West Bank and Gaza Strip   

Economic and Financial Data

 

National Summary Data Page 

 

  

Date of last update:

24/07/2024

 

 

The Data shown on this page compiled by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestine Monetary Authority, Ministry of Finance and Palestine Exchange.

 

 

 (REAL SECTOR, FISCAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SECTOR, EXTERNAL SECTOR, SOCIO-demographic)

 

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REAL SECTOR

1- National Accounts

 

 

 

 

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A- GDP at Current Prices, by Expenditure Approach 1

US$ Million

Q1/24

3,069.0 3,314.8

 

Final consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

3,600.2 3,935.4

 

Household Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,948.8 3,169.0  

Government Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

574.3 678.6  

NPISH final consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

77.1 87.8  

Gross Capital Formation

US$ Million

Q1/24

764.2 873.9

 

Net Exports of goods and services

US$ Million

Q1/24

-1,277.6 -1,504.3  

Exports

US$ Million

Q1/24

751.8 686.3  

Imports

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,029.4 2,190.6  
Net Errors and Omission

US$ Million

Q1/24

-17.8 9.8  

B- GDP at Constant Prices, by Expenditure Approach 1, (2015 is the base year)

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,565.8 2,855.7  

Final consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,892.5 3,315.0  

Household Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,374.6 2,681.5  

Government Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

457.0 559.9  

NPISH final consumption

US$ Million

Q1/24

60.9 73.6  

Gross Capital Formation

US$ Million

Q1/24

675.9 806.6  

Net Exports of goods and services

US$ Million

Q1/24

-986.9 -1,278.7  

Exports

US$ Million

Q1/24

652.4 631.5  

Imports

US$ Million

Q1/24

1,639.3 1,910.2  
 Net Errors and Omission     US$ Million

Q1/24

-15.7 12.8  

2-Industrial Production Index (Base Year 2019=100)

Index

May/24

78.44 75.07

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3- Labor Market Indicators

 

 

 

 

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Employment

thousands of persons

Q4/23

666.2 1,160

 

Unemployment

percentage of labor force

Q4/23

32.2 24.1

 

Wages/Earnings

monthly average (NIS)

Q4/23

3,801 3,968

 

4- Price Indices

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Prices Index (Base year 2018=100)

Index

Jun/24

168.99

167.59

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Producer Prices Index (Base Year 2019 = 100)

Index

May/24

134.41

139.00

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SDDS Data Category and Component

Unit
Description

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FISCAL SECTOR

1- General Government Operations

 

 

   

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Revenue

US$ Million

2023 5,959.5 5,929.9  

Taxes

US$ Million

2023 4,469.3 4,429.5  

Social contributions

US$ Million

2023 0.0 0.0  

Grants

US$ Million

2023 398.7 413.6  

Other revenues

US$ Million

2023 1,091.5 1,086.7  

Expense

US$ Million

2023 5,137.6 5,360.9  

Compensation of employees

US$ Million

2023 2,659.0 2,845.7  

Use of goods and services

US$ Million

2023 1,267.7 1,391.8  

Consumption of fixed capital

US$ Million

2023 28.5 39.1  

Interest

US$ Million

2023 140.4 142.0  

Subsidies

US$ Million

2023 177.1 21.6  

Grants

US$ Million

2023 6.5 1.2  

Social benefits

US$ Million

2023 805.6 862.2  

Other expense

US$ Million

2023 52.8 57.4  

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Revenues

NIS Million

May/24

546.5 818.9  

Expenditure

NIS Million

May/24

1,026.7 1,078.8  

Balance (Deficit/Surplus)

NIS Million

May/24

-517.6 -296.5  

Aggregate Financing

NIS Million

May/24

517.6 296.5  

* Domestic Financing

NIS Million

May/24

250.9 285.1  

- Bank

NIS Million

May/24

421.5

393.3

 

- Non bank

NIS Million

May/24

-170.6 -108.2  

* Foreign Financing

NIS Million

May/24

266.7 11.2  

* Residual

NIS Million

May/24

0.0 0.2  

3- Central Government Debt 2

       

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Total

NIS Million

May/24

14,346.47 13,994.82  

Residency

 

 

     

- Domestic

NIS Million

May/24

9,430.49 9,028.41  

- Foreign

NIS Million

May/24

4,915.99 4,966.41  

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FINANCIAL SECTOR

1- Depository corporations survey—formerly Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector

 

 

 

 

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Broad Money Liabilities

US$ Million

May/24

16,647.31 16,624.84  

Domestic Claims

US$ Million

May/24

11,9022.19 11,702.99

 

* Net claims on central government

US$ Million

May/24

2,165.77 2,009.83

 

* Claims on other resident sectors

US$ Million

May/24

9,736.42 9,693.16

 

 ** Other financial corporations

US$ Million

May/24

81.17 81.89  

 ** State And Local Government

US$ Million

May/24

26.05 25.52

 

 ** Public non financial corporations

US$ Million

May/24

0.01 0.01  

 ** Private Sector

US$ Million

May/24

9,629.19 9,585.74

 

