Percentage Distribution of Individuals Aged 15 Years and Above from Gaza Strip by
Sex, Age and Labour Force Status, 2021
click here to download						Dissemination date 05/04/2022
Sex and Governorate	Full Employment	Time Related Underemployment	Unemployment	Total	Inside LF	Outside LF	Total
Males
15-24	32.8	2.2	65.0	100	39.5	60.5	100
25-34	48.1	2.9	49.0	100	83.4	16.6	100
35-44	73.4	1.7	24.9	100	84.6	15.4	100
45-54	75.8	1.3	22.9	100	71.2	28.8	100
55-64	77.5	-	22.3	100	40.0	60.0	100
+65	87.6	-	12.4	100	5.9	94.1	100
Total	56.0	2.1	41.9	100	61.2	38.8	100
Females
15-24	12.0	1.2	86.8	100	8.9	91.1	100
25-34	21.6	1.5	76.9	100	31.3	68.7	100
35-44	54.6	0.7	44.7	100	22.9	77.1	100
45-54	79.7	0.0	20.3	100	12.3	87.7	100
55-64	97.0	-	3.0	100	6.6	93.4	100
+65	67.0	-	33.0	100	0.3	99.7	100
Total	33.9	1.1	65.0	100	17.3	82.7	100
Both sexes
15-24	29.1	2.0	68.9	100	24.5	75.5	100
25-34	41.7	2.5	55.8	100	57.6	42.4	100
35-44	69.3	1.5	29.2	100	53.6	46.4	100
45-54	76.4	1.1	22.5	100	42.0	58.0	100
55-64	80.1	-	19.7	100	23.7	76.3	100
+65	86.3	-	13.7	100	2.9	97.1	100
Total	51.2	1.9	46.9	100	39.4	60.6	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: 2021 Ramallah, Palestine.