Main Statistical Indicators in Gaza Strip
Indicator 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Population        
Population (million) .. .. .. .. 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9
Labour Force         
Labour Force Participation Rate .. .. 34.9 36.7 35.3 35.8 38.0 37.4 33.2 34.2 37.3 36.2 36.5 36.0 37.9 38.1 37.6 36.4 38.4 40.1 41.2 44.4 45.3 46.1
Employment Rate .. .. 71.6 67.7 73.3 78.8 83.1 81.1 66.0 62.1 70.9 64.7 69.7 65.2 70.3 59.4 61.4 62.2 71.3 69.0 67.4 56.1 64.1 58.3
Unemployment Rate .. .. 28.4 32.3 26.7 21.2 16.9 18.9 34.0 37.9 29.1 35.3 30.3 34.8 29.7 40.6 38.6 37.8 28.7 31.0 32.6 43.9 35.9 41.7
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity         
Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry .. .. 10.8 9.1 8.0 8.0 15.2 16.3 11.4 16.7 17.5 13.5 11.8 11.1 13.1 10.7 6.4 7.7 9.6 8.4 8.4 8.6 6.6 5.5
Mining, Quarrying and Manufacturing .. .. 15.2 14.9 14.5 13.6 13.1 11.4 9.6 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.3 6.3 6.6 4.5 5.4 4.8 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.9 6.3
Construction .. .. 15.4 13.1 16.5 20.5 17.8 13.3 4.4 6.3 10.4 8.1 9.2 5.9 4.3 0.9 0.9 3.0 6.0 7.7 7.0 2.0 4.4 6.3
Commerce, Restaurants and Hotels .. .. 18.6 17.4 17.9 16.6 12.7 13.1 16.4 16.2 17.0 15.6 16.4 17.3 18.2 18.6 18.3 17.3 18.4 17.5 19.2 19.2 20.2 20.9
Transportation, Storage and Communication .. .. 4.8 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.5 5.2 4.7 5.1 5.5 6.9 5.2 5.7 6.6 7.6 8.4 8.3 6.6 7.4 7.1
Services and Other Branches .. .. 35.2 41.4 38.9 37.0 36.5 41.4 53.4 47.5 40.7 49.0 49.2 53.9 50.9 60.1 63.3 60.6 52.9 52.6 51.8 58.7 55.5 53.9
Total     100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 100
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Occupation         
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers .. .. 5.3 5.0 3.2 3.1 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.1
Professionals, Technicians, Associates and Clerks .. .. 21.0 21.6 24.5 22.2 20.5 21.9 31.9 28.4 24.9 29.7 29.9 30.4 27.0 29.4 36.6 34.9 30.8 36.5 37.1 40.4 39.2 39.3
Service, Shop & Market Workers .. .. 6.6 12.1 8.3 9.2 11.1 19.7 25.8 23.1 21.4 23.5 25.1 29.4 30.4 35.0 30.8 28.5 27.4 22.0 22.9 24.7 23.5 44
Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers .. .. 7.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 11.5 13.1 9.7 13.4 14.3 11.5 8.5 7.7 11.3 8.4 3.9 3.4 5.9 5.3 4.7 5.5 2.8 2.1
Craft and Related Trade Workers .. .. 23.6 21.1 23.3 23.6 22.2 18.7 14.1 13.3 15.8 14.7 14.0 10.4 11.7 7.7 7.6 8.2 9.9 10.7 10.1 8.4 10.1 10.6
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers .. .. 6.6 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.6 6.5 6.4 5.9 6.4 5.8 6.1 6.6 7.3 5.3 6.8 6.6 7.6 7.6 8.0 6.3 7.2 7.1
Elementary Occupations .. .. 29.1 29.1 29.8 31.1 26.4 18.7 10.8 14.2 15.7 13.0 14.4 13.1 9.9 11.3 11.4 15.8 16.1 15.3 14.7 12.0 14.7 16.0
Total     100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 100
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Employment Status        
Employers .. .. 6.1 4.4 3.7 4.0 2.8 3.3 5.1 2.7 2.3 1.9 2.6 4.2 3.2 3.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.5
Self - Employed .. .. 20.4 19.4 21.0 19.7 19.1 17.3 19.7 24.5 24.7 22.3 22.6 19.5 21.2 18.5 14.9 14.3 17.7 16.0 17.4 17.3 13.9 14.0
Wage Employees .. .. 62.6 67.3 68.4 71.0 71.1 69.5 67.5 63.4 61.5 66.4 67.0 69.5 64.3 69.9 76.4 78.9 72.7 74.1 73.3 75.7 78.1 78.7
