Statistical Appendix

 Human Development Indicators

(A) Aggregate Indicators in Palestine:

·  Human Development Index·

·  HDI Indicators: Comparisons with Neighboring Countries

·  Economic Indicators

·  Employment Indicators

·  Education Indicators

·  Health Indicators

·  Demographic Indicators

·  Gender Indicators

·  Selected Social Indicators

·  Selected Human Poverty Indicators

(B) Regional Indicators: The West Bank and Gaza Strip

·  Population, Family and Health Indicators

·  Employment Indicators

(C) Governorate Indicators

·  Population & Sex ratio

·  Students per Teacher and  Students per Classroom

·  Reported Natural Increase

·  Reported Live Births Rate

·  Reported Death Rate under Age 5

·  Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity 1997

·  Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity 1998

·  Poverty Indicators

·  Monthly Household Expenditure by Expenditure Groups

Notice: PCBS statistics, are the primary source of data; however the Development Studies Programme calculated some of the statistics to fit the methodology provided by UNDP Human Development Reports (indicated as an #).

Other references are also cited.

 

  List A: Aggregate indicators in Palestine

Table (1): Human Development Index #  

Life expectancy at birth   (years) 1998 69.2
Adult literacy rate (%)1998 85.5
Combined first-, second- and third level gross enrolment ratio   (%)1998  # 75.7
Per capita GDP $ 1997 1500
Adjusted real per capita GDP  $ 1997# 2286

 

Life expectancy index 0.74
Life expectancy index- rank 91(175)
Education index 0.822
Education index- rank 94(175)
GDP index 0.52
GDP index - rank 115(175)
HDI value 0.694
HDI index- rank 104(175)
Gender-related development index- value 0.637
Gender-related development index - rank 97(144)
Gender empowerment measure- value 0.291
Gender empowerment measure- rank 85(103)

Table (2): HDI Indicators: Comparisons with Neighboring Countries

HDI Palestine Jordan Lebanon Syria Egypt Israel
Life expectancy at birth   (years)                                             69.2 70.1 69.9 68.9 66.3 77.8
Adult literacy rate (%)  85.5 87.2 84.4 71.6 52.7 95.4
Combined first-, second- and third level gross enrolment ratio   (%)1998  # 75.7 66 76 60 72 80
Adjusted per capita GDP# 2286 3450 5940 3250 3050 18150
Life expectancy index 0.74 0.75 0.75 0.73 0.69 0.88
Education index 0.822 0.80 0.82 0.68 0.59 0.90
GDP index 0.52 0.59 0.68 0.58 0.57 0.87
HDI value 0.694 0.715 0.749 0.663 0.616 0.883
Gender-related development & index value(GDI) 0.637 - 0.734 0.640 0.603 0.879
Gender empowerment measure value(GEM) 0.291 0.220 - 0.317 0.275 0.496

* Statistics for neighboring countries, Human Development Report1999 UNDP

 

Table (3): Economic indicators

Total GNP (million $ )  1997 4900
Total GDP (million $ )  1997 4200
Per capita GNP  $ 1997 1763
Per capita GDP $ 1997 1500
Per capita GDP  $ 1996 1537
GDP growth annual rate -2.4
Exports of goods & services  (million ) $   1997 1069.1
Imports of goods & services  (million ) $   1997 3879.7
Trade balance                 (million ) $         1997    -2810.1
Trade balance with Israel      (%) 1998 85
Percentage share of economic sectors in GDP  1997
Agriculture 6.4
Industry 17.6
Building and construction 8.9
Services 67.1
Inflation rate (%) 1997/1998 7.6/7.8
Commitments by donor countries  (million $)   1994-1998* 5160
Disbursements by donor countries (million $)  1994-1998* 3469
Gross capital formation  (million ) $1997 1571.2
Final consumption  (million ) $1997 5278.0
Gross investment to GDP % 1997 37.7
Total liabilities and assets  in the banks(million ) $1998** 3336.65
Public revenues(million ) $1998*** 1777.5
Public expenditures(million ) $1998*** 1814.37
Budget deficit (million ) $  1998*** 36.87-
Tax revenues (million ) $    1998*** 678.5
Poverty rate  1997**** 23

* MOPIC 1998

** Palestine Monetary  Authority 1998

*** Ministry of Finance

**** Poverty report 1997

 

