Building Licenses Issued in Palestine* During 1999 to Second Quarter 2017

 

 Period

Licensed Dwellings

Licensed Area (1000 m2)

** Number of Licenses

Existing Dwellings

New Dwellings

Existing Areas

New Areas

Total

Existing Extensions

Existing Buildings

Additions and  Existing Parts

Additions to Licensed Buildings

New Buildings

Total

Area (1000 m2)

No.

Area (1000 m2)

No.

1999

439.0

3,675

2,050.6

14,587

554.4

2,860.1

3,414.4

115

1,470

475

2,055

5,803

9,918

2000

383.3

2,730

1,646.1

10,708

482.4

2,457.6

2,940.0

185

1,318

448

1,852

4,498

8,301

2001

256.0

1,847

1,041.9

7,037

341.0

1,633.9

1,974.8

124

774

273

1,181

2,781

5,133

2002

137.6

975

794.3

5,089

171.8

1,080.4

1,252.2

52

554

131

675

1,913

3,325

2003

175.8

1,671

1,234.2

8,152

226.1

1,863.9

2,090.0

99

749

138

1,268

2,981

5,235

2004

161.6

1,229

1,248.6

8,184

222.0

1,803.9

2,025.8

111

706

149

1,113

2,929

5,008

2005

366.7

2,522

1,729.5

10,362

474.2

2,427.4

2,901.6

127

1,469

223

1,293

3,996

7,108

2006

524.2

3,301

1,193.6

6,909

679.2

1,666.9

2,346.1

112

1,894

265

1,087

2,703

6,061

2007

244.2

1,650

983.1

7,478

325.8

1,448.4

1,774.2

64

859

140

969

2,456

4,488

2008

263.1

1,170

954.9

5,371

338.6

1,426.6

1,765.2

74

799

237

942

2,494

4,546

2009

322.9

1,501

1,121.1

5,874

435.8

1,693.5

2,129.3

85

1,105

237

1,083

2,873

5,383

2010

334.0

1,946

1,413.4

7,758

469.2

2,119.4

2,588.6

104

1,139

256

1,177

3,656

6,332

2011

538.7

2,920

2,059.2

11,263

649.3

2,904.1

3,553.4

113

1,650

319

1,259

4,367

7,708

2012

420.5

2,333

2,302.9

13,103

543.1

3,235.2

3,778.3

143

1,346

288

1,573

4,889

8,239

2013

575.0

3,394

2,318.2

13,566

680.4

3,303.9

3,984.3

136

2,011

98

1,242

5,651

9,138

2014

500.7

3,053

2,546.1

13,777

591.5

3,485.5

4,077.0

140

1,754

8

997

6,176

9,075

2015 442.3 2,767 2,622.9 14,819 516.3 3,471.2 3,987.5 155 1,469 32 1,080 6,478 9,214
2016

737.0

4,555

3,225.9

17,511

899.1

4,294.9

5,193.9

141

2,343

53

1,304

6,792

10,633

Quarter I

278.2

1,750

796.8

4,191

344.1

978.3

1,322.4

39

967

13

339

1,874

3,232

Quarter II

142.3

990

688.5

3,712

166.3

886.7

1,053.0

43

439

12

285

1,624

2,403

Quarter III

176.9

985

914.3

5,153

227.0

1,358.1

1,585.1

52

485

18

321

1,530

2,406

Quarter IV

139.6

830

826.3

4,455

161.7

1,071.7

1,233.5

7

452

10

359

1,764

2,592

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter I

125.2

829

653.1

3,693

162.7

886.1

1,048.7

12

451

14

264

1,340

2,081

Quarter II

135.1

823

510.5

3,061

163.3

720.8

884.1

14

432

4

308

1,426

2,184


*The data excludes that part of Jerusalem Governorate which were annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation to the West Bank in 1967.

**Excluding boundary walls licenses.