Unemployment Rate Among labour Force Participants of Persons Aged 15 Years and Above in Palestine by Sex and Governorate, 2000-2015

Sex and Governorate 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Males                          
Jenin 18.4 40.9 48.2 39.0 30.7 25.7 23.5 20.3 24.7 18.7 15.5 12.4 13.1 16.3 12.3 13.8
Tubas 16.3 33.6 41.8 27.0 22.9 18.3 17.5 20.3 16.7 11.4 11.5 14.2 13.9 13.2 11.5 15.7
Tulkarm 17.3 22.3 25.9 26.9 22.8 21.4 21.6 19.4 20.1 18.5 20.1 20.8 26.1 14.0 11.0 13.4
Nablus 10.2 23.0 30.7 25.9 20.0 16.8 16.9 15.4 15.0 12.9 13.7 11.9 10.7 11.9 14.2 12.9
Qalqiliya 18.2 36.7 30.8 27.1 24.2 21.2 16.1 16.9 22.7 20.3 18.6 20.4 20.3 11.9 11.1 11.0
Salfit 18.8 47.0 34.4 27.3 21.7 22.1 18.2 18.2 18.8 14.1 12.8 13.9 13.8 17.6 14.1 11.9
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 9.9 28.4 28.1 21.8 20.8 16.2 15.4 15.7 17.5 17.3 15.5 15.6 16.7 15.8 12.9 17.6
Jericho & AL Aghwar 7.9 12.8 11.6 9.2 12.3 13.0 14.9 7.8 10.0 8.7 13.3 12.0 15.6 13.9 16.6 12.3
Jerusalem 12.4 17.2 31.0 24.3 25.1 18.3 14.8 15.4 12.7 11.5 11.1 12.0 17.5 16.9 17.1 12.3
Bethlehem 10.4 12.1 22.7 19.8 23.2 14.2 13.8 18.8 23.2 20.4 20.3 18.4 20.4 19.9 17.8 11.4
Hebron 10.5 17.0 28.7 23.3 27.6 27.9 24.9 23.9 27.8 23.4 21.1 19.9 20.6 21.7 18.9 18.3
North Gaza 17.0 36.4 38.6 27.7 37.5 33.9 39.7 31.8 39.8 35.7 34.9 25.9 29.9 28.0 39.8 37.7
Gaza 17.1 33.7 36.6 27.3 32.9 25.5 33.2 23.7 37.3 33.6 34.0 24.4 23.9 24.8 35.6 31.0
Dier Al-Balah 21.8 34.4 40.0 31.1 36.6 33.6 35.9 33.6 41.8 32.1 38.5 22.5 24.4 22.5 44.2 44.3
Khanyunis 21.5 37.6 39.6 34.3 39.6 31.2 36.2 36.6 47.9 47.9 41.5 28.2 29.6 33.1 44.0 37.8
Rafah 19.4 35.2 42.7 29.1 36.2 28.8 30.3 27.7 34.0 36.8 32.4 29.5 28.6 32.9 42.2 34.5
Total 14.6 27.1 33.5 26.8 28.1 23.8 24.4 22.3 27.2 24.1 23.1 19.2 20.5 20.6 23.9 22.5
Females                                
Jenin 7.2 10.1 20.1 19.1 20.4 23.2 21.3 14.1 14.6 19.0 15.1 17.4 21.5 30.3 31.5 24.5
Tubas 13.4 14.6 25.3 17.8 17.2 25.4 25.9 18.8 17.0 20.0 12.8 17.1 20.0 24.1 27.0 26.6
Tulkarm 13.1 12.9 14.7 14.4 19.5 22.6 22.4 25.5 34.1 36.0 32.5 28.7 35.0 25.2 22.1 32.0
Nablus 14.5 21.1 22.0 23.2 22.4 22.6 19.8 16.2 18.3 12.8 13.7 24.7 27.6 23.8 28.8 31.0
Qalqiliya 13.4 9.1 10.7 8.6 14.7 18.8 17.1 13.9 26.2 37.2 25.8 27.8 26.6 20.5 18.8 22.8
Salfit 13.6 11.3 11.2 10.3 10.8 18.4 14.7 21.0 21.3 22.7 22.4 21.8 32.3 25.6 33.0 28.6
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 7.1 7.9 16.3 13.6 15.9 13.7 18.8 17.0 15.8 16.3 18.2 19.0 20.1 18.0 21.1 27.5
