PCBS | Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of expenditure and Region for January - August 2020 and Percent Changes from January

Monthly Consumer Price Index Numbers by Major Groups of expenditure and Region for January - August 2020 and Percent Changes from January - August 2019

(Base Year 2018 =100)

Publish Date:14-09-2020

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Major Groups of Expenditure	Palestine (1-8)/2019	Jan-20	Feb-20	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20	Jun-20	Jul-20	Aug-20	Palestine (1-8)/2020	% Change Palestine
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	103.00	101.68	101.67	103.83	102.60	100.11	98.38	97.86	97.99	100.52	-2.41
Alcholoic Beverages Tobacco and Narcotics	101.43	101.34	101.42	101.92	102.23	101.86	101.83	102.10	101.92	101.83	0.40
Clothing and Footwear	97.96	95.94	95.33	94.71	94.51	94.13	94.25	94.00	93.85	94.59	-3.44
Housing Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels	100.02	100.12	99.97	100.85	100.91	99.98	99.69	99.70	100.00	100.15	0.13
Furnishings Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	98.77	99.23	98.76	98.32	97.82	97.73	97.70	97.28	97.06	97.99	-0.79
Health	99.22	99.25	98.97	99.50	99.48	99.72	99.81	99.43	99.52	99.46	0.24
Transport	99.46	99.32	98.82	98.82	95.08	94.49	94.52	95.73	95.83	96.58	-2.90
Information and Communication	97.37	95.06	95.12	95.25	94.75	94.87	94.79	94.52	94.34	94.84	-2.60
Recreation Sport Culture Gardens and Pets	109.91	111.87	117.96	116.58	116.25	116.21	116.78	116.78	116.70	116.14	5.67
Education Services	101.67	100.28	100.28	100.44	100.44	100.44	100.93	100.93	100.93	100.58	-1.07
Resturants and Accomodation Services	101.69	104.97	104.33	103.61	104.22	103.33	103.20	102.90	102.38	103.62	1.90
Miscellaneous Goods and Services (12+13)	103.08	106.02	105.96	106.42	106.43	106.48	106.57	106.61	106.63	106.39	3.21
Insurance and Financial Services	99.76	97.97	97.88	99.58	99.52	99.35	100.04	99.96	99.87	99.27	-0.49
Personal Care Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	104.18	108.69	108.64	108.69	108.73	108.84	108.74	108.82	108.87	108.75	4.39
Consumer Price Index	101.33	101.33	101.26	102.00	101.09	100.18	99.71	99.69	99.72	100.62	-0.70
Major Groups of Expenditure	Jerusalem J1* (1-8)/2019	Jan-20	Feb-20	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20	Jun-20	Jul-20	Aug-20	Jerusalem J1* (1-8)/2020	% Change Jerusalem J1*
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	102.40	104.67	104.09	105.47	106.18	104.64	102.27	101.91	102.78	104.00	1.56
Alcholoic Beverages Tobacco and Narcotics	101.00	99.92	99.92	99.92	99.92	99.92	99.76	99.76	99.76	99.86	-1.13
Clothing and Footwear	93.31	92.35	91.70	91.04	91.10	90.89	91.82	91.98	90.61	91.44	-2.00
Housing Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels	99.80	103.07	103.60	103.89	103.37	103.55	103.33	103.34	103.45	103.45	3.66
Furnishings Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	98.56	99.66	99.56	98.76	97.77	97.91	98.50	98.47	98.54	98.65	0.09
Health	97.87	103.91	105.29	105.29	105.29	105.29	107.48	107.48	107.86	105.99	8.29
Transport	96.69	94.37	93.37	94.16	85.99	84.91	87.74	91.91	92.67	90.64	-6.26
Information and Communication	96.50	95.83	95.91	95.69	94.54	94.16	94.03	94.02	93.97	94.77	-1.80
Recreation Sport Culture Gardens and Pets	110.33	110.69	116.33	115.01	115.11	115.53	115.17	115.46	115.70	114.88	4.12
Education Services	102.02	107.43	107.43	107.43	107.43	107.43	110.39	110.39	110.39	108.54	6.39
Resturants and Accomodation Services	115.02	125.31	123.76	123.76	123.76	123.76	120.23	117.67	117.18	121.93	6.01
Miscellaneous Goods and Services (12+13)	103.46	106.92	106.96	107.02	107.06	107.41	107.34	107.51	107.72	107.24	3.65
Insurance and Financial Services	102.43	106.40	106.39	106.43	106.42	106.41	106.37	106.37	106.36	106.39	3.87
Personal Care Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	103.84	107.12	107.17	107.24	107.30	107.78	107.70	107.94	108.22	107.56	3.58