Table (4): Employment Indicators 1998

Proportion of the labor force over the age of 15    % 41.4
Proportion of women in the labor force   11.3
Children ( 10-14 ) in the labor force  1997# 0.59
Percentage of the labor force according to economic activity:
                Agriculture 12.1
                Industry 15.9
                Building and construction 22.0
                Services 50.0
Number of workers in Israel  1997 84100
Number of workers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 1997 410400
Reasons for remaining outside the labor force:    %
                Old-age / illness 10.5
                Housework 54.9
                Education or training 25.1
                Other reasons 9.5
Full employment rate 79.1
Underemployment rate 6.5
Unemployment rate      (  17.9(census) ) 14.4
Distribution of employed by occupation:    %
Legislator, senior officials and managers 3.9
Professionals, technicians and clerks 16.5
Services, shop and market workers 6.4
Skilled agriculture and fishery workers 9.2
Craft and related trade workers 24.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 8.3
Elementary occupations 31
Unemployment rate (15-24) 22.6
Percentage distribution of employed persons by employment status:
Employer 5.8
Self employed 21.0
Wage employee 65.3
Unpaid family member 7.9
Average monthly work days 23.0

 

Table (5): Basic Education Indicators1998

Adult literacy % 85.5
Combined first-, second- and third level gross enrolment ratio   (%)1998  # 75.7
Enrollment in secondary technical education from total secondary education  (%)1998  # 3.26
Enrollment in natural and applied sciences from total enrollment in higher education %# 23.8
Enrollment in basic education %# 95.1
Enrollment in secondary education %# 55.1
Enrollment in higher education %# 22.4
Annual increase in school enrollment # 6-7
Number of students per teacher in schools 29.5
Average number of students per class in schools 36.5
Illiteracy rate 14.5
Number of counselors ( per 1000 students )# 0.26
Education sector serves  %# 35.0
Number of students per computer in schools # 802
Share of education from international assistance   1994-1998  %* 7.9

* MOPIC 1998

 

Table (6): Health Indicators 1998

Life expectancy at birth   (years) 69.2
Children vaccinated against: *   
                Measles 93.64
                BCG 90.52
                HBV 92.50
                OPV 97.3
               MMR 91.78
                DPT 98.0
Cases of AIDS per 100,000* 1.3
Hospital beds per 1,000* 1.0
Number of hospitals * 52
Number of doctors  (per 10000people)* 8.3
Number of nurses (per 10000people)* 14.1
Health facilities ( per 10000 people )* 20.7
The handicapped as a percentage of total population 1.8
People with health insurance * 1035761
Average maternal mortality per 100,000  * 60-80
Child mortality below the age of 5 per 1000 births* 20
Infant mortality per 1000 live births* 15
Women who have received some form of health care during pregnancy   %** 89.0
Births under some form of health supervision    %* 93.0
Fertility rate among women ( 15-19 )% of total 8.9
Localities (1-4 Km ) away from the nearer health clinic % 15.1
Households connected to public water networks  %  83.1
Households connected to public sewage networks   % 33.2
Smokers ( over 15 years of age ) % 23
Share of health from international assistance 1994-1998 %*** 5.4

* Ministry of Health 1998

** HDIP 1998

*** MOPIC 1998

 

Table (7): Basic Demographic Indicators1998

Population  (million) 2.9
Population forecast 2008 4.55
Population forecast    2015 5.8
Proportion of population below the age of 15 47.0
Proportion of population over the age of 65 3.5
Annual natural rate of population growth 4.08
Net migration 3.45
Average crude births per 1000 42.01
Average crude death per 1000 4.65
Total fertility rate (%) 6.1
Percentage of women who have used contraceptives 44.8
Average family size 6.4
Dependency ratio   # 4.26
Refugees as a proportion of population 41.4
Females headed household  % 9.0
Households by tenure of housing unit   % 78.1
Main types of family: %
                 Nuclear family 73.2
                 Extended family 23.0
                 Composite family 0.5
                 Single individual 3.3
Palestinians 12 years and over by marital status: %
                 Never or legally engaged 40.8
                 Married 54.5
                 Divorced 0.7
                 Widowed 3.8
                 Not stated 0.2

 

