Percentage Distribution of Individuals Aged 15 Years and Above from Gaza Strip by
Sex, Age and Labour Force Status, 2022
click here to download						Dissemination date 04/08/2024
Sex and Governorate	Full Employment	Time Related Underemployment	Unemployment	Total	Inside LF	Outside LF	Total
Males
15-24	40.6	2.2	57.2	100	41.2	58.8	100
25-34	51.2	2.8	46.0	100	86.2	13.8	100
35-44	73.0	2.0	25.0	100	86.6	13.4	100
45-54	77.1	1.6	21.3	100	74.7	25.3	100
55-64	80.8	0.3	18.9	100	41.1	58.9	100
+65	80.1	-	19.9	100	6.8	93.2	100
Total	58.7	2.2	39.1	100	63.4	36.6	100
Females
15-24	12.0	1.0	87.0	100	9.7	90.3	100
25-34	20.0	1.9	78.1	100	32.2	67.8	100
35-44	48.1	1.4	50.5	100	26.0	74.0	100
45-54	70.5	0.8	28.7	100	13.0	87.0	100
55-64	90.9	-	9.1	100	5.7	94.3	100
+65	-	-	-	100	0.6	99.4	100
Total	31.1	1.5	67.4	100	18.3	81.7	100
Both sexes
15-24	35.5	1.9	62.6	100	25.8	74.2	100
25-34	42.9	2.5	54.6	100	59.5	40.5	100
35-44	67.2	1.9	30.9	100	56.1	43.9	100
45-54	76.1	1.5	22.4	100	44.1	55.9	100
55-64	82.0	0.3	17.7	100	23.8	76.2	100
+65	82.0	-	18.0	100	3.5	96.5	100
Total	52.7	2.0	45.3	100	41.0	59.0	100
Persons Outside labour force: All persons aged 15 years and over who are either employed or unemployed.
The population not economically active: comprises all persons 15 years and over, who were neither employed nor unemployed accordingly to the definitions over. Because they don’t have any desire to work or because of the availability of another source of income.
Persons in employment: comprise all persons above a specified age who during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories: paid employment; self employment as well as unpaid family members.
Unemployed persons: are those individuals aged 15 years and over who did not work at all during the reference period, who were not absent from a job, were available for work and actively seeking a job during the reference period by one of the following methods news paper, registered at employment office, ask friends or relatives or any other method.
Time related underemployment: All persons who were employed during a short reference period and the total actual hours worked in all jobs were less than 35 hours and they wanted to work additional hours, who were available to work additional hours if they given an opportunity for additional work.
(-) means no enough observations
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2024. Labor Force Survey: 2022 Ramallah, Palestine.