Main Indicators

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Indicator Data/ Value Unit Year
Total population 4,781,248 Person 2017
West Bank 2,881,957 Person 2017
Gaza Strip 1,899,291 Person 2017
Percentage of population under the age of 18 years 45.0 Percentage 2017
Average  Household size1  5.1 Person 2017
West Bank 4.8 Person 2017
Gaza Strip 5.6 Person 2017
Percentage of households headed  by a female  (housewife) 10.0 Percentage 2017
West Bank 10.3 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 9.4 Percentage 2017
Percentage of households headed by a female (housewife) with children under 17 years of age  36.8 Percentage 2017
Illiteracy rates among persons aged 15 years and abave 3.3 rate 2017
Males 1.7 rate 2017
Females 5.0 rate 2017
Percentage of labor force participation of individuals 15 years and a bave 45.7 Percentage 2017
Males 71.6 Percentage 2017
Females 19.2 Percentage 2017
Unemployment rate for individuals 15 years and abave 28.4 rate 2017
Males 23.2 rate 2017
Females 48.2 rate 2017
Percentage of working children (15-17 years) 7.2 Percentage 2017
West Bank 9.7 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 3.4 Percentage 2017
Dropout rates in the basic stage 0.7 Percentage 2016/2017
West Bank 0.8 Percentage 2016/2017
Gaza Strip 0.6 Percentage 2016/2017
Failure Rate  in the basic stage 1.1 Percentage 2016/2017
West Bank 1.2 Percentage 2016/2017
Gaza Strip 0.9 Percentage 2016/2017
Mean no. of children ever born to women  (15years and above) 4.4 Person 2017
West Bank 4.3 Person 2017
Gaza Strip 4.5 Person 2017
Percentage of Persons with Disabilities in Palestine 2.1 Percentage 2017
Males 2.3 Percentage 2017
Females 1.9 Percentage 2017
Percentage of Persons with Disabilities in west Bank 1.8 Percentage 2017
Males 1.9 Percentage 2017
Females 1.6 Percentage 2017
Percentage of Persons with Disabilities in Gaza Strip 2.6 Percentage 2017
Males 2.9 Percentage 2017
Females 2.3 Percentage 2017
Percentage of Persons ( 0-17 years) with Disabilities in Palestine 0.9 Percentage 2017
Males 1.1 Percentage 2017
Females 0.8 Percentage 2017
Poverty among individuals in Palestine 29.2 Percentage 2017
West Bank 13.9 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 53.0 Percentage 2017
Percentage of poor children in Palestine 30.5 Percentage 2017
West Bank 13.8 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 53.1 Percentage 2017
Percentage of individuals in households using safe drinking water 62.4 Percentage 2017
West Bank 95.1 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 11.4 Percentage 2017
Total Fertility Rate 4.1 Persons 2011-2013
West Bank 3.7 Persons 2011-2013
Gaza Strip 4.5 Persons 2011-2013
Adolescent  fertility rate (births per 1000 women) 48.0 Persons 2014
West Bank 35.0 Persons 2014
Gaza Strip 66.0 Persons 2014
Women aged 20-49 years who first married below age 18 10.8 Percentage 2017
West Bank 8.5 Percentage 2017
Gaza Strip 13.8 Percentage 2017
Women aged 20-49 years with live births before reaching 18 years 22.0 Percentage 2014
West Bank 19.0 Percentage 2014
Gaza Strip 25.1 Percentage 2014