West Bank and Gaza Strip   

Economic and Financial Data

 

National Summary Data Page 

 

  

Date of last update:

06/01/2025

 

 

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

Q3/24

3,530.0 3,326.2

 

Final consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

4,204.1 3,893.0

 

Household Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

3,380.5 3,177.3  

Government Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

767.0 658.9  

NPISH final consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

56.6 56.8  

Gross Capital Formation

US$ Million

Q3/24

868.0 738.9

 

Net Exports of goods and services

US$ Million

Q3/24

-1,595.8 -1,273.8  

Exports

US$ Million

Q3/24

743.0 631.8  

Imports

US$ Million

Q3/24

2,338.8 1,905.6  
Net Errors and Omission

US$ Million

Q3/24

53.7 -31.9  

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

US$ Million

Q3/24

2,807.3 2,712.8  

Final consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

3,232.8 3,044.2  

Household Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

2,576.5 2,470.5  

Government Final Consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

616.5 532.8  

NPISH final consumption

US$ Million

Q3/24

39.8 40.9  

Gross Capital Formation

US$ Million

Q3/24

762.4 663.9  

Net Exports of goods and services

US$ Million

Q3/24

-1,232.4 -968.9  

Exports

US$ Million

Q3/24

642.2 547.7  

Imports

US$ Million

Q3/24

1,874.6 1,516.6  
 Net Errors and Omission  US$ Million

Q3/24

44.5 -26.4  

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

Index

Nov/24

81.12 84.43

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3- Labor Market Indicators

 

 

 

 

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Employment

thousands of persons

Q3/24

705 677

 

Unemployment

percentage of labor force

Q3/24

30.7 31.1

 

Wages/Earnings

monthly average (NIS)

Q3/24

3,869 3,688

 

4- Price Indices

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Prices Index (Base year 2018=100)

Index

Nov/24

224.26

196.04

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Producer Prices Index (Base Year 2019 = 100)

Index

Nov/24

176.02

177.98

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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  

2- Central Government Operations 2

 

 

 

 

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Revenues

NIS Million

Nov/24

849.2 993.4  

Expenditure

NIS Million

Nov/24

1,234.6 1,288.5  

Balance (Deficit/Surplus)

NIS Million

Nov/24

-500.9 -372.7  

Aggregate Financing

NIS Million

Nov/24

500.9 372.7  

* Domestic Financing

NIS Million

Nov/24

-57.4  -117.8  

- Bank

NIS Million

Nov/24

60.9

      158.0  

- Non bank

NIS Million

Nov/24

-118.3 -275.8  

* Foreign Financing

NIS Million

Nov/24

558.4 490.0  

* Residual

NIS Million

Nov/24

-0.2 0.4  

3- Central Government Debt 2

       

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Total

NIS Million

Nov/24

15,295.36 15,208.88  

Residency

 

 

     

- Domestic

NIS Million

Nov/24

10,461.08 10,271.66  

- Foreign

NIS Million

Nov/24

4,834.27 4,937.22  

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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

Nov/24

17,479.28 17,276.10  

Domestic Claims

US$ Million

Nov/24

11,967.50 11,907.82

 

* Net claims on central government

US$ Million

Nov/24

2,381.92 2,332.01

 

* Claims on other resident sectors

US$ Million

Nov/24

9,585.85 9,575.81

 

 ** Other financial corporations

US$ Million

Nov/24

80.18 82.29  

 ** State And Local Government

US$ Million

Nov/24

30.38 27.47

 

 ** Public non financial corporations

US$ Million

Nov/24

0.01 0.01  

 ** Private Sector

US$ Million

Nov/24

9,475.01 9,466.04

 

Net foreign position

US$ Million

Nov/24

9,029.34 8,838.74

 

* Total foreign assets

US$ Million

Nov/24

9,996.42 9,769.51

 

* Total foreign liabilities

US$ Million

Nov/24

-967.08 -930.76

 

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

 

 

 

 

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Monetary base

US$ Million

Nov/24

1,986.59 1,912.26

 

Claims on other Depository Corporations

 US$ Million

Nov/24

740.58 827.49

 

