Governorate and Sex |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
Both Sexes |
|
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|
Jenin |
45.0 |
47.3 |
44.3 |
42.7 |
43.3 |
44.3 |
47.1 |
47.6 |
44.9 |
44.2 |
43.1 |
42.6 |
46.8 |
|
Tubas |
46.2 |
44.5 |
42.5 |
39.8 |
44.8 |
45.6 |
46.2 |
44.8 |
42.0 |
41.3 |
45.2 |
46.3 |
50.8 |
|
Tulkarm |
43.2 |
44.8 |
37.6 |
39.5 |
39.4 |
43.6 |
43.1 |
44.1 |
44.3 |
37.7 |
39.8 |
39.7 |
41.8 |
|
Nablus |
46.5 |
47.6 |
44.5 |
41.0 |
42.5 |
44.2 |
44.9 |
43.7 |
42.8 |
41.7 |
41.9 |
43.2 |
49.3 |
|
Qalqilya |
41.5 |
44.0 |
41.6 |
43.7 |
46.6 |
44.5 |
44.8 |
45.6 |
44.7 |
42.1 |
43.9 |
42.5 |
44.8 |
|
Salfit |
41.0 |
44.0 |
43.1 |
46.0 |
47.2 |
49.5 |
44.9 |
45.6 |
45.0 |
43.2 |
42.8 |
47.0 |
48.2 |
|
Ramallah & Al-Bireh |
39.9 |
40.1 |
37.4 |
38.6 |
40.6 |
41.1 |
40.9 |
43.5 |
43.6 |
43.0 |
43.2 |
43.0 |
45.3 |
|
Jericho & AL Aghwar |
51.7 |
47.3 |
47.4 |
43.8 |
41.6 |
43.5 |
47.5 |
46.9 |
48.2 |
48.5 |
49.3 |
48.6 |
49.0 |
|
Jerusalem |
39.0 |
39.1 |
37.6 |
35.5 |
37.5 |
37.8 |
36.6 |
38.6 |
39.2 |
39.8 |
40.0 |
39.0 |
37.8 |
|
Bethlehem |
45.4 |
45.6 |
44.2 |
37.2 |
40.2 |
38.7 |
38.9 |
40.5 |
46.8 |
46.9 |
48.2 |
46.6 |
48.8 |
|
Hebron |
46.0 |
44.2 |
42.9 |
41.6 |
42.9 |
42.5 |
43.5 |
45.9 |
45.4 |
45.7 |
47.3 |
47.5 |
46.6 |
|
North Gaza |
37.3 |
37.2 |
32.4 |
34.1 |
38.1 |
36.4 |
36.5 |
35.7 |
36.2 |
39.4 |
36.2 |
33.9 |
37.6 |
|
Gaza |
37.9 |
37.2 |
33.5 |
34.5 |
37.3 |
37.1 |
37.1 |
36.5 |
36.7 |
36.4 |
36.4 |
35.1 |
37.6 |
|
Dier Al-Balah |
37.2 |
37.2 |
32.5 |
34.6 |
36.8 |
37.6 |
37.9 |
36.8 |
37.0 |
38.5 |
38.7 |
38.2 |
38.4 |
|
Khanyunis |
38.4 |
37.5 |
33.2 |
33.6 |
38.1 |
35.4 |
35.9 |
36.4 |
41.9 |
38.4 |
39.3 |
38.4 |
39.9 |
|
Rafah |
39.4 |
38.5 |
33.8 |
34.1 |
35.1 |
32.9 |
33.7 |
33.0 |
38.7 |
39.7 |
38.8 |
38.7 |
39.9 |
|
Total |
41.6 |
41.6 |
38.5 |
37.9 |
40.0 |
40.1 |
40.4 |
41.0 |
41.7 |
41.2 |
41.6 |
41.1 |
43.0 |
|
Males |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jenin |
72.3 |
74.8 |
73.5 |
72.6 |
66.5 |
66.3 |
71.6 |
70.5 |
68.4 |
68.6 |
70.3 |
68.3 |
72.4 |
|
Tubas |
71.5 |
71.1 |
69.8 |
66.4 |
66.9 |
70.3 |
69.8 |
67.7 |
65.2 |
67.1 |
72.0 |
69.3 |
71.9 |
|
Tulkarm |
70.1 |
72.6 |
60.2 |
59.2 |
60.9 |
65.9 |
69.0 |
69.7 |
72.0 |
62.2 |
64.2 |
62.9 |
66.5 |
|
Nablus |
76.4 |
75.4 |
72.8 |
66.4 |
69.3 |
70.3 |
71.1 |
69.1 |
68.7 |
67.3 |
67.4 |
69.1 |
75.6 |
|
Qalqilya |
71.9 |
73.1 |
68.5 |
69.4 |
68.6 |
66.8 |
70.6 |
70.9 |
69.7 |
65.7 |
69.5 |
67.2 |
68.9 |
|
Salfit |
69.5 |
72.4 |
71.4 |
69.2 |
69.6 |
71.0 |
67.5 |
69.8 |
68.7 |
66.1 |
67.8 |
69.7 |
69.8 |
|
Ramallah & Al-Bireh |
68.0 |
68.1 |
64.7 |
61.9 |
66.2 |
65.8 |
64.8 |
66.4 |
68.0 |
66.3 |
66.2 |
67.1 |
69.7 |
|
Jericho & AL Aghwar |
81.8 |
78.0 |
75.9 |
74.7 |
75.0 |
78.5 |
78.1 |
77.6 |
78.0 |
77.4 |
77.0 |
73.4 |
76.5 |
|
Jerusalem |
68.3 |
67.5 |
66.9 |
64.3 |
65.8 |
64.8 |
64.4 |
65.7 |
64.9 |
66.9 |
67.6 |