Unpaid Family Members .. .. 10.9 8.9 6.9 5.3 7.0 9.9 7.7 9.4 11.5 9.4 7.8 6.8 11.3 8.1 4.3 2.6 5.7 6.2 5.2 3.1 4.6 3.8
Total     100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 100
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Sector        
Public Sector .. .. 23.0 28.8 27.8 26.7 27.3 31.5 41.4 36.7 30.6 37.1 37.9 41.5 39.0 46.7 48.0 46.1 39.6 38.8 37.8 41.5 36.9 36.4
Private Sector .. .. 71.5 60.6 59.5 56.2 53.6 52.3 51.5 55.3 62.0 56.4 56.5 52.6 55.8 47.8 45.6 48.1 55.2 56.1 57.4 52.9 57.6 59.0
UNRWA .. .. 2.2 2.3 1.6 1.2 3.4 3.6 5.3 5.5 4.3 5.4 5.2 5.9 5.2 5.5 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.1 4.8 5.6 5.5 4.6
Israel and Settlements .. .. 3.3 8.3 11.1 15.9 15.7 12.6 1.8 2.5 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total .. .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100 100
Median Daily Net Wage (NIS) *     34.6 35.0 38.5 40.0 46.2 47.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 52.5 57.7 65.4 57.7 57.7 57.7 46.2 50.0 50.0 50.0 54.1 46.2 45.0
Average Daily Net Wage (NIS) * .. .. 42.5 42.4 44.0 46.9 51.0 52.5 54.2 55.0 53.4 58.3 62.0 69.0 65.1 60.9 62.7 58.2 61.6 64.3 63.1 63.9 61.9 61.6
Poverty and Living Standards        
Average Monthly Household Consumption in Jordanian Dinar .. .. .. 543.1 535.3 524.5 .. .. 450.3 .. .. 539.7 541.9 550.2 453.8 .. 692.8 719.0 756.6 .. ..      
Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38.3 38.0 38.8 .. ..      
Deep Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21.9 23.0 21.1 .. ..      
National Accounts        
Gross Domestic Product (Value in USD Million) .. 1099.5 1141.3 1148.7 1298.7 1467.2 1469.6 1265.9 1229.0 1134.8 1390.6 1493.2 1792.9 1478.9 1383.5 1264.8 1359.0 1513.3 1781.1 1905.8 2012.7 1709.1    
GDP per capita (Value in USD) .. 1346.8 1292.7 1224.4 1304.5 1420.7 1372.1 1140.7 1072.5 959.3 1138.8 1184.1 1374.5 1096.1 991.3 878.1 914.1 985.7 1121.1 1159.0 1182.9 971.1    
Real GDP growth rate (%) .. .. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2    
Consumer price index (Base year 2010=100) .. .. .. 57.96 62.65 66.34 68.98 71.02 70.30 71.76 73.54 75.88 77.73 81.34 82.60 94.15 98.31 100.00 100.57 101.06 100.29 103.14 104.97  
Foreign trade                
Registered Exports (US Thousand Dollar) .. .. .. 33137.4 42492.3 41181.7 41760.3 77758.4 38424.2 32733.6 45237.3 39937.8 41266.5 33955.7 22287.1 - 112.2 3337.4 3646.5 4683.3 1546.9 6365.5 ..  
Registered Imports (US Thousand Dollar) .. .. .. 664419.4 677828.6 662228.5 700932.0 677293.7 481034.5 444874.5 552186.6 643145.1 645677.5 684568.5 631582.8 557891.8 273181.5 385194.0 333492.5 391765.6 512164.1 652939.3 ..  
Agriculture                                                
Total of Cultivated Area / Dunum** 174412.0 185390.0 183803.0 185074.0 194957.0 152818.0 176934.0 183170.0 177311.0 164903.0 161502.0 168506.0 178495.0 181282.0 160209.0 .. .. 85253.0 105529.0 .. .. .. ..  
Hotels                                                
No. of Hotels .. .. .. 7 8 9 11 12 16 15 15 14 13 11 12 7 8 8 12 .. .. .. ..  
Room occupancy  % .. .. .. 24.3 23.9 22.3 28.5 27.9 4.2 17.7 10.4 4.3 5 1.6 1.9 2.7 0.7 2.0 4.4 .. .. .. ..  
No. of Guests .. .. ..     6,390     6,917     10,368     15,757     20,002       2,240       6,118       4,556 10,398 7,654 2,699       1,398 1,937 785       1,224       3,063 .. .. ..