Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of Expenditure and Region for Months of August 2018 Compared with August 2017

(Base Year 2010=100)

 

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Major Groups of Expenditure

Palestine

Aug. 2017

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

104.21

104.50

0.27

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

163.75

166.18

1.48

Textiles, clothing and footwear

111.77

108.39

-3.02

Housing

108.00

110.13

1.97

Furniture, household goods 

105.71

105.33

-0.36

Medical care

120.04

120.87

0.69

Transportation

101.07

103.00

1.92

Communications

94.55

95.48

0.97

Recreational, cultural goods & services

104.34

105.19

0.81

Education

123.64

122.66

-0.79

Restaurants and cafes

124.19

127.91

3.00

Miscellaneous goods and services

120.48

121.78

1.08

All items of consumer price index

110.43

111.12

0.63


Major Groups of Expenditure

Jerusalem J1*

Aug. 2017

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

110.50

113.28

2.52

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

176.36

176.80

0.25

Textiles, clothing and footwear

128.91

121.29

-5.91

Housing

114.53

118.40

3.39

Furniture, household goods 

123.01

124.03

0.83

Medical care

116.74

115.49

-1.08

Transportation

107.88

111.22

3.10

Communications

96.84

97.55

0.74

Recreational, cultural goods & services

108.51

108.07

-0.40

Education

129.68

130.15

0.37

Restaurants and cafes

117.89

121.63

3.18

Miscellaneous goods and services

111.60

115.25

3.27

All items of consumer price index

115.39

117.26

1.62


Major Groups of Expenditure

Gaza Strip

Aug. 2017

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

99.54

96.52

-3.03

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

144.85

141.51

-2.30

Textiles, clothing and footwear

90.33

90.43

0.11

Housing

98.14

101.20

3.13

Furniture, household goods 

91.42

91.22

-0.22

Medical care

97.08

100.18

3.19

Transportation

109.83

109.64

-0.17

Communications

93.07

94.34

1.36

Recreational, cultural goods & services

97.33

97.22

-0.11

Education

107.04

103.73

-3.09

Restaurants and cafes

104.32

111.14

6.54

Miscellaneous goods and services

121.51

122.88

1.13

All items of consumer price index

102.84

102.08

-0.74


Major Groups of Expenditure

     West Bank**

Aug. 2017

Aug. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

106.77

108.93

2.02

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

160.17

162.74

1.61

Textiles, clothing and footwear

120.03

115.11

-4.10

Housing

112.26

113.89

1.46

Furniture, household goods 

113.19

112.61

-0.51

Medical care

127.11

127.25

0.11

Transportation

100.91

102.86

1.94

Communications

94.52

95.35

0.88

Recreational, cultural goods & services

108.93

110.51

1.45

Education

130.18

129.98

-0.16

Restaurants and cafes

133.85

136.44

1.93

Miscellaneous goods and services

122.32

122.98

0.54

All items of consumer price index

113.63

114.82

1.05


J1* those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.