Selected Indicators for Education in Palestine by Level of Education and Region for Scholastic Years 1994/1995

Selected Indicators for Education in Palestine by Level of Education and Region for Scholastic Years 1994/1995 - 2020/2021

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Region and Scholastic Year	Pre- School Education (1)			School Education (1)			(2) Higher Education
Region and Scholastic Year	Number of Kindergartens	Number of Children	Average Number of Students Per Class	Number of Schools	Number of Students	Average Number of Students Per Class	Number of Students in Universities, University Colleges	Number of Students in Community Colleges	Number of Graduates in Universities, University Colleges	Number of Graduates in Community Colleges
Palestine
1994/1995	436	36,829	22.3	1,474	617,868	36.5	29,380	4,110	3,032	1,587
1995/1996	532	44,927	22.6	1,470	662,627	36.8	37,094	3,822	3,441	1,413
1996/1997	705	69,134	43.3	1,532	712,820	36.6	46,176	4,599	5,600	1,434
1997/1998	789	75,032	42.2	1,611	763,467	36.5	52,427	4,299	6,323	1,965
1998/1999	823	77,173	39.6	1,691	812,722	36.5	60,846	5,436	8,380	1,780
1999/2000	843	77,402	40.0	1,767	865,540	36.8	66,050	5,157	9,304	2,004
2000/2001	811	69,247	36.4	1,835	907,128	36.6	75,579	4,964	10,794	2,357
2001/2002	806	66,506	36.3	1,918	947,299	36.4	83,408	5,313	10,628	2,199
2002/2003	758	61,874	38.1	2,006	984,108	36.1	98,439	5,892	10,822	1,503
2003/2004	847	70,225	35.1	2,109	1,017,443	35.5	113,417	8,511	15,246	1,727
2004/2005	901	73,119	34.1	2,192	1,043,935	35.0	129,137	9,002	16,237	1,798
2005/2006	935	77,142	25.0	2,277	1,067,489	34.4	139,138	11,135	17,367	2,824
2006/2007	945	78,951	25.0	2,337	1,085,274	34.0	158,132	11,241	21,779	3,496
2007/2008	972	84,289	25.0	2,430	1,097,957	32.9	167,984	12,972	..	..
2008/2009	..	..	..	2,488	1,109,126	32.3	..	..	27,129	3,077
2009/2010	..	..	..	2,577	1,113,802	31.6	185,011	11,614	28,753	2,949
2010/2011	..	..	..	2,652	1,116,991	31.1	201,389	12,584	30,236	2,725
2011/2012	..	..	..	2,707	1,129,538	30.4	205,120	12,087	32,551	2,940
2012/2013	1,323	111,457	23.8	2,753	1,136,739	30.3	201,308	12,273	34,515	3,167
2013/2014	..	..	..	2,784	1,151,702	30.2	203,428	11,123	36,830	3,213
2014/2015	1,620	135,117	23.9	2,856	1,171,596	29.9	209,125	12,270	39,672	3,872
2015/2016	1,665	141,396	23.9	2,914	1,192,808	30.1	204,745	11,283	40,734	3,712
2016/2017	1,808	146,833	..	2,963	1,229,756	30.3	207,362	11,053	43,978	3,390
2017/2018	1,954	150,850	22.7	2,998	1,253,238	30.5	211,294	11,480	42,773	2,949
2018/2019	2,017	148,253	22.4	3,037	1,282,054	30.8	207,307	10,819	39,647	2,747
2019/2020	2,164	160,162	23.5	3,074	1,309,165	30.8	207,382	10,263	38,325	2,812
2020/2021	2,125	136,705	19.2	3,107	1,338,353	30.4	203,621	11,144	..	..
West Bank
1994/1995	423	35,768	21.4	1,136	382,947	32.7	..	..	..	..
1995/1996	519	43,804	21.9	1,162	403,173	32.9	..	..	..	..
1996/1997	505	44,020	27.6	1,193	431,565	32.7	..	..	..	..
1997/1998	570	49,020	27.5	1,244	459,081	32.4	..	..	..	..
1998/1999	617	52,204	26.8	1,308	485,490	32.4	..	..	..	..
1999/2000	606	50,788	26.2	1,362	516,715	32.7	..	..	..	..