Table (8): Gender and Human Development Indicators

Indicators Females Males Ratio of females to males (gap)
Population distribution  % 49.22 50.78 96.93
Life expectancy at birth     years 73.1 69.9 104.6
Average marriage age 18 23 78.3
Adult literacy ratio 79.0 91.9 86.0
Enrollment rates in the stages of education #
                Basic education 95.3 94.9 100.4
                Secondary education 53.7 56.4 95.2
                Higher education 18.5 26.0 71.2
                Basic and secondary and higher education 75.0 76.3 98.2
Drop out rates of the secondary level # 8.4 4.3 195.3
Share of earned income  $  # 549.3 6068.7 9.4
Unemployment rate 15.2 14.4 105.6
Labor force from the total labor force over the age of 15% 11.3 70.3 16.1
Distribution of workers according to profession   % #
Legislators and higher administrative employees 0.3 2.9 10.3
Artisans, specialists, and clerks 4.2 9.5 44.2
Service employees and retailers 0.4 4.7 8.5
Skilled employees in agriculture and fishing 3.3 4.4 75.0
Handicraft employees and others 1.6 18.5 8.6
Machine workers and assemblers 0.1 6.6 66.0
Primary professions 1.4 23.8 5.9
Percentage of the labor force according to economic activity #
Agriculture 3.3 6.7 49.3
Industry 1.8 11.1 16.2
Building and construction 0.1 17.7 0.6
Services 6.1 34.8 17.5
Ministers in the Ministerial Council 1 29 3.6
Members in workers union % 7.64 92.36 8.3
Judges   (number) 3 65 4.6
Seats in local government* 40 3680 1.0
Members in PLC 5 83 6.0

* Ministry of Local Government

 

Table (9) Selected Social Indicators

Spending on Security ( % of running governmental spending ) 1997* 29.15
Spending on Ministry of Education ( % of running governmental spending )1997* 16.70
Spending on Ministry of Health ( % of running governmental spending ) 1997* 11.25
Spending on Ministry of Social Affairs ( % of running governmental spending )1997* 5.93
Number of Security employees in security apparatus ( per 1000 people )1998# 45
Number of Doctors ( per 10000 people )1998 8.3
Number of Teachers ( per 10000 people )1998# 100
Palestinian abroad ( million )  1998 5.0
Population density person / km2  1998# 500
Poverty rate  1997** 23.0
Suicide attempts    (number)  1997***  225
Suicide ( number of cases )  1997*** 12
Divorce rate 1998 0.7
Number of reported rape attempts 1997*** 43
Number of reported rape cases 1997*** 81
Political prisoners in Palestinian prisons 1998**** 400
Political prisoners in Israeli prisons 1998**** 3000

*Ministry of Finance 

** Poverty report1997  

*** Ministry of Interior 

****Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Reports

 

Table (10) Selected Human Poverty Indicators

Illiteracy rate 14.5
Unemployment rate 14.4
Poverty rate* 23.0
Poverty gap rate* 6.0
Poverty severity* 2.3
Absolute Poverty* 14.2

* Poverty report 1998  

 

  List B: Aggregate indicators and differences between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Table (1): Population, Health and Family Indicators

Indicators West Bank Gaza Strip Palestine
Natural rate of population growth 3.9 4.4 4.08
Population growth (net migration) 3.45 3.45 3.45
Population (million) 1.873476 1.022204 2.895683
Percentage distribution of the population according to age (%)      
                  0-14 45.0 50.2 47
                 15-29 27.6 25.8 26.9
                 30-49 17.6 16.5 17.2
                 Over 50 9.8 7.5 9.1
Refugees as a proportion of the population 26.5 65.1 41.4
Percentage of women who have used contraceptives * 1998 50.7 33.9 44.8
Child mortality below the age of 5 per  1000 births** 17 25.5 20.0
Infant mortality per 1000 live births** 9.5 22.6 15
Average family size (persons) 6.1 6.9 6.4
Average crude births per 1000 40.3 45.06. 42.01
Average crude death rates per 1000 4.73 4.51 4.65
Total fertility rate (%) 5.6 6.9 6.1
Females headed Households 9.5 8.0 9.0
Main types of family:   %
                 Nuclear family 74.0 71.8 73.2
                 Extended family 21.7 25.3 23.0
                 Composite family 0.6 0.3 0.5
                 Single individual 3.7 2.6 3.3
Households by tenure of housing unit  % 75.3 83.2 78.1
Households with TV sets % 86.4 81.4 84.6

* HDIP

** Ministry of Health

 