68.4 |
66.5 |
|
Bethlehem |
71.5 |
74.5 |
72.3 |
61.5 |
67.8 |
66.5 |
66.3 |
66.1 |
69.6 |
70.9 |
73.1 |
71.6 |
72.9 |
|
Hebron |
77.2 |
75.6 |
72.8 |
70.4 |
70.0 |
69.2 |
69.2 |
70.7 |
69.6 |
71.0 |
73.3 |
73.9 |
73.7 |
|
North Gaza |
66.4 |
63.4 |
59.0 |
61.4 |
64.9 |
63.9 |
64.7 |
61.9 |
62.5 |
65.2 |
61.6 |
59.0 |
64.1 |
|
Gaza |
69.6 |
66.0 |
60.4 |
61.8 |
66.5 |
65.1 |
65.7 |
67.1 |
66.2 |
63.4 |
61.2 |
60.6 |
63.4 |
|
Dier Al-Balah |
63.7 |
61.6 |
56.6 |
60.7 |
63.7 |
61.3 |
61.1 |
62.0 |
62.4 |
61.9 |
60.2 |
62.8 |
63.8 |
|
Khanyunis |
66.8 |
60.4 |
57.2 |
60.4 |
62.8 |
60.9 |
61.6 |
61.4 |
65.7 |
64.6 |
64.9 |
66.0 |
65.5 |
|
Rafah |
67.9 |
63.4 |
56.9 |
61.7 |
62.4 |
57.3 |
57.8 |
57.0 |
62.1 |
64.7 |
66.1 |
64.3 |
62.8 |
|
Total |
70.7 |
69.5 |
65.8 |
64.5 |
66.5 |
65.9 |
66.5 |
66.7 |
67.1 |
66.6 |
67.0 |
66.8 |
68.7 |
|
Females |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jenin |
16.6 |
18.0 |
12.7 |
11.2 |
18.0 |
21.1 |
21.6 |
23.5 |
20.8 |
19.1 |
16.4 |
17.4 |
20.8 |
|
Tubas |
17.9 |
17.1 |
14.6 |
13.1 |
23.7 |
19.7 |
22.3 |
21.2 |
18.0 |
16.7 |
19.8 |
24.6 |
30.0 |
|
Tulkarm |
16.2 |
16.6 |
14.3 |
18.0 |
15.9 |
19.8 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
15.9 |
12.6 |
14.9 |
14.4 |
15.2 |
|
Nablus |
17.2 |
18.8 |
15.3 |
14.4 |
15.8 |
18.1 |
17.9 |
18.0 |
17.0 |
15.9 |
15.9 |
16.4 |
22.7 |
|
Qalqilya |
11.9 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
17.3 |
23.7 |
22.0 |
17.7 |
18.9 |
18.3 |
17.0 |
16.3 |
14.9 |
18.1 |
|
Salfit |
10.7 |
16.1 |
15.6 |
22.4 |
24.3 |
26.8 |
22.2 |
21.1 |
20.3 |
18.4 |
16.1 |
23.6 |
26.2 |
|
Ramallah & Al-Bireh |
12.9 |
12.0 |
9.5 |
15.6 |
15.3 |
16.3 |
17.3 |
21.0 |
19.6 |
19.8 |
20.8 |
19.8 |
21.2 |
|
Jericho & AL Aghwar |
21.5 |
17.3 |
20.7 |
15.2 |
11.6 |
11.4 |
18.2 |
17.5 |
20.3 |
20.9 |
22.3 |
22.2 |
21.5 |
|
Jerusalem |
9.3 |
10.1 |
8.0 |
6.6 |
8.7 |
9.9 |
8.0 |
11.2 |
13.3 |
12.5 |
11.4 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
|
Bethlehem |
17.9 |
14.7 |
12.9 |
10.3 |
11.9 |
10.2 |
10.8 |
13.5 |
23.3 |
23.4 |
23.7 |
21.7 |
24.7 |
|
Hebron |
13.7 |
11.5 |
12.5 |
11.6 |
14.1 |
14.3 |
16.1 |
19.3 |
19.6 |
18.5 |
19.3 |
19.6 |
18.2 |
|
North Gaza |
7.9 |
10.8 |
6.5 |
6.8 |
10.3 |
8.0 |
7.4 |
7.8 |
8.2 |
12.5 |
10.2 |
8.7 |
11.3 |
|
Gaza |
6.8 |
7.8 |
6.0 |
5.5 |
6.8 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
6.4 |
7.0 |
8.6 |
10.8 |
8.2 |
10.4 |
|
Dier Al-Balah |
10.4 |
12.1 |
7.8 |
8.5 |
10.9 |
13.6 |
14.1 |
11.8 |
12.3 |
15.2 |
17.0 |
13.4 |
13.1 |
|
Khanyunis |
10.5 |
13.3 |
7.7 |
5.9 |
11.7 |
8.4 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
17.1 |
11.8 |
12.4 |
10.7 |
14.1 |
|
Rafah |
10.8 |
12.2 |
8.8 |
6.7 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
8.6 |
7.7 |
14.6 |
14.3 |
12.5 |
13.6 |
16.3 |
|
Total |
12.3 |
12.9 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
12.8 |
13.5 |
13.5 |
14.6 |
15.7 |
15.3 |
15.5 |
14.7 |
16.6 |