2000/2001	596	46,728	24.5	1,415	540,848	32.6	..	..	..	..
2001/2002	579	44,589	24.3	1,477	563,416	32.5	..	..	..	..
2002/2003	538	40,321	24.8	1,527	582,307	32.3
2003/2004	651	49,408	24.7	1,603	601,941	31.8	..	..	..	..
2004/2005	694	52,066	24.3	1,665	618,510	31.4	..	..	..	..
2005/2006	729	55,533	24.7	1,715	633,482	31.0	..	..	..	..
2006/2007	688	51,560	24.5	1,755	643,344	30.6	..	..	..	..
2007/2008	712	56,070	24.5	1,809	654,217	30.1	..	..	..	..
2008/2009	671	..	24.1	1,848	657,057	29.4	..	..	..	..
2009/2010	731	56,728	23.9	1,917	660,565	28.7	..	..	..	..
2010/2011	782	60,134	23.1	1,975	666,737	28.2	..	..	..	..
2011/2012	862	63,007	22.2	2,019	668,754	27.6	..	..	..	..
2012/2013	965	69,588	23.1	2,059	673,172	28.2	..	..	..	..
2013/2014	1,057	73,535	22.0	2,094	677,004	27.0	..	..	..	..
2014/2015	1,137	77,883	21.8	2,144	684,699	26.6	..	..	..	..
2015/2016	1,147	78,721	21.7	2,194	693,165	26.5	..	..	..	..
2016/2017	1,195	79,908	21.2	2,249	703,963	26.4	..	..	..	..
2017/2018	1,263	81,316	20.8	2,269	711,906	26.4	..	..	..	..
2018/2019	1,332	82,066	20.7	2,300	720,943	26.4	..	..	..	..
2019/2020	1,452	93,909	22.7	2,323	734,316	26.3	..	..	26,669	1,999
2020/2021	1,488	80,549	17.8	2,343	746,869	25.8	131,380	5,540	..	..
Gaza Strip
1994/1995	13	1,061	30.8	338	234,921	44.8	..	..	..	..
1995/1996	13	1,123	26.1	308	259,454	45.2	..	..	..	..
1996/1997	200	25,114	29.8	339	281,255	44.8	..	..	..	..
1997/1998	219	26,012	28.5	367	304,386	45.3	..	..	..	..
1998/1999	206	24,969	28.0	383	327,232	45.0	..	..	..	..
1999/2000	237	26,614	27.3	405	348,825	45.1	..	..	..	..
2000/2001	215	22,519	26.1	420	366,280	44.7	..	..	..	..
2001/2002	227	21,917	25.5	441	383,883	44.3	..	..	..	..
2002/2003	220	21,553	25.8	479	401,801	43.5
2003/2004	196	20,817	27.4	506	415,502	42.7	..	..	..	..
2004/2005	207	21,053	30.8	527	425,425	42.0	..	..	..	..
2005/2006	206	21,609	26.1	562	434,007	41.1	..	..	..	..
2006/2007	257	27,391	26.1	582	441,930	40.4	..	..	..	..
2007/2008	260	28,219	26.1	621	443,740	38.3	..	..	..	..
2008/2009	..	..	..	640	452,069	38.8	..	..	..	..
2009/2010	..	..	..	660	453,237	37.1	..	..	..	..
2010/2011	..	..	..	677	450,254	36.7	..	..	..	..
2011/2012	..	..	..	688	460,784	36.7	..	..	..	..
2012/2013	358	41,869	26.9	694	463,567	36.0	..	..	..	..
2013/2014	..	..	..	690	474,698	36.3	..	..	..	..
2014/2015	483	57,234	27.4	712	486,897	36.3	..	..	..	..
2015/2016	518	62,675	27.6	720	499,643	36.9	..	..	..	..
2016/2017	613	66,925	..	714	525,793	37.7	..	..	..	..
2017/2018	691	69,534	25.4	729	541,332	38.3	..	..	..	..
2018/2019	685	66,187	24.9	737	561,111	39.3	..	..	..	..
2019/2020	712	66,253	24.7	751	574,849	39.3	..	..	11,656	813
2020/2021	637	56,156	21.6	764	591,484	39.4	72,241	5,604	..	..

(..) means not available
The data for Schools do not include the Israeli Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem
Source (1): Ministry of Education, 2021. Data base of education survey for Scholastic Years 1994\1995 - 2020\2021 Ramallah – Palestine
Source (2): Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, 2021. Higher education statistical yearbook for Scholastic Years 1994/1995 - 2020/2021. Ramallah – Palestine