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1999

October, 1999

Explanation of Symbols:

- = not available

… = not reported

Scholastics Year = starts in August and ends in June

Agricultural Year = starts in October and ends in September

Note: The data mentioned in this report covers the whole of the Palestinian Territory, unless mentioned otherwise in the context.

About the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) is the central statistical office in Palestine. Its main function is to provide truthful and impartial official statistics on demographic, social, economic and environmental states and trend to serve the Palestinian citizenry, and to serve the instrumental needs of businesses and their organizations for statistical information.

PCBS plays a vital role in providing essential statistical information to the citizens and their organizations as well as elected representatives, scholars, governmental and non-governmental organizations, mass media, the private sector, and international organizations.

By presenting this booklet, PCBS intends to provide easy and accessible indicators covering the different areas of the Palestinian reality. For more detailed information on any data required, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Population

Projections of Population and Growth Rate

Years	Estimated Growth Rate	Midyear Population
1997	3.97	2,783,084
1998	4.08	2,897,452
1999	4.18	3,019,704
2000	4.27	3,150,056
2001	4.95	3,298,951
2002	4.85	3,464,550
2003	4.73	3,634,495
2004	4.63	3,808,591
2005	4.52	3,986,813
2006	4.42	4,169,148
2007	4.33	4,355,594
2008	4.23	4,546,028
2009	4.14	4,740,283
2010	4.05	4,938,264

Projected Mid-Year Population by Governorate

Governorate/District	1998	1999
Jenin	200,041	207,837
Tubas District	36,158	37,650
Tulkarm	132,209	137,381
Qalqiliya	71,385	74,605
Salfit District	47,974	49,993
Nablus	257,566	267,650
Ramallah and Al-Bireh	211,800	221,436
Jerusalem	331,553	342,756
Jericho	32,428	33,849
Bethlehem	135,604	141,187
Hebron	401,154	418,293
Total West Bank
North Gaza	188,277	198,660
Gaza	372,310	388,031
Deir Al-Balah	150,498	157,450
Khan Yunis	203,686	212,572
Rafah	124,809	130,354
Total Gaza Strip	1,039,580	1,087,067
Palestinian Territory	2,897,452	3,019,704

Infant and Under Five Mortality Rate

1990-1994	1985-1989	1980-1984
Infant Mortality Rate (under 1 year)
25.5	35.0	51.1	West Bank
30.2	35.5	49.7	Gaza Strip
27.3	35.2	50.6	Palestinian Territory
Under Five Mortality Rate
31.0	40.1	58.3	West Bank
37.0	42.3	57.2	Gaza Strip
33.2	40.9	57.9	Palestinian Territory

Labour Force

Percentage Distribution of Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Labour Force Status and Region

Labour Force Status and Sex	1995	1996	1997*	1998
Palestinian Territory
In Labour Force	39.0	40.0	40.5	41.4
Not in Labour Force	61.0	60.0	59.5	58.6
Total	100	100	100	100
Full Employment	60.7	64.3	70.4	79.1
Underemployment	21.1	11.9	9.3	6.5
Unemployment	18.2	23.8	20.3	14.4
Total	100	100	100	100
West Bank
In Labour Force	40.6	42.0	43.2	44.2
Not in Labour Force	59.4	58.0	56.8	55.8
Total	100	100	100	100
Full Employment	65.3	67.6	71.1	80.1
Underemployment	20.7	12.8	11.6	8.4
Unemployment	13.9	19.6	17.3	11.5
Total	100	100	100	100
Gaza Strip
In Labour Force	35.4	36.4	35.7	36.4
Not in Labour Force	64.6	63.6	64.3	63.6
Total	100	100	100	100
Full Employment	48.6	57.5	68.8	76.8
Underemployment	22.0	10.0	4.4	2.3
Unemployment	29.4	32.5	26.8	20.9
Total	100	100	100	100
* The above data does not include the fourth quarter of 1997.

Unemployment Rate by Sex and Years of Schooling (%)

Years of Schooling and Sex	1995	1996	1997*	1998
Both Sexes
0	10.8	12.9	11.7	6.9
6-1	18.5	26.1	22.1	15.2
9-7	18.4	25.9	21.3	14.7
12-10	20.3	25.4	21.2	15.1
+13	16.8	19.1	17.7	14.1
Total	18.2	23.8	20.3	14.4
Male
0	13.9	18.9	17.0	10.0
6-1	19.6	28.1	23.3	16.3
9-7	18.9	26.5	21.6	15.0
12-10	19.8	25.2	21.0	15.0
+13	14.2	16.6	14.2	10.9
Total	18.3	24.5	20.3	14.4
Female
0	6.3	3.6	3.8	2.3
6-1	8.0	8.3	11.8	4.7
9-7	12.6	17.8	17.8	10.5
12-10	25.3	26.6	23.7	16.5
+13	24.1	26.1	26.8	23.5
Total	17.9	19.6	20.1	15.2
* The above data does not include the fourth quarter of 1997.

Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Industry

Industry	1995	1996	*1997	1998
Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry & Fishing	12.7	14.2	13.1	12.1
Mining, Quarrying & Manufacturing	18.0	16.8	16.4	15.9
Construction	19.2	16.8	18.4	22.0
Commerce, Hotels & Restaurants	19.6	18.2	19.1	18.2
Transportation, Storage & Communication	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7
Services & Other Branches	25.6	29.2	28.2	27.1
Total (%)	100	100	100	100
*: The above data does not include the fourth quarters of 1997.

Percentage of Employed Persons by Place of Work and Year

Education

Higher Education Indicators

Scholastic Years
1998/1999	1997/1998	1996/1997	1995/1996	1994/1995	Indicator
					University Students
33,548	29,546	26,533	21,190	16,042	Male
27,298	22,881	19,643	15,904	13,338	Female
60,846	52,427	46,176	37,094	29,380	Total
					University Graduates***
3,309	3,328	2,838	1,778	1,584	Male
3,287	2,995	2,762	1,663	1,448	Female
6,596	6,323	5,600	3,441	3,032	Total
Teaching Staff at Universities*
1,57,9	1,489	1,496	1,199	1, 051	Male
215	235	209	170	169	Female
1,794	1,724	1,705	1,369	1,220	Total
Community College Students**
2,533	1,949	2,254	1,842	1,876	Male
2,903	2,350	2,345	1,980	2,234	Female
5,436	4,299	4,599	3,822	4,110	Total
Community College Graduates***
700	798	619	505	711	Male
1,090	1,167	815	908	876	Female
1,790	1,965	1,434	1,413	1,587	Total
Teaching Staff at Community Colleges*
240	175	184	246	310	Male
89	80	70	52	91	Female
329	255	254	298	401	Total

* Full Time Only
** Data on community college students for the scholastic year 1997/1998 does not include second year students at An-Najah Community College, nor students at Kalandia Community College
*** Data for the scholastic year 1998/1999 include graduates of first and second semesters only

General Education Indicators

Scholastic Years
Indicator*	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999
Schools and Kindergartens
Government*	1,080	1,070	1,113	1,175	1,230
UNRWA	259	253	261	265	265
Private \ Schools	135	147	158	171	196
Private \ Kindergartens	436	532	705	789	823
Total	1,910	2,002	2,237	2,400	2,514
Students of Schools and Kindergartens
Male	337,866	363,861	400,200	427,286	452,097
Female	316,831	343,693	381,754	411,213	437,798
Total	654,697	707,554	781,954	838,499	889,895
Classes of Schools and Kindergartens
Male	7,080	7,444	8,063	8,638	9,052
Female	6,445	6,917	7,527	8,263	8,749
Co-education	4,700	5,220	6,333	6,710	7,311
Total	18,225	19,581	21,923	23,611	25,112
Teachers in Schools and Kindergartens
Male	10,986	11,667	12,672	13,519	13,933
Female	10,068	11,353	13,558	15,174	16,229
Total	21,054	23,020	26,230	28,693	30,162
* Does not include Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem
** The number of schools in the scholastic years 1995/1996 decreased due to some schools joining together

Repetition and Drop-out Percentages at Schools by Sex

	Scholastic Years
Indicators*	1993/1994	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998
Repetition Rate
Male	5.7	5.1	4.3	3.6	2.8
Female	5.0	4.2	3.6	3.0	2.3
Total	5.3	4.6	3.9	3.3	2.6
Dropout Rate
Male	2.3	2.9	2.7	2.3	2.2
Female	2.2	2.9	2.8	2.1	2.0
Total	2.3	2.9	2.8	2.2	2.1
*: Does not include Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem

Female and Male who Completed an Associate Diploma and above

by Selected Specialization, 1997

Living Standard

Percentage and Average Monthly Per Capita Consumption in $US

Consumption Groups	1996	1997	1998
Food	37.57	36.92	38.01
Clothing	8.52	7.93	7.67
Housing	19.55	21.05	20.60
Furniture, utensils, HH operations	6.18	5.29	4.95
Medical care	3.22	3.64	3.57
Transport\ communication	10.00	9.82	9.24
Education\ recreation	6.10	5.78	6.02
Other goods	8.87	9.58	9.94
Total	100	100	100
Monthly Consumption in $US	127	125	119

