Percentage Distribution of Palestinian Population* (15 years and above) in Palestine by Sex, Educational Attainment and Governorate, 2017

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Sex and Educational Attainment

Governorate

Jenin Tubas & Northern Valley Tulkarm Nablus Qalqilya Salfit Ramallah & Al-Bireh Jericho and Al Aghwar Jerusalem Bethlehem Hebron North Gaza Gaza Deir Al-Balah Khan Yunis Rafah
Both Sexes                                

Illiterate

3.7 4.7 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 5.1 2.1 3.6 4.4 3.2 2.3 3.1 3.3 4.0

Can Read and    Write

5.3 6.5 4.5 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.2 6.8 3.3 5.8 6.8 5.1 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.3

Elementary

13.5 12.3 11.5 12.8 13.6 10.4 10.8 15.4 10.2 11.8 13.9 11.4 11.3 8.3 9.6 9.0

Preparatory

33.9 31.4 32.4 33.4 33.6 32.0 30.3 32.2 35.8 32.3 34.9 32.8 32.6 29.9 33.9 31.5

Secondary

23.2 22.1 23.2 20.8 23.0 23.5 20.9 18.5 22.4 23.4 21.1 24.2 25.2 24.9 24.2 27.1

Associate Diploma

4.0 4.3 6.7 5.8 4.0 4.3 6.0 3.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.7 6.4 9.1 6.8 6.4

Bachelor and above

16.4 18.7 18.4 18.5 16.0 20.8 23.4 18.4 21.4 18.2 13.9 17.6 17.8 21.0 17.9 18.7

Total

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Males                                

Illiterate

1.3 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.6 1.4 2.9 1.2 2.1 2.4 1.7 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.1

Can Read and    Write

4.4 5.8 4.3 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.6 6.7 3.1 5.8 7.1 5.8 5.6 4.3 5.3 3.8

Elementary

14.1 13.6 13.1 14.3 14.3 11.1 12.3 17.7 11.1 13.7 16.6 12.6 13.6 10.2 11.4 10.6

Preparatory

37.5 35.5 35.2 36.2 36.7 35.6 33.8 35.0 38.1 35.2 36.4 33.2 32.6 33.6 35.7 33.6

Secondary

22.8 22.0 22.5 20.4 22.9 24.5 21.1 17.6 21.7 22.8 19.8 22.7 21.8 22.4 21.1 24.7

Associate Diploma

4.7 5.1 6.6 5.9 4.6 4.5 4.7 2.9 3.7 4.7 4.9 5.8 6.6 9.0 6.6 6.8

Bachelor and above

15.2 16.4 17.1 16.4 14.2 18.0 22.1 17.2 21.1 15.7 12.8 18.2 18.3 19.0 17.9 18.4

Total

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Females                                

Illiterate

6.1 8.0 5.4 4.7 6.2 6.0 5.5 7.2 3.1 5.2 6.5 4.7 3.2 4.6 4.6 5.8

Can Read and    Write

6.4 7.1 4.7 5.9 6.4 5.7 5.8 6.8 3.5 5.8 6.5 4.5 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.7

Elementary

13.0 11.0 9.9 11.3 12.9 9.7 9.3 13.1 9.2 9.8 11.0 10.2 8.9 6.5 7.8 7.3

Preparatory

30.0 27.3 29.7 30.6 29.9 28.3 26.7 29.6 33.3 29.2 33.4 32.3 32.3 26.3 31.8 29.7

Secondary

23.5 22.1 23.9 21.3 23.2 22.5 20.8 19.4 23.2 24.1 22.5 25.8 28.7 27.3 27.5 29.5

Associate Diploma

3.3 3.5 6.8 5.6 3.5 4.2 7.2 4.3 6.0 5.1 5.1 5.5 6.3 9.3 7.1 6.1

Bachelor and above

17.7 21.0 19.6 20.6 17.9 23.6 24.7 19.6 21.7 20.8 15.0 17.0 17.3 23.0 18.0 18.9

Total

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

*: Includes actually counted population in the population, housing and establishments Census, 2017 but not includes uncounted population estimates based on the post enumeration study results.