| Unemployment Rate Among Labour Force Participants of Individuals Aged 15 Years and Above in Palestine by Sex and Governorate, 2000-2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dissemination date 05/04/2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sex and EcGovernorate | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021* |
| Both Sexse | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jenin | 16.4 | 36.7 | 44.6 | 35.0 | 28.3 | 25.1 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 22.5 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 18.6 |
| Tubas & Northern Valleys | 15.7 | 30.4 | 39.1 | 24.5 | 21.7 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 11.2 |
| Tulkarm | 16.5 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 27.5 | 19.9 | 13.3 | 17.5 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 18.1 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 17.5 |
| Nablus | 11.1 | 22.7 | 29.2 | 25.4 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 19.2 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 16.8 | 15.6 |
| Qalqiliya | 17.5 | 32.3 | 26.9 | 22.5 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 16.5 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 12.0 |
| Salfit | 17.8 | 40.4 | 28.8 | 23.0 | 18.8 | 21.2 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 20.1 | 17.4 |
| Ramallah & Al-Bireh | 9.5 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 14.5 | 19.6 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 8.7 |
| Jericho & AL Aghwar | 7.2 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 14.5 | 10.8 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 12.3 | 14.6 | 13.6 |
| Jerusalem | 11.7 | 15.9 | 28.6 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 17.5 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 17.6 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| Bethlehem | 9.6 | 11.2 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 20.9 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 17.4 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 13.5 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 25.2 | 25.1 |
| Hebron | 10.5 | 15.8 | 26.3 | 22.0 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 26.5 | 22.3 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 23.8 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 20.9 | 22.6 | 19.9 | 16.5 | 18.6 | 19.0 |
| Total | 12.2 | 21.6 | 28.2 | 23.7 | 22.8 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 15.5 |
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (*):Unemployment rate according to the revised definition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2022. Labor Force Survey: 2000-2021 Ramallah, Palestine | ||||||||||||||||||||||