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PCBS | Press Release for (Educational fields and labor market for persons aged 20-29 years).

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Educational fields and labor market among individuals aged (20-29 years) in 2020. 

Business and Administration is the field where most students aged (20-29 years) were enrolled, whether for intermediate diploma or a bachelor’s degree (BA).

In 2020, business and Administration is the field where most students aged (20-29 years) were enrolled, whether for intermediate diploma or a bachelor’s degree (BA). In the past decade, the majority of them also majored in business and administration. While, the highest unemployment rates among graduates aged (20-29 years) with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree in Palestine is in mathematics and statistics.

 

Clear gap of unemployment rates between Females and Males for all fields of education

In 2020, the highest unemployment rates among male graduates aged (20-29 years) with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree in Palestine is in welfare by 63%, while the highest unemployment rates among female graduates aged (20-29 years) with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree in Palestine is in humanities (excluding languages) by 86%.

 

Percentage Distribution among Individuals (20-29 years) in Palestine with

an Intermediate Diploma

or Bachelor’s Degree and Unemployment Rate by Field of Education and Sex in 2020

Field of Education

Percentage of Individuals (20-29 years) with an Intermediate Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree

Unemployment Rate of Individuals (20-29 years) with an Intermediate Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Business and administration

28.0

28.9

27.4

48.1

31.7

68.9

Education

13.7

5.9

18.9

73.0

59.3

77.7

Health

11.7

13.8

10.0

42.0

37.7

65.7

Law

6.6

9.4

4.8

50.4

38.9

69.5

Languages

6.4

3.0

8.6

67.3

48.5

73.0

Engineering and engineering trades

6.2

11.6

2.6

39.5

30.4

70.4

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

3.8

5.2

2.7

58.9

53.6

69.5

Architecture and construction

3.2

6.2

1.3

51.8

47.5

71.7

Welfare

3.1

1.2

4.3

64.9

62.9

73.0

Social and behavioral sciences

3.0

1.3

4.1

69.4

{59.2}

72.8

Arts

2.5

2.9

2.2

57.6

43.6

79.4

Physical sciences 

2.4

1.8

2.8

68.7

48.7

80.3

Journalism and information

2.2

2.3

2.2

56.0

51.0

{61.1}

Humanities (excluding languages)

1.8

1.0

2.4

72.4

{24.0}

86.2

Biological and related sciences

1.7

0.9

2.3

56.2

12.1

69.3

Mathematics and statistics

1.3

0.4

2.0

78.0

{59.4}

81.2

Personal services

1.3

1.7

1.1

40.0

22.5

{75.5}

Other disciplines*

1.1

2.5

0.3

26.3

24.9

35.8

Total

100

100

100

53.9

38.5

69.2

*: includes the following fields of education: security services, agriculture, manufacturing and processing, veterinary and  transport services, in addition to fields of education which are not classified among fields above.

{  }: Refers that the variance in this category is too high.

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau  of Statistics, 2021. Database of Labor Force Survey, 2020. Ramallah-Palestine

Unemployment rate among individuals aged (20-29 years) with an intermediate diploma or bachelor's degree is still high, this rate reached 54% in 2020: 35% in West Bank and 78% in Gaza Strip, while it was about 53% in 2019 at the national level.

 

Clear gap of unemployment rates between West Bank and Gaza Strip for all fields of education

The highest rate of unemployment among graduates aged (20-29 years) with a bachelor’s degree

 or an intermediate diploma in Gaza Strip was in mathematics and statistics by 100%, followed by social and behavioral sciences by 95%.  The highest rate of unemployment among graduates aged (20-29 years) with a bachelor’s degree or an intermediate diploma in West Bank was in mathematics and statistics by 74%, followed by education by 54%.  

 

Unemployment Rate among Individuals (20-29 years) in Palestine

with an Intermediate Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree by Field of Education and Region, 2020

Field of Education

Palestine

Region

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Business and administration

48.1

31.8

74.9

Education

73.0

53.8

82.0

Health

42.0

20.3

73.6

Law

50.4

34.8

66.9

Languages

67.3

44.7

89.5

Engineering and engineering trades

39.5

24.2

74.7

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

58.9

42.4

83.2

Architecture and construction

51.8

38.7

83.7

Welfare

64.9

40.4

90.3

Social and behavioral sciences

69.4

48.8

95.3

Arts

57.6

45.9

78.0

Physical sciences 

68.7

52.5

90.1

Journalism and information

56.0

{36.5}

76.3

Humanities (excluding languages)

72.4

{28.9}

92.8

Biological and related sciences

56.2

41.6

70.8

Mathematics and statistics

78.0

73.5

{100}

Personal services

40.0

35.0

{65.7}

Other disciplines*

26.3

16.0

37.2

Total

53.9

35.2

78.4

*: includes the following fields of education: security services, agriculture, manufacturing and processing, veterinary and  transport services, in addition to fields of education which are not classified among fields above.

{  }: Refers that the variance in this category is too high.

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau  of Statistics, 2021. Database of Labor Force Survey, 2020. Ramallah-Palestine

 

It takes graduates about  10-25 months before getting their first labor chance

In 2020, the highest period of unemployment for graduates aged (20-29 years) in Palestine with an intermediate diploma or bachelor’s degree was in humanities (excluding languages), being  25 months. The lowest period was in mathematics and statistics with 10 months.  

Period of Unemployment in Months among Individuals (20-29 years) in Palestine with

 an Intermediate Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree by Field of Education and Sex, 2020

 

Field of Education

Both Sexes

Sex

Males

Females

Business and administration

15.1

14.4

15.6

Education

19.0

16.1

19.8

Health

15.6

14.2

16.8

Law

20.6

15.9

25.0

Languages

20.4

21.5

20.1

Engineering and engineering trades

11.2

11.5

10.8

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

12.8

14.7

9.8

Architecture and construction

16.2

15.0

{20.0}

Welfare

24.1

{21.5}

25.1

Social and behavioral sciences

14.3

{13.9}

14.5

Arts

13.9

{13.3}

14.3

Physical sciences 

18.3

{20.6}

17.5

Journalism and information

12.1

{15.5}

{9.1}

Humanities (excluding languages)

25.3

{14.1}

26.2

Biological and related sciences

14.4

{7.2}

14.8

Mathematics and statistics

10.4

{18.0}

9.5

Personal services

13.6

10.8

15.3

Other disciplines*

10.3

{9.3}

{15.5}

*: includes the following fields of education: security services, agriculture, manufacturing and processing, veterinary and  transport services, in addition to fields of education which are not classified among fields above.

 

{  }: Refers that the variance in this category is too high.

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau  of Statistics, 2021. Database of Labor Force Survey, 2020. Ramallah-Palestine

 

In the 2020/2021 scholastic year, there were 84,598 thousand applicants for the General Certificate Exam. In Scholastic year 2018/2019 the number of students graduated from the Palestinian higher education institutions was 42,394. The local market accommodates 8 thousand job opportunities for graduates (20-29 years), while the COVID-19 Pandemic during the year 2020 affected that rate, there will be a loss of about 10 thousand job opportunities instead of absorbing new opportunities.

 

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