Table (2): Employment indicators

Indicators West Bank Gaza Strip Palestine
Per capita GDP ($) 1588* 1262 1500/1456*
Per capita GNP ($) 1915* 1388 2229/1702*
Share of agriculture sector to GDP (%) 6.9* 8.0 6.4/7.3
Participation rate in the labor force  ( 15 and above ) 44.2 36.4 41.4
Unemployment rates (%) 11.5 20.9 14.4
Share of women in the labor force 14.3 5.9 11.3
Distribution of workers according to the economic activity: %
                 Agriculture and fishing 13.8 8.0 12.1
                 Mining, stone crushing 16.8 13.6 15.9
                 Building and construction 22.7 20.5 22.0
                 Services 46.7 57.9 50.0
Distribution of workers according to the employment status: %
                 Employers 6.5 4.0 5.8
                 Self employed 21.5 19.7 21.0
                 Wage employee 63.0 71.0 65.3
                 Family members without wages 9.0 5.3 7.9

* Remaining West Bank (not including Jerusalem)

 

  List C: Governorate Indicators

Table (1) : Population distribution and sex ratio1998

Governorate Population Sex Ratio(men/women)
Jenin 203026 103.8
Tubas 36609 103.1
Tulkarm 134110 102.2
Qalqilya 72007 105.7
Salfit 48538 103.6
Nablus 261340 103.3
Ramallah 213582 100.4
Jerusalem 328601 102.1
Jericho 32713 101.7
Bethlehem 137286 104.8
Hebron 405664 104.9
North Gaza 183373 103.7
Gaza 367388 103.6
Deir Al-Balah 147877 102.4
Khan-Younis 200704 102.5
Rafah 122865 102.0

 

Table (2) : Average Number of Students per Teacher and per Classroom:  

Indicator Governorate           year          Student per Teacher   Student per Classroom  
  97/98 98/99 97/98 98/99
Jenin 27 27.4 32 31.8
Nablus 28 28.1 32 32.7
Salfit 26 26.1 29 29.6
Tulkarm 28 29.7 33 32.9
Qalqilya 27 28.8 32 31.2
Ramallah 24 24.9 30 29.9
Jerusalem 20 20.9 29 28.5
Jerusalem Suburbs - 23.2 - 28.3
Bethlehem 25 25.7 31 31
Jericho 28 27.1 33 32
Hebron 29 29.1 35 34.6
South Hebron 29 28.9 33 33
Gaza 34 35.2 43 42.8
Khanyounis 34 34.9 44 44.2

 

Table  (3): Reported Natural Increase by Governorate*

  Governorate Birth rate per 1,000 population Death rate per 1,000 population Natural Increase
1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998
Jenin 30.6 31.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.8
Tulkarm 30.6 29.5 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6
Qalqilya 33.1 33.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1
Salfit 29.8 24.7 3.7 3.5 2.6 2.1
Nablus 31.0 31.6 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.8
Ramallah 26.8 38.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.5
Bethlehem 38.2 33.6 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.0
Jericho 35.2 35.3 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.2
Hebron 35.5 36.0 2.9 2.5 3.3 3.4
North Gaza 36.4 35.8 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2
Gaza 40.4 37.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4
Mid -Zone 34.5 32.9 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.9
Khan Younis 36.5 34.1 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.1
Rafah 36.2 35.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2
Total 34.4 34.6 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.1

* Ministry of Health

 

Table (4) : Reported Live Births by Governorate and Sex*

Governorate

Male

Female

Total

%

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998
Jenin 3599 3801 3454 3747 7053 7546 8.3 8.5
Nablus 2041 2000 1893 1920 3934 3920 4.6 4.4
Salfit 1189 1195 1104 1222 2293 2417 2.6 2.7
Tulkarm 716 634 678 553 1394 1187 1.6 1.3
Qalqilya 4084 4213 3720 3985 7806 8198 9.1 9.2
Ramallah 2757 3674 2752 4499 5509 8173 6.4 9.2
Bethlehem 2570 2286 2448 2286 5018 4572 5.9 5.2
Jericho 503 609 575 536 1078 1145 1.3 1.3
Hebron 7000 7350 6797 7140 13797 14490 16.2 16.3
North Gaza 3320 3412 3169 3264 6489 6676 7.6 7.5
Mid Gaza 7407 7343 7169 6755 14574 14098 17.1 15.9
Gaza 2536 2573 2453 2372 4989 4945 5.8 5.6
Rafah 3711 3584 3435 3373 7146 6957 8.4 7.8
Khanyounis 2249 2236 2096 2148 4345 4384 5.1 4.9
Total 43684 44910 41741 43798 85425 88708 100 100

