Yearly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of Expenditure and Region for 2019 and Percent Changes from 2018

(Base Year 2010=100)

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Major Groups of Expenditure	Palestine
Major Groups of Expenditure	Ave. 2018	Ave. 2019	% Change
Consumer Price Index	100.00	101.58	1.58
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	100.00	103.33	3.33
Alcholoic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics	100.00	101.36	1.36
Clothing and Footwear	100.00	97.37	-2.63
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels	100.00	99.86	-0.14
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	100.00	98.89	-1.11
Health	100.00	99.03	-0.97
Transport	100.00	99.39	-0.61
Information and Communication	100.00	96.92	-3.08
Recreation, Sport, Culture, Gardens and Pets	100.00	112.33	12.33
Education Services	100.00	101.29	1.29
Resturants and Accomodation Services	100.00	102.33	2.33
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	104.19	4.19
Insurance and Financial Services	100.00	99.84	-0.16
Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	105.64	5.64

Major Groups of Expenditure	*Jerusalem J1
Major Groups of Expenditure	Ave. 2018	Ave. 2019	% Change
Consumer Price Index	100.00	101.37	1.37
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	100.00	103.04	3.04
Alcholoic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics	100.00	100.64	0.64
Clothing and Footwear	100.00	92.61	-7.39
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels	100.00	100.44	0.44
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	100.00	99.32	-0.68
Health	100.00	98.38	-1.62
Transport	100.00	96.22	-3.78
Information and Communication	100.00	96.52	-3.48
Recreation, Sport, Culture, Gardens and Pets	100.00	112.56	12.56
Education Services	100.00	103.15	3.15
Resturants and Accomodation Services	100.00	118.36	18.36
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	104.55	4.55
Insurance and Financial Services	100.00	103.75	3.75
Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	104.84	4.84

Major Groups of Expenditure	Gaza Strip
Major Groups of Expenditure	Ave. 2018	Ave. 2019	% Change
Consumer Price Index	100.00	100.40	0.40
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	100.00	99.87	-0.13
Alcholoic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics	100.00	104.90	4.90
Clothing and Footwear	100.00	101.13	1.13
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels	100.00	99.76	-0.24
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	100.00	100.32	0.32
Health	100.00	95.24	-4.76
Transport	100.00	99.49	-0.51
Information and Communication	100.00	96.92	-3.08
Recreation, Sport, Culture, Gardens and Pets	100.00	111.50	11.50
Education Services	100.00	99.24	-0.76
Resturants and Accomodation Services	100.00	101.95	1.95
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	102.02	2.02
Insurance and Financial Services	100.00	96.55	-3.45
Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	104.86	4.86

Major Groups of Expenditure	West Bank**
Major Groups of Expenditure	Ave. 2018	Ave. 2019	% Change
Consumer Price Index	100.00	101.81	1.81
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	100.00	104.04	4.04
Alcholoic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics	100.00	100.70	0.70
Clothing and Footwear	100.00	96.97	-3.03
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels	100.00	99.74	-0.26
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	100.00	98.37	-1.63
Health	100.00	100.55	0.55
Transport	100.00	99.90	-0.10
Information and Communication	100.00	96.94	-3.06
Recreation, Sport, Culture, Gardens and Pets	100.00	112.53	12.53
Education Services	100.00	101.65	1.65
Resturants and Accomodation Services	100.00	99.94	-0.06
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	104.91	4.91
Insurance and Financial Services	100.00	100.53	0.53
Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	100.00	106.07	6.07

Definition: Consumer Price Index‎ It is a statistical tool used to measure the average changes in the prices of goods and services ‎that households consume during two different periods: one called the base period and the ‎other called the comparison period‎.
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2020. Consumer Price Index Survey, 2019. Ramallah– Palestine.
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.