Consumer Price Index	100.84	102.57	102.43	102.79	101.61	101.20	101.14	101.65	101.95	101.92	1.06
Major Groups of Expenditure	Gaza Strip (1-8)/2019	Jan-20	Feb-20	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20	Jun-20	Jul-20	Aug-20	Gaza Strip (1-8)/2020	% Change Gaza Strip
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	100.15	99.88	99.29	100.65	102.24	99.06	94.86	93.84	94.48	98.04	-2.11
Alcholoic Beverages Tobacco and Narcotics	105.33	105.07	105.82	108.81	110.76	108.31	108.34	110.02	108.81	108.24	2.77
Clothing and Footwear	101.74	99.12	98.85	98.51	97.45	96.40	95.70	95.30	95.63	97.12	-4.54
Housing Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels	100.85	98.92	97.26	99.60	98.89	98.71	98.55	98.96	99.38	98.78	-2.05
Furnishings Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	100.43	99.79	99.03	99.85	99.97	99.06	98.39	98.48	97.98	99.07	-1.36
Health	95.95	94.48	93.78	92.98	92.95	93.61	93.29	92.38	92.23	93.21	-2.85
Transport	99.60	99.38	99.36	99.59	97.52	97.32	100.95	101.25	101.28	99.58	-0.02
Information and Communication	97.20	94.75	94.32	95.12	95.00	96.95	96.92	96.50	97.02	95.82	-1.42
Recreation Sport Culture Gardens and Pets	109.06	109.78	116.19	116.08	114.88	114.96	114.70	113.72	114.19	114.31	4.82
Education Services	100.56	95.41	95.41	94.49	94.49	94.49	94.51	94.51	94.51	94.73	-5.80
Resturants and Accomodation Services	101.01	105.91	104.90	101.24	103.88	99.29	98.61	94.87	94.96	100.46	-0.54
Miscellaneous Goods and Services (12+13)	101.15	103.70	103.61	103.57	103.68	103.51	103.75	103.63	103.44	103.61	2.44
Insurance and Financial Services	96.70	96.47	96.33	96.52	96.42	96.13	95.52	95.37	95.22	96.00	-0.72
Personal Care Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	103.45	107.44	107.39	107.23	107.45	107.33	108.02	107.92	107.70	107.56	3.97
Consumer Price Index	100.53	100.31	99.95	100.64	101.03	99.72	98.54	98.11	98.31	99.58	-0.94
Major Groups of Expenditure	West Bank** (1-8)/2019	Jan-20	Feb-20	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20	Jun-20	Jul-20	Aug-20	West Bank** (1-8)/2020	% Change West Bank**
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages	103.82	101.91	102.21	104.80	102.20	99.82	99.14	98.79	98.60	100.93	-2.78
Alcholoic Beverages Tobacco and Narcotics	100.63	100.82	100.76	100.81	100.82	100.83	100.82	100.83	100.84	100.82	0.19
Clothing and Footwear	97.53	95.51	94.79	94.09	94.14	93.96	94.21	93.94	93.84	94.31	-3.30
Housing Water Electricity Gas and Other Fuels	99.75	99.82	100.09	100.55	101.05	99.54	99.19	99.04	99.33	99.83	0.08
Furnishings Household Equipment and Routine Houshold Maintenance	98.33	98.97	98.51	97.77	97.18	97.30	97.33	96.66	96.47	97.53	-0.82
Health	100.61	100.58	100.28	101.36	101.35	101.45	101.47	101.25	101.41	101.14	0.53
Transport	99.90	100.15	99.65	99.49	96.24	95.68	94.69	95.54	95.53	97.12	-2.78
Information and Communication	97.55	95.01	95.22	95.21	94.71	94.34	94.26	93.99	93.56	94.54	-3.09
Recreation Sport Culture Gardens and Pets	110.09	112.82	118.90	117.09	116.95	116.78	117.82	118.08	117.75	117.02	6.30
Education Services	101.95	100.67	100.67	101.19	101.19	101.19	101.45	101.45	101.45	101.16	-0.78
Resturants and Accomodation Services	99.82	101.41	101.03	101.15	101.20	101.38	101.98	103.17	102.44	101.72	1.90
Miscellaneous Goods and Services (12+13)	103.71	106.66	106.58	107.34	107.31	107.36	107.44	107.50	107.55	107.22	3.38
Insurance and Financial Services	100.74	96.03	95.96	99.15	99.10	98.95	100.69	100.62	100.54	98.88	-1.85
Personal Care Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services	104.49	109.47	109.39	109.50	109.48	109.58	109.22	109.32	109.40	109.42	4.72
Consumer Price Index	101.58	101.42	101.46	102.28	101.01	100.13	99.81	99.83	99.75	100.71	-0.86

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, 2020. Ramallah– Palestine.
J1* those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
**Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

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