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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 972	15 532	17 396^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	-11.3	-5.5^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 090.0	3 064.0	3 216.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	8.7	8.4	7.7^c
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	19.2	20.1	20.8^c
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	72.1	71.5	71.5^c
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	8.7	6.4	6.2^k
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	28.7	30.6	32.6^k
Employment in services^j (% employed)	62.6	63	61.2^k
Unemployment (% of labour force)	23	25.9	24.4^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	18.0 / 70.8	16.4 / 66.4	18.9 / 72.1^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	111	112^l	191^l,m
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	90	112	119^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	958	1 055	1 521^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 225	6 063	8 271^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 268	- 5 009	- 6 749^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 939	- 1 903	- 2 899^m

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	2.4	2.3	1.8^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	75.4	76.4ⁿ	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1^b,o	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	4	3.5	3.2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	76.7 / 72.5	77.6 / 72.6	76.9 / 69.7^a
Population age distribution^b,p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	40.1 / 5.0	39.3 / 5.5	37.6 / 6.0^a
International migrant stock^q (000/% of total pop.)	273.2 / 6.0	272.8 / 5.4	272.5 / 5.0^m
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	...	...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	18.6	15.2	20^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.4 / 98.3	93.4 / 95.8	91.0 / 91.8^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	93.1 / 93.6	95.6 / 96.8	94.5 / 94.0^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	79.9 / 65.0	86.3 / 72.0	87.9 / 71.1^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.7	0.4	0.6^k

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	56.7^j	76^j,r	86.6^r,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.5^s,t	...	...
Threatened species (number)	24	39	63^m
Forested area (% of land area)	1.7^j	1.7^j	1.7^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.1 / 0.7	3.4 / 0.7	4.8 / 0.9^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	11	11	13^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	17	16	20^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u (000)	432	170	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	23.5^m
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	79.5 / 73.6	80.9 / 75.6	81.5 / 76.4^k
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	66.4 / 37.2	72.3 / 49.8	74.6 / 54.7^k
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	11.94	11.29	17.38^c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Including East Jerusalem.
c		2023
d		Designation and data provided by the State of Palestine. The position of the UN on Jerusalem is stated in A/RES/181 (II) and subsequent General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.
e		2018
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		2022
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		2024
n		2019
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
q		Refugees are not part of the foreign-born migrant stock in the State of Palestine.
r		Population aged 10 years and over.
s		Excluding business enterprise.
t		2013
u		Represent the data on hotel activity in the West Bank only.