Note: The above data was derived from the Expenditure and Consumption Levels Survey for (October1995-September 1996), (January -December 1997), and (January-December1998)

Average Monthly Household (composed of seven persons) Expenditure and Consumption in $US

Region	Monthly Expenditure			Monthly Consumption
	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998
West Bank	879	871	812	945	945	894
Gaza Strip	704	691	681	760	754	739
Palestinian Territory	829	816	771	892	887	846

Health

Governmental & Non-Governmental Hospitals*Activities

Item	1996	1997	1998
Governmental Hospitals	14	14	14
Non-Governmental Hospitals	23	27	40
Total Number of Beds	2,886	3,102	3,771
Grand Total of Beds Occupancy Rate	75	77	62
Grand Total of Mean of Duration (Days)	4	4	3
Grand Total of Hospitalization Days	785,376	873,086	857,50476
* Only hospitals that provided complete data for the purpose of publishing John hospitals.

Certain Reported Communicable Diseases

Disease	1995	1996	1998	1997
Hepatitis A,B,C	1,113	6,502	2,431	3,492
Measles	23	25	40	28
Rubilla	136	157	84	129
Mumps	738	951	265	397
Chicken Pox	3,022	6,672	7,783	2,029
Typhoid &Para Typhoid	175	256	99	159
Malaria	9	6	5	4
Tuberculosis	82	113	82	67
Brucellosis	355	581	837	581
Ameobiasis	…	…	5,590	4,673
Giardiasis	…	3,	3,303	3,793
Scabies	…	…	4,156	250
Source: Ministry of Health, Nablus, Gaza, Annual Reports- 1995, 1996, 1997

Consumer Price Index

Consumer Price Index & Inflation Rate by Major Groups of Expenditure

(Base Year 1996=100)

Major groups	Ave.1997	Ave.1998	Inflation Rate
Food	106.17	113.91	7.29
Beverages and Tobacco	109.62	117.07	6.80
Textiles, clothing and footwear	112.79	121.87	8.05
Housing	105.48	109.40	3.72
Furniture, household goods & services	110.79	117.29	5.87
Transport and communications	106.64	107.85	1.13
Education	104.89	106.57	1.60
Medical care	110.44	116.11	5.13
Recreational, cultural goods & services	106.94	111.16	3.95
Miscellaneous goods and services	106.77	110.68	3.66
All-Items consumer price index	107.62	113.63	5.58

Foreign Trade

Foreign Trade Statistics

Value in Million US $

Exports Imports Indicators	1995	1996	1997
Total Palestinian Exports	394	340	381
National Exports	322	243	259
Re- Exports	72	97	122
Total Palestinian Exports by Country
Exports to Israel	363	319	358
Exports to Arab Countries	25	19	19
Export to other countries	6	2	4
Total Exports by region
From West Bank	252	307	338
From Gaza Strip	142	33	43
Total Exports By Land	394	340	381
Total Palestinian Imports	1658	2017	2164
Total Imports by Means of Transportation
By Land	1,604	1,875	2,052
By Postal Packages	0.076	0.088	0.11
Through Electricity Networks &Petroleum Pipes	54	141	112
Total Imports by Country
From Israel	1,459	1,743	1,803
From EUCC	104	147	155
From Arab Countries	19	27	54
From American Countries	20	29	28
From other countries	56	71	124
Net Trade Balance	-1264	-1677	-1784
Note: PCBS advises to use the numbers cautiously as they are based on variant statistical sources due to the Palestinian particularities in terms of entries and borders.

Establishments

Number of Enterprises* by Economic Activity

Economic Activity	1995	1996	1997	1998
Industrial	11,276	11,306	14,438	14,471
Financial **	214	216	281	286
Insurance **	122	125	196	196
Construction (Formal Sector)	448	447	488	408
Transport, storage & communications	365	377	621	650
Services activities (profit and non-profit)	9,380	9,388	12,439	12,373
Wholesale, retail trade & repairs	32,137	32,646	39,329	38,904
Grand Total	53,942	54,505	67,354	66,850
* Including establishments Financial and Insurance data excludes data on that part of Jerusalem annexed by Israel after 1967. Note**: The issued data is based on the economic surveys series for the given years including Jerusalem Governorate.

Gross Domestic Product

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP Per Capita by Region, 1998

Region	GDP (Million US$)	GDP per Capita (US$)
West Bank*	2758.3	1678.8
Gaza Strip	1367.9	1315.8
Palestinian Territory	4484.5	1547.7

* Excluding Jerusalem Governorate

Notes: Estimates are at current prices, therefore no inferences with respect to real growth rates can

be made.