Jericho & AL Aghwar 3.9 5.4 6.8 9.9 15.7 13.8 12.2 16.9 9.4 5.9 10.8 18.1 28.2 22.9 22.7 22.7
Jerusalem 6.5 4.9 5.3 12.7 14.3 10.9 8.3 9.1 9.5 13.5 17.7 22.0 19.9 23.0 34.0 26.8
Bethlehem 5.6 5.4 4.4 8.8 5.6 8.4 13.4 13.3 14.0 19.5 24.1 21.5 19.7 23.9 30.2 22.3
Hebron 10.4 9.2 10.9 14.9 12.8 16.6 16.3 15.5 18.4 18.9 22.5 26.1 30.3 33.9 28.4 25.2
North Gaza 12.4 19.9 21.2 27.1 29.8 30.5 32.8 29.6 36.0 42.2 42.2 43.1 48.8 52.5 52.3 59.5
Gaza 20.9 18.4 29.8 32.0 31.6 37.4 33.5 38.0 46.1 39.3 38.8 39.3 52.1 51.4 57.9 59.3
Dier Al-Balah 26.4 32.3 38.1 32.9 37.6 41.2 29.9 25.9 46.5 46.6 41.4 43.2 54.9 62.9 65.2 58.9
Khanyunis 15.3 24.8 24.0 18.6 27.3 30.7 34.5 25.1 41.7 57.1 64.0 49.6 46.2 48.1 53.5 58.2
Rafah 18.7 28.6 23.7 20.7 27.2 29.9 28.7 31.6 43.3 46.0 55.1 46.9 47.5 54.0 54.2 63.1
Total 12.4 13.8 17.0 18.2 20.0 22.2 20.5 19.1 24.2 26.4 26.8 28.4 32.9 35.0 38.4 39.2
Both sexes                                
Jenin 16.4 36.7 44.6 35.0 28.3 25.1 23.0 18.9 22.6 18.8 15.4 13.5 15.0 18.9 16.2 16.1
Tubas 15.7 30.4 39.1 24.5 21.7 20.0 19.5 20.0 16.8 13.3 11.8 15.0 15.6 16.0 15.5 18.1
Tulkarm 16.5 20.5 23.5 24.5 22.1 21.7 21.8 20.4 22.4 21.8 22.3 22.2 27.7 16.5 13.5 17.8
Nablus 11.1 22.7 29.2 25.4 20.5 17.9 17.5 15.5 15.6 12.9 13.7 14.8 14.6 14.6 17.6 17.0
Qalqiliya 17.5 32.3 26.9 22.5 21.9 20.7 16.3 16.3 23.4 23.4 19.8 21.8 21.5 13.8 12.6 13.2
Salfit 17.8 40.4 28.8 23.0 18.8 21.2 17.4 18.8 19.3 15.7 15.2 16.0 17.9 19.3 18.6 15.4
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 9.5 25.8 25.7 20.3 19.8 15.6 16.2 16.0 17.1 17.1 16.1 16.4 17.4 16.3 14.6 19.7
Jericho & AL Aghwar 7.2 11.1 10.8 9.3 12.8 13.1 14.4 9.7 9.8 8.0 12.7 13.3 18.4 15.6 17.9 14.5
Jerusalem 11.7 15.9 28.6 23.0 23.7 17.5 13.9 14.4 12.2 11.8 11.9 13.2 17.8 17.6 19.0 13.9
Bethlehem 9.6 11.2 20.3 18.1 20.9 13.4 13.7 17.4 20.9 20.2 21.2 19.2 20.2 20.8 20.6 13.7
Hebron 10.5 15.8 26.3 22.0 25.1 25.9 23.1 22.1 25.9 22.5 21.4 21.0 22.3 23.9 20.6 19.6
North Gaza 16.3 34.7 36.9 27.6 36.6 33.6 39.0 31.5 39.2 36.6 35.8 28.5 32.8 32.0 42.0 41.7
Gaza 17.5 32.4 36.1 27.7 32.7 26.7 33.2 25.1 38.3 34.4 34.5 26.4 28.3 29.5 40.0 36.5
Dier Al-Balah 22.5 34.1 39.8 31.4 36.8 35.0 34.9 32.3 42.7 35.2 39.0 26.1 30.7 31.0 49.7 48.0
Khanyunis 20.4 36.2 38.3 31.9 38.2 31.1 36.0 34.3 46.9 49.3 44.7 32.0 33.0 36.3 46.4 42.5
Rafah 19.3 34.4 40.9 28.1 35.1 29.0 30.1 28.5 35.7 38.4 36.4 33.0 32.8 37.5 45.4 41.6
Total 14.3 25.3 31.2 25.5 26.8 23.5 23.7 21.7 26.6 24.5 23.7 20.9 23.0 23.4 26.9 25.9