Main Statistical Indicators in the West Bank 

  
                                             
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) .. .. .. .. 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9
Labour Force         
Labour Force Participation Rate .. .. 40.8 42.2 42.9 43.8 43.4 43.8 41.3 39.8 41.5 42.2 42.5 43.8 43.7 43.0 43.8 43.7 45.5 45.5 45.0 46.6 46.1 45.6
Employment Rate .. .. 85.6 80.6 82.8 88.4 90.5 87.8 78.4 71.8 76.3 77.2 79.6 81.2 82.1 80.3 82.2 82.8 82.7 81.0 81.4 82.3 85.0 81.8
Unemployment Rate .. .. 14.4 19.4 17.2 11.6 9.5 12.2 21.6 28.2 23.7 22.8 20.4 18.8 17.9 19.7 17.8 17.2 17.3 19.0 18.6 17.7 15.0 18.2
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity         
Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry .. .. 13.4 16.2 15.8 14.9 11.5 13.1 12.5 14.8 15.7 17.5 16.4 18.8 17.3 15.4 13.7 13.3 12.8 12.8 11.5 11.1 9.5 8.1
Mining, Quarrying and Manufacturing .. .. 18.9 17.5 17.1 16.7 16.5 15.3 15.3 14.3 14.0 14.0 14.8 14.5 15.0 15.2 14.5 13.7 14.4 14.7 15.1 15.4 15.9 16.3
Construction .. .. 20.4 18.3 19.1 22.4 23.9 22.0 17.7 12.5 14.1 12.9 14.3 12.8 13.6 14.3 15.6 16.8 17.1 17.2 19.3 20.2 20.1 20.8
Commerce, Restaurants and Hotels .. .. 19.6 18.5 19.3 18.7 18.7 19.1 20.6 21.3 21.2 20.9 20.4 19.6 19.9 20.2 19.4 19.9 21.0 20.5 19.8 20.6 20.8 20.9
Transportation, Storage and Communication .. .. 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.0 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.9
Services and Other Branches .. .. 22.7 24.3 23.7 22.7 24.7 25.5 28.1 31.2 29.1 29.1 28.3 28.7 29.2 30.1 31.1 30.6 29.2 29.2 28.7 27.7 28.5 28.0
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 Occupation         
Legislators, Senior Officials & Managers .. .. 3.5 3.7 3.1 4.3 4.9 3.8 4.9 5.7 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.8 4.5 4.7 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.6
Professionals, Technicians, Associates and Clerks .. .. 17.3 17.3 17.1 14.8 17.7 19.3 20.6 22.0 20.9 21.1 20.1 19.6 20.4 21.0 21.6 20.6 21.4 22.6 22.5 21.5 21.8 21.9
Service, Shop & Market Workers .. .. 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 12.4 16.1 17.3 17.5 16.3 16.4 16.7 16.4 17.0 16.6 16.9 16.5 16.9 15.7 17.4 17.8 17.0
Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers .. .. 10.8 13.7 13.5 11.9 9.6 11.2 10.9 13.0 14.0 15.9 14.6 16.6 15.0 13.0 10.9 11.0 10.6 8.0 7.7 6.5 5.9 4.9
Craft and Related Trade Workers .. .. 28.9 25.1 24.8 24.5 22.9 23.1 20.4 18.7 19.6 17.8 18.7 17.9 17.7 18.1 18.5 18.6 18.4 18.5 21.0 21.5 22.0 23.1
Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers .. .. 7.7 7.1 8.4 8.9 8.7 8.7 10.0 9.3 9.4 9.7 10.3 10.1 10.4 9.2 9.1 8.3 7.9 9.5 10.4 10.6 10.6 11.0
Elementary Occupations .. .. 28.5 28.4 28.4 30.6 31.2 21.5 17.1 14.0 13.4 14.6 15.7 15.3 15.6 17.0 17.0 18.8 19.2 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.4 18.5
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 .. .. 7.0 6.0 5.9 6.5 6.6 5.3 4.9 4.3 4.2 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.7 7.0 7.1 7.4 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.7
Self - Employed .. .. 21.2 23.5 23.6 21.5 18.6 21.5 26.6 28.5 30.1 28.8 28.1 27.6 25.6 22.3 20.7 20.3 18.9 18.7 18.4 19.5 19.9 20.5
