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

(Base Year 2010=100)

 

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Major Groups of Expenditure

Palestine

May. 2017

May. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

105.32

103.99

-1.27

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

164.98

153.85

-6.74

Textiles, clothing and footwear

112.74

110.91

-1.62

Housing

109.09

108.53

-0.52

Furniture, household goods 

106.48

105.38

-1.04

Medical care

120.08

121.03

0.79

Transportation

101.48

101.23

-0.25

Communications

95.00

96.03

1.08

Recreational, cultural goods & services

103.66

104.35

0.67

Education

124.59

120.57

-3.23

Restaurants and cafes

125.39

127.65

1.80

Miscellaneous goods and services

119.28

121.36

1.75

All items of consumer price index

111.04

110.07

-0.87


Major Groups of Expenditure

Jerusalem J1*

May. 2017

May. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

111.66

111.69

0.03

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

176.40

176.81

0.23

Textiles, clothing and footwear

127.61

124.08

-2.76

Housing

116.84

115.55

-1.10

Furniture, household goods 

123.20

124.62

1.15

Medical care

118.79

113.50

-4.45

Transportation

106.77

108.51

1.63

Communications

97.10

98.08

1.01

Recreational, cultural goods & services

107.66

107.40

-0.24

Education

129.89

129.68

-0.16

Restaurants and cafes

122.35

119.13

-2.63

Miscellaneous goods and services

108.85

115.23

5.86

All items of consumer price index

115.33

116.20

0.76


Major Groups of Expenditure

Gaza Strip

May. 2017

May. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

103.65

97.28

-6.14

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

146.25

127.62

-12.74

Textiles, clothing and footwear

92.36

90.37

-2.16

Housing

98.89

99.23

0.34

Furniture, household goods 

91.87

91.44

-0.47

Medical care

95.85

101.61

6.01

Transportation

110.76

109.20

-1.41

Communications

93.68

94.79

1.18

Recreational, cultural goods & services

97.48

96.34

-1.17

Education

107.53

101.61

-5.51

Restaurants and cafes

106.06

108.59

2.38

Miscellaneous goods and services

120.72

122.77

1.71

All items of consumer price index

104.81

101.78

-2.89


Major Groups of Expenditure

     West Bank**

May. 2017

May. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

106.09

107.76

1.57

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

159.36

162.76

2.13

Textiles, clothing and footwear

120.58

119.24

-1.11

Housing

113.51

112.50

-0.88

Furniture, household goods 

114.17

112.35

-1.59

Medical care

127.54

127.04

-0.39

Transportation

101.42

100.78

-0.63

Communications

94.98

95.98

1.05

Recreational, cultural goods & services

107.65

109.67

1.88

Education

131.72

127.81

-2.97

Restaurants and cafes

134.10

137.09

2.22

Miscellaneous goods and services

121.40

122.22

0.68

All items of consumer price index

113.59

114.05

0.40


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.