* Net claims on central government

US$ Million

Nov/24

18.73 18.70

 

* Claims on all other resident sectors

US$ Million

Nov/24

1.84 2.22

 

 ** Other financial corporations

US$ Million

Nov/24

0.01 0.01

 

 ** State And Local Government

US$ Million

Nov/24

0.00 0.00  

 ** Public non financial corporations

US$ Million

Nov/24

0.00 0.00

 

 ** Private Sector

US$ Million

Nov/24

1.83 2.22  

Net foreign position

US$ Million

Nov/24

1,487.73 1,325.85

 

* Total foreign assets

US$ Million

Nov/24

1,694.51 1,533.77  

* Total foreign liabilities

US$ Million

Nov/24

-206.78 -207.93

 

3- Interest Rates 3

 

 

 

 

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4- Stock Market: Share Price Index

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EXTERNAL SECTOR

1-Balance of Payments

       

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Current Account

 US$ Million

Q3/24

-870 -774  

  Goods: Exports

 US$ Million

Q3/24

612 521  

  Goods: Imports

 US$ Million

Q3/24

1,945 1,585  

  Services: Exports

 US$ Million

Q3/24

131 111  

  Services: Imports

 US$ Million

Q3/24

394 321  

  Income: Credit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

301 207  

  Income: Debit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

26 16  

  Current transfers: Credit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

511 365  

  Current transfers: Debit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

60 56  

Capital Account

 US$ Million

Q3/24

88 73  

  Capital account: Credit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

88 73  

  Capital account: Debit

 US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

Financial Account

 US$ Million

Q3/24

632 580  

  Direct investment abroad

 US$ Million

Q3/24

0 -11  

  Direct investment in reporting economy

 US$ Million

Q3/24

87 88  

  Portfolio investment: Assets

 US$ Million

Q3/24

-90 -71  

  Portfolio investment: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q3/24

-49 -16  

  Financial derivatives: Assets

 US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

  Financial derivatives: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

  Other investment: Assets

 US$ Million

Q3/24

886 571  

  Other investment: Liabilities

 US$ Million

Q3/24

-34 -4  

Reserve assets

 US$ Million

Q3/24

-168 23  

Net errors and omissions

 US$ Million

Q3/24

150 121  

2- Official reserve assets

US$ Million

Dec/24

1,328.3 1,383.0

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* Foreign currency reserves

US$ Million

Dec/24

517.3

599.6

 

* Other reserve assets

US$ Million

Dec/24

811.0

783.4

 

3- Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity

US$ Million

Nov/24

1,383.0 1,221.9

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4- Merchandise Trade (Foreign Trade)

 

 

 

 

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* Trade balance

US$ Million

Oct/24

-391.7 -431.8  

- Merchandise exports (f.o.b.)

US$ Million

Oct/24

123.2 124.7  

- Merchandise imports (c.i.f.)

US$ Million

Oct/24

514.9 556.5  

5- International investment position (IIP)

   

 

 

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*Assets

US$ Million

Q3/24

12,189 11,312  

 ** Direct investment abroad

US$ Million

Q3/24

303 303  

 ** Portfolio investment

US$ Million

Q3/24

1,773 1,689  

   *** Equity securities

US$ Million

Q3/24

511 515  

   *** Debt securities

US$ Million

Q3/24

1,262 1,174  

 ** Other investment

US$ Million

Q3/24

8,754 8,129  

 ** Reserve assets

US$ Million

Q3/24

1,359 1,191  

 ** Financial derivatives

US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

*Liabilities

US$ Million

Q3/24

6,004 6,044  

 ** Direct investment in the reporting economy

US$ Million

Q3/24

3,304 3,259  

 ** Portfolio investment

US$ Million

Q3/24

584 633  

   *** Equity securities

US$ Million

Q3/24

584 633  

   *** Debt securities

US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

 ** Other investment

US$ Million

Q3/24

2,116 2,152  

 ** Financial derivatives

US$ Million

Q3/24

0 0  

6- External  Debt

 NIS Million

Nov/24

4,834.27 4,937.22

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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 are pertaining the West Bank only.

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