Net foreign position

US$ Million

May/24

8,037.90 8,179.45

 

* Total foreign assets

US$ Million

May/24

8,849.43 9,002.09

 

* Total foreign liabilities

US$ Million

May/24

-811.52 -822.64

 

2- Central Bank Survey—formerly Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank

 

 

 

 

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Monetary base

US$ Million

Jun/24

1,909.95 1,870.89

 

Claims on other Depository Corporations

 US$ Million

Jun/24

641.40 450.39

 

* Net claims on central government

US$ Million

Jun/24

18.44 -5.80

 

* Claims on all other resident sectors

US$ Million

Jun/24

2.38 2.33

 

 ** Other financial corporations

US$ Million

Jun/24

0.00 0.00

 

 ** State And Local Government

US$ Million

Jun/24

0.00 0.00  

 ** Public non financial corporations

US$ Million

Jun/24

0.00 0.00

 

 ** Private Sector

US$ Million

Jun/24

2.38 2.33  

Net foreign position

US$ Million

Jun/24

1,484.37 1,653.19

 

* Total foreign assets

US$ Million

Jun/24

1,498.33 1,667.85  

* Total foreign liabilities

US$ Million

Jun/24

-13.96 -14.66

 

3- Interest Rates 3

 

 

 

 

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4- Stock Market: Share Price Index

(Al Quds Index )Point

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EXTERNAL SECTOR

1-Balance of Payments

       

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Current Account

 US$ Million

Q1/24

-836 -1,105  

  Goods: Exports

 US$ Million

Q1/24

558 509  

  Goods: Imports

 US$ Million

Q1/24

1,682 1,815  

  Services: Exports

 US$ Million

Q1/24

194 177  

  Services: Imports

 US$ Million

Q1/24

348 375  

  Income: Credit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

155 140  

  Income: Debit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

32 57  

  Current transfers: Credit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

373 370  

  Current transfers: Debit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

54 54  

Capital Account

 US$ Million

Q1/24

75 131  

  Capital account: Credit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

75 131  

  Capital account: Debit

 US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

Financial Account

 US$ Million

Q1/24

744 761  

  Direct investment abroad

 US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

  Direct investment in reporting economy

 US$ Million

Q1/24

-11 47  

  Portfolio investment: Assets

 US$ Million

Q1/24

85 -115  

  Portfolio investment: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q1/24

-43 -40  

  Financial derivatives: Assets

 US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

  Financial derivatives: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

  Other investment: Assets

 US$ Million

Q1/24

576 945  

  Other investment: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q1/24

28 9  

Reserve assets

 US$ Million

Q1/24

109 -85  

Net errors and omissions

 US$ Million

Q1/24

17 213  

2- Official reserve assets

US$ Million

Jun/24

1,190.8 1,366.8

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* Foreign currency reserves

US$ Million

Jun/24

488.2

663.1

 

* Other reserve assets

US$ Million

Jun/24

702.6

703.7

 

3- Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

US$ Million

May/24

1,366.8 1,335.7

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4- Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)

 

 

 

 

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* Trade balance

US$ Million

May/24

-419.2 -317.5  

- Merchandise exports (f.o.b.)

US$ Million

May/24

125.9 102.8  

- Merchandise imports (c.i.f.)

US$ Million

May/24

545.1 420.3  

5- International investment position (IIP)

   

 

 

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*Assets

US$ Million

Q1/24

11,018 10,575  

 ** Direct investment abroad

US$ Million

Q1/24

292 292  

 ** Portfolio investment

US$ Million

Q1/24

1,624 1,703  

   *** Equity securities

US$ Million

Q1/24

518 524  

   *** Debt securities

US$ Million

Q1/24

1,106 1,179  

 ** Other investment

US$ Million

Q1/24

7,888 7,257  

 ** Reserve assets

US$ Million

Q1/24

1,214 1,323  

 ** Financial derivatives

US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

*Liabilities

US$ Million

Q1/24

5,933 5,999  

 ** Direct investment in the reporting economy

US$ Million

Q1/24

3,139 3,190  

 ** Portfolio investment

US$ Million

Q1/24

649 692  

   *** Equity securities

US$ Million

Q1/24

649 692  

   *** Debt securities

US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

 ** Other investment

US$ Million

Q1/24

2,145 2,117  

 ** Financial derivatives

US$ Million

Q1/24

0 0  

6- External  Debt

 NIS Million

May/24

4,915.99 4,966.41

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7- Exchange Rate

 

Daily

 

 

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SOCIO-demographic

1- Population

 persons

2023

5,483,450

5,354,656

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Footnotes:

1 The data for the Palestinian Territory excludes those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967.

2 The data covers budgetary while the data for Palestinian Pension under processing.

3 No National Currency, No Central Bank Rate, No Government Securities Rate. 

4. Labor market indicators for Q4/2023 are pertaining the West Bank only.

5. Non bank financing reflects G&S and Dev. Arrears Payments (Payment from prior years arrears (stock)).