Percentage Distribution of Individuals Aged 15 Years and Above from Gaza Strip by 

Sex, Age and Labour Force Status, 2020

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Dissemination date 05/04/2022

Sex and Governorate Full
Employment
Time Related Underemployment
Unemployment
Total Inside LF Outside LF Total
Males              
15-24 32.0 1.7 66.3 100 32.9 67.1 100
25-34 48.2 1.7 50.1 100 77.5 22.5 100
35-44 74.6 1.2 24.2 100 80.0 20.0 100
45-54 76.8 0.7 22.5 100 63.6 36.4 100
55-64 84.8 - 15.2 100 32.5 67.5 100
+65 93.5 - 6.5 100 7.6 92.4 100
Total  56.5 1.4 42.1 100 55.2 44.8 100
Females              
15-24 7.8 0.2 92.0 100 9.0 91.0 100
25-34 23.2 0.4 76.4 100 25.2 74.8 100
35-44 59.5 0.4 40.1 100 19.6 80.4 100
45-54 88.9 - 11.1 100 13.4 86.6 100
55-64 94.5 - 5.5 100 5.0 95.0 100
+65 100.0 - - 100 0.4 99.6 100
Total 36.1 0.3 63.6 100 15.0 85.0 100
Both Sexes              
15-24 27.0 1.4 71.6 100 21.2 78.8 100
25-34 42.1 1.4 56.5 100 51.6 48.4 100
35-44 71.7 1.0 27.3 100 49.6 50.4 100
45-54 78.8 0.6 20.6 100 38.8 61.2 100
55-64 86.0 - 14.0 100 19.0 81.0 100
+65 93.8 - 6.2 100 3.7 96.3 100
Total 52.2 1.2 46.6 100 35.3 64.7 100
Persons Outside labour force: All persons aged 15 years and over who are either employed or unemployed.
The population not economically active: comprises all persons 15 years and over, who were neither employed nor unemployed accordingly to the definitions over. Because they don’t have any desire to work or because of the availability of another source of income.
Persons in employment: comprise all persons above a specified age who during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories: paid employment; self employment as well as unpaid family members.
Unemployed persons: are those individuals aged 15 years and over who did not work at all during the reference period, who were not absent from a job, were available for work and actively seeking a job during the reference period by one of the following methods news paper, registered at employment office, ask friends or relatives or any other method.
Time related underemployment: All persons who were employed during a short reference period and the total actual hours worked in all jobs were less than 35 hours and they wanted to work additional hours, who were available to work additional hours if they given an opportunity for additional work.
(-) means no enough observations
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2022. Labor Force Survey: 2020 Ramallah, Palestine.