Poverty Percentages Among Individuals in Palestine According to Monthly Consumption Patterns by Region, 2009-2011, 2017

Publication date: 01-05-2018

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Region 2009 2010 2011 2017
Poverty  Deep Poverty  Poverty  Deep Poverty  Poverty  Deep Poverty  Poverty  Deep Poverty 
West Bank 19.4 9.1 18.3 8.8 17.8 7.8 13.9 5.8
Gaza Strip 38.3 21.9 38.0 23.0 38.8 21.1 53.0 33.8
Palestine 26.2 13.7 25.7 14.1 25.8 12.9 29.2 16.8

Poverty Percentage (Indicator): the share of the population whose income or consumption is below the poverty line, that is, the share of the population that cannot afford to buy a basic basket of goods. An analyst using several poverty lines, say one for poverty and one for extreme/deep poverty, can estimate the incidence of both poverty and extreme/deep poverty by Dividing the number of households living below the national poverty line by the total number of households within the surveyed community, multiplied by hundred.
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2018. Expenditure and Consumption Survey, 2009-2011, 2017.  Ramallah – Palestine.