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

(Base Year 2010=100)

 

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Major Groups of Expenditure

Palestine

Oct. 2017

Oct. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

105.85

105.60

-0.23

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

168.96

168.43

-0.31

Textiles, clothing and footwear

111.27

103.19

-7.26

Housing

109.44

110.51

0.98

Furniture, household goods 

105.74

104.01

-1.64

Medical care

120.18

121.14

0.79

Transportation

101.11

103.69

2.55

Communications

94.56

96.00

1.53

Recreational, cultural goods & services

105.34

106.87

1.45

Education

122.51

124.12

1.31

Restaurants and cafes

124.44

128.92

3.60

Miscellaneous goods and services

120.96

121.64

0.56

All items of consumer price index

111.37

111.46

0.07

 

Major Groups of Expenditure

Jerusalem J1*

Oct. 2017

Oct. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

110.51

114.61

3.71

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

176.26

170.06

-3.52

Textiles, clothing and footwear

128.42

117.94

-8.16

Housing

115.25

118.77

3.05

Furniture, household goods 

124.59

122.90

-1.36

Medical care

116.80

115.99

-0.69

Transportation

108.28

114.11

5.39

Communications

96.85

98.03

1.22

Recreational, cultural goods & services

107.54

109.60

1.91

Education

129.68

131.38

1.31

Restaurants and cafes

117.22

119.68

2.10

Miscellaneous goods and services

113.23

115.51

2.02

All items of consumer price index

115.81

117.67

1.61

 

Major Groups of Expenditure

Gaza Strip

Oct. 2017

Oct. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

103.68

97.63

-5.84

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

153.16

147.64

-3.60

Textiles, clothing and footwear

90.36

88.00

-2.61

Housing

99.66

102.08

2.43

Furniture, household goods 

91.14

90.38

-0.83

Medical care

99.55

99.94

0.39

Transportation

109.04

116.25

6.61

Communications

93.04

94.86

1.95

Recreational, cultural goods & services

98.90

100.88

2.00

Education

103.88

104.52

0.62

Restaurants and cafes

106.33

115.13

8.27

Miscellaneous goods and services

122.45

123.15

0.57

All items of consumer price index

104.95

103.27

-1.60

 

Major Groups of Expenditure

     West Bank**

Oct. 2017

Oct. 2018

% Change

Food and soft drinks

106.86

110.14

3.07

Al coholic Beverages and tobacco

160.28

162.79

1.56

Textiles, clothing and footwear

118.76

108.23

-8.86

Housing

113.90

114.01

0.09

Furniture, household goods 

113.34

111.18

-1.90

Medical care

126.35

127.68

1.05

Transportation

100.99

103.36

2.35

Communications

94.55

95.89

1.43

Recreational, cultural goods & services

109.86

110.31

0.41

Education

129.99

131.78

1.38

Restaurants and cafes

133.43

136.34

2.18

Miscellaneous goods and services

122.00

122.50

0.41

All items of consumer price index

113.69

114.91

1.07

 

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.