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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2021)		5 223^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		867.6^a,b
Capital city		East Jerusalem^d
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		275.1^d,e
Surface area (km2)		6 025^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.9^a,b

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	9 682	13 972	17 059^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5.8	3.7	0.9^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 387.2	3 085.0	3 424.5^c
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	10.6	8.7	8.5^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	21.8	19.2	21.6^c
Economy: Services and other activityⁱ (% of GVA)	67.6	72.1	69.8^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	11.8	8.7	5.9^j,k
Employment in industry (% of employed)	24.7	28.7	31.7^j,k
Employment in services (% employed)	63.5	62.6	62.4^j,k
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	21.4	23	26.1^k
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	13.8 / 64.7	17.6 / 69.2	17.9 / 69.8^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	111	112^l,k
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	88	109^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	576	958	1 130^j,k
International trade: imports (million current US$)	3 959	5 225	5 750^j,k
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 383	- 4 268	- 4 620^j,k
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 307	- 1 939	- 1 834^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^b,m (average annual %)	2.5	2.2	2.4^k
Urban population^b (% of total population)	74.1	75.4	76.4^c
Urban population growth rate^b,m (average annual %)	2.9	3.1	...
Fertility rate, total^b,m (live births per woman)	4.6	4.2	3.7^k
Life expectancy at birth^b,m (females/males, years)	74.2 / 70.8	74.9 / 71.4	75.5 / 72.2^k
Population age distribution^b (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.3 / 4.4	39.9 / 4.6	38.0 / 5.1^a
International migrant stock^b (000/% of total pop.)	273.8 / 6.8	273.2 / 6.0	272.8 / 5.3^k
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	...	~0.0	...
Infant mortality rate^b,m (per 1 000 live births)	21	19.3	17.5^k
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.7	5.1	5.3ⁿ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.4 / 92.2	97.5 / 97.5	97.7 / 97.8^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.1 / 82.5	89.9 / 81.9	95.0 / 86.5^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	85.9 / 70.2	77.4 / 59.0	87.4 / 69.1^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.8	1.2	0.5^e

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	37.4^j	57.4^j	70.6^c
Research & Development expenditure^o (% of GDP)	0.4	0.5^p	...
Threatened species (number)	18	24	45
Forested area^j (% of land area)	1.7	1.7	1.7^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	9	9	8^e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	13	16	15^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	522	432^q	688^q,c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	18.5	20.1	20.9^k
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	78.1 / 71.6	79.5 / 73.6	80.9 / 75.6^k
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	60.8 / 24.9	66.5 / 36.1	72.4 / 48.0^k
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	26.41	13.01	13.5^e

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Including East Jerusalem.
c		2019
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		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Includes irrigation canals.
i		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		2020
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		2017
o		Excluding business enterprise.
p		2013
q		Represent the data on hotel activity in the West Bank only.