* Ministry of Health

 

Table (5) : Reported Deaths under age of 5 years*

Governorate

Number

%

1997 1998 1997 1998
Jenin 186 132 10.4 7.6
Tulkarm 47 41 2.6 2.3
Qalqilya 39 32 2.2 1.8
Salfit 32 29 1.8 1.7
Nablus 136 104 7.6 6.0
Ramallah 82 84 4.6 4.8
Bethlehem 66 78 3.7 4.5
Jericho 14 15 0.9 0.9
Hebron 211 175 11.8 10.0
North Gaza 212 255 11.9 14.6
Mid Gaza 385 437 21.6 25.0
Gaza 142 139 8.0 8.0
Khanyounis 143 147 8.0 8.4
Rafah 91 79 5.1 4.5
Total 1786 1747 100 100

* Ministry of Health

 

Table (6) : Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity 1997

  Economic activities
Governorate Agriculture Industry Building and Construction Services
Jenin 32.3 10.4 17.3 40.0
Tulkarm & Qalqilya 19.7 16.8 20.2 43.3
Nablus 12.7 21.9 14.0 51.4
Ramallah 5.5 15.3 28.1 51.1
Jerusalem 1.0 13.1 13.9 72
Bethlehem & Jericho 16.7 22.6 16.4 44.3
Hebron 15.2 19.0 22.3 43.5
North Gaza 8.5 17.5 18.1 55.9
Gaza 1.8 18.0 16.2 64
Mid Gaza 11.1 13.4 14.7 60.8
South Gaza 13.8 8.2 16.6 61.4

 

Table (7): Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Economic Activity 1998

  Economic activities
Governorate Agriculture Industry Building and Construction Services
Jenin 27.3 11.4 20.2 41.1
Nablus 18.9 14.4 21.9 44.8
Tulkarm & Qalqilya 10.8 21.3 17.6 50.3
Ramallah 6.2 15.7 29.3 48.8
Jerusalem 0.7 13.6 16.8 68.9
Bethlehem & Jericho 14.0 20.5 25.4 40.1
Hebron 14.3 18.9 26.0 40.8
North Gaza 7.1 14.9 22.5 55.5
Mid Gaza 1.7 17.7 19.1 61.5
Gaza 9.8 12.1 17.6 60.5
South Gaza 15.7 8.0 22.0 54.3

 

Table (8) Poverty Rates by Governorate 1997*

Governorate Poverty Poverty Gap Poverty Severity Absolute Poverty
Jenin 27.6 6.4 2.3 15.0
Tulkarm & Qalqilya 16.5 4.0 1.4 9.6
Nablus 11.5 3.1 1.2 7.3
Ramallah 9.1 1.7 0.5 3.8
Jerusalem 2.7 0.2 0.03 0.3
Bethlehem & Jericho 16.3 3.8 1.4 8.4
Hebron 24.4 7.1 2.9 17.5
North Gaza 30.8 8.2 3.1 20.5
Mid Gaza 39.5 12.7 5.6 27.3
South Gaza 50.8 14.4 5.6 34.6
Total 22.5 6.0 2.3 14.2

* Poverty  report 1997

 

Table (9): Monthly Household Expenditure by Expenditure Groups and Governorate 1997

Groups of Expenditure Governorate
Jenin Nablus Tulkarm & Qalqilya Ramallah  & Jericho Jerusalem Hebron Bethlehem Gaza
Food 38.1 37.9 41.4 36.4 39.3 38.6 41.0 37.1
Medical Care 4.1 4.4 4.2 5.2 2.7 4.2 5.5 3.1
Education 2.4 4.3 2.6 2.6 3.6 3.2 3.3 4.5
Housing 6.8 8.5 6.7 7.1 7.7 6.7 6.2 7.0
Clothing 8 9.6 8.6 8.4 9.7 9.4 9.3 7.3
Transport & Communication 11 12.4 10.9 11.8 9.2 11.3 12.1 9.4
Other 29.6 22.9 25.9 28.5 27.8 26.6 22.6 31.5
Total Expenditure in JD 497.02 550.94 519.40 743.81 810.34 579.13 611.91 490.32