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

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

Labour Force 

 

Labour Force Participation Rate

..

..

35.4

36.4

35.7

36.4

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

Full Employment Rate

..

..

48.6

57.5

68.8

76.8

81.2

78.8

64.1

60.3

67.3

62.6

67.4

60.6

65.6

53.0

55.9

56.5

64.9

62.7

61.0

Underemployment Rate

..

..

22.0

10.0

4.4

2.3

1.9

2.3

1.9

1.8

3.6

2.1

2.3

4.6

4.7

6.4

5.5

5.7

6.4

6.3

6.4

Unemployment Rate

..

..

29.4

32.5

26.8

20.9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poverty and Living Standards

 

Average Monthly Household Consumption in Jordanian Dinar

..

..

..

502.8

490.3

482.8

..

..

400.5

..

..

498.2

521.3

509.0

414.5

..

692.8

719.0

756.6

..

..

Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

33.7

38.0

38.8

..

..

Deep Poverty Rate Among Individuals According to Monthly Consumption Patterns

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

19.9

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

..

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

..

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

..

Consumer price index (Base year 2010=100)

..

..

..

58.0

62.7

66.3

69.0

71.0

70.3

71.8

73.5

75.9

77.7

81.3

82.6

94.2

98.3

100.0

100.6

101.1

100.3

Foreign trade

         

Registered Exports (US Thousand Dollar)

..

..

..

33137.4

42270.1

41008.0

41760.3

77758.4

38424.2

32733.6

45237.3

39937.8

41266.5

33955.7

21645.1

..

112.2

3337.4

3646.0

4683.3

..

Registered Imports (US Thousand Dollar)

..

..

..

664492.9

677828.3

662223.6

700932.0

677293.7

481034.5

444874.5

552182.8

643141.9

645677.5

684568.5

485883.0

559039.0

273181.5

385194.0

319264.0

391765.6

..

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

..

..


*: Workers in Israel and Settlements are excluded

** The data of 1993 till 2008 have not been collected according to the international recommendations about the Statistical Unit and it is estimated data at locality level from MoA, while 2010  and 2011 data from agricultural census and survey which collected according agricultural holdings