Wage Employees .. .. 61.9 59.0 59.3 63.0 66.5 63.7 58.8 56.6 54.2 54.2 55.5 54.5 57.2 61.9 63.0 63.6 64.1 63.9 65.9 64.6 64.9 65.6
Unpaid Family Members .. .. 9.9 11.5 11.2 9.0 8.3 9.5 9.7 10.6 11.5 11.9 11.3 13.1 12.8 11.1 9.3 9.0 9.6 9.8 8.6 8.5 7.8 6.2
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 .. .. 10.3 13.6 13.9 12.5 12.7 14.2 16.2 18.0 15.9 16.3 16.2 16.5 16.0 16.0 16.4 16.2 15.4 15.8 16.6 16.0 16.0 15.4
Private Sector .. .. 67.9 67.6 64.8 62.9 60.7 63.7 66.6 68.5 71.6 71.7 69.9 70.7 70.4 69.1 68.7 68.6 69.6 69.5 66.5 67.3 66.9 67.1
UNRWA .. .. 1.6 2.4 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5
Israel and Settlements .. .. 20.2 16.4 19.3 23.4 25.9 21.4 16.4 12.0 11.2 10.7 12.9 11.7 12.5 13.8 13.8 14.2 14.0 13.8 16.1 16.1 16.5 17.0
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) * .. .. 43.0 45.0 47.2 50.0 60.0 61.5 58.8 60.0 60.0 61.5 65.4 69.2 70.0 73.1 76.9 76.9 76.9 76.9 76.9 80.0 80.8 88.5
Average Daily Net Wage (NIS) * .. .. 54.4 48.8 52.3 57.3 66.1 69.3 68.9 70.9 71.9 72.2 73.1 76.6 77.2 81.7 85.9 85.8 85.0 87.1 89.0 90.9 94.1 98.1
Poverty and Living Standards        
Average Monthly Household Consumption in Jordanian Dinar .. .. .. 675.4 669.6 634.2 .. .. 648.9 .. .. 631.4 680.3 706.5 790.8 .. 932.0 1045.7 1105.7 .. ..      
Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19.4 18.3 17.8 .. ..      
Deep Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.1 8.8 7.8 .. ..      
National Accounts        
Gross Domestic Product (Value in USD Million) .. 1981.2 2158.7 2191.4 2531.3 2911.8 3272.0 3070.0 2703.2 2306.3 2532.8 2836.0 3003.8 3130.7 3529.9 3947.3 4304.6 4609.0 5101.2 5409.0 5464.3 5754.3    
GDP per capita (Value in USD) .. 1494.2 1522.9 1461.0 1602.9 1787.6 1948.3 1774.3 1520.6 1263.1 1350.5 1472.0 1515.2 1534.8 1681.9 1830.5 1943.0 2025.1 2181.5 2251.3 2214.0 2269.3    
Real GDP growth rate (%) .. .. 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1    
Consumer price index (Base year 2010=100) .. .. .. 54.77 58.59 61.48 65.48 67.57 69.35 73.56 76.73 78.95 82.10 86.22 86.87 95.39 95.94 100.00 103.54 107.77 111.11 112.44 113.89  
Foreign trade        
Registered Exports (US Thousand Dollar) .. .. .. 306329.8 337931.1 351998.5 330387.3 323098.9 251924.9 208133.5 234442.4 272750.6 294176.9 332752.9 490691.9 558446.0 518243.3 572175.6 715942.5 777685.5 899071.0 937351.9    
Registered Imports (US Thousand Dollar) .. .. .. 1351859.5 1560731.6 1712856.0 2306295.1 1705512.8 1552612.6 1070733.4 1248081.5 1730103.4 2021914.7 2074157.3 2652452.2 2908276.2 3327603.9 3573318.0 3887613.5 4305590.3 4651733.3 5030260.0    
Agriculture        
Total of Cultivated Area / Dunum** 1652591.0 1736580.0 1646077.0 1649584.0 1666423.0 1459195.0 1659855.0 1632377.0 1673759.0 1650116.0 1662168.0 1664844.0 1647601.0 1653569.0 1693742.0 .. .. 826303.0 929372.0 .. ..      
Hotels              
No. of Hotels       65 77 83 80 94 68 57 60 66 64 68 70 80 92 87 91 98 113 109 112 125
Room occupancy  %       38.3 31.7 27.5 35.5 35.1 8.4 11.3 13.4 15.2 16.9 17.6 27.8 50.8 34.9 37.9 28.4 29.1 24.8 25.2 22.5 20.6
No. of Guests       223,322 213,933 203,852 311,114 315,709 57,968 45,239 58,256 89,786 124,254 149,102 312,850 444,196 451,840 576,159 507,372 575,495 600,362 610,347 484394 448247