Agriculture

Olive Presses

Quantity.Metric ton ,Value:US$1000

Indicator	1995	1996	1997	1998
Number of Operating Olive Presses	214	228	209	227
Quantity of Olives Pressed	50,050	50,884	24,127	64,213
Quantity of Oil Extracted	13,154	12,344	5,961	14,998
Number of Persons Engaged	2,281	1,111	1,038	1,237
Number of Paid Employees	1,927	920	786	892
Olive Presses Revenues	3,439	3,539	1,945	4,437
Value Added	2,399	2,097	1,276	3,237

Agricultural Indicators

Area: dunum, Value:US$1000

Agricultural Year
1996/1997	1995/1996	1994/1995	1993/1994	Indicator
510,568	520,110	563,152	478,434	Field Crops Area
185,812	190,984	197,752	191,660	Vegetables Area
1,137,326	1,118,075	1,143,598	1,156,707	Fruit Trees Area
20,976	19,312	18,024	16,470	Cattle
504,903	634,489	445,151	521,685	Sheep
267,101	272,636	252,235	259,202	Goats
35,505	25,558	28,564	28,421	Broilers (1000)
1,976	1,638	1,413	1,778	Layers (1000)
47,625	56,050	43,088	45,100	Bee Hives
786,510	754,291	649,391	576,172	Value of Agricultural Production
408,518	458,395	390,397	381,909	Value Added in Agricultural Sector
Note: PCBS advises to use the numbers cautiously as they are based on localities instead of holdings as normally recommended by FAO

Housing Conditions

Households by Facilities and Durable Goods in Housing Unit (%)

1997**	1995*	Item
3.4	3.4	Average number of rooms per housing unit
2.0	2.3	Housing density (average number of person per room)
Percentage of Households by Availability of Services and durable goods in the House
83.4	81.1	Water public network
33.3	31.7	Public Sewer
97.1	97.9	Electricity public network
19.5	22.7	Telephone
73.2	71.8	Washing machine
80.4	85.0	Refrigerator
13.3	17.9	Video
20.4	22.8	Private car

* 1995 data based on the Demographic Survey in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 1995

** 1997 data based on the Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1997, and does not include those part of Jerusalem Governorate which were annexed by Israel in 1967

Tourism

Hotel Activities

1998

1997

1996

Indicator

92

85

72

Number of hotels*

214,220

220,850

229,712

Number of guests

7,986

7,419

6,434

Number of beds*

3,682

3,425

2,926

Number of rooms*

601,085

639,344

736,428

Number of guest nights

* Represents the end of the year

Transportation & Communication

Main Indicators of Transportation & Communication Statistics *

1998

1997

Indicator

2,495

2,055⁽¹⁾

Road network Length (kilometers)

162,680

160,407

Number of Road Vehicles⁽²⁾

3,549,481

-

Number of material received by mail

1,693,062

-

Number of material dispatched by mail

167,271

110,893

Number of Main Telephone Lines

19,809,806

-

Monthly average of Calls number

47,629,336

-

Monthly average of Calls length (minutes)

1 Data does not include Tubas District

2 Data does not include vehicles, which are registered in Jericho Governorate.

*Data does not include those parts of Jerusalem Governorate which were annexed by Israel in 1967.

Water and Rainfall

Water Quantities Pumped from the Water Well for West Bank by Use and Governorate

Quantity: 1000 M³

1998

1997

1996

1995

Use

Governorate

3385.2

3306.4

3132.7

3067.9

Domestic

Jenin

5740.4

5023.7

5161.4

5509.7

Agricultural

280.9

285.0

264.7

252.0

Domestic

Tubas

1795.7

1253.4

1287.9

1218.4

Agricultural

3749.0

3955.2

3053.7

2347.2

Domestic

Tulkarm

10064.4

9205.0

9938.8

9824.8

Agricultural

5960.5

4594.8

4211.2

4940.9

Domestic

Nablus

2368.0

1934.3

2219.1

2090.1

Agricultural

2424.1

2738.2

2362.3

2070.7

Domestic

Qalqilya

6278.4

5820.6

5878.6

6321.4

Agricultural

153.9

1.4

0.6

0.9

Domestic

Salfit

1405.4

3183.7

826.0

2908.0

Domestic

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

9541.3

9126.9

8102.8

10724.5

Agricultural

Jericho

5984.6

6542.7

6967.4

6848.4

Domestic

Bethlehem

4366.5

5715.7

5617.5

5784.6

Domestic

Hebron

27710.1

30323.2

26436.0

28220.6

Domestic

Total

35788.1

32363.9

32588.6

35688.9

Agricultural

Note: data about Jerusalem governorate and Gaza Strip is not available

Source:

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 1999. Palestine in Figures, 1999.

Ramallah - Palestine:http://www.pcbs.pna.org

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