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Major Groups of Expenditure

Relative Weight

Palestine

Jerusalem J1*

Gaza Strip

West Bank**

1.0000

0.1264

0.2127

0.6609

Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages

28.1534

21.9516

32.9790

27.7871

Alcholoic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics

5.3124

6.3951

3.8909

5.5626

Clothing and Footwear

4.8921

4.7450

5.1772

4.8285

Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels

9.0680

11.3516

10.1467

8.2840

Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance

4.4412

4.9857

4.1090

4.4439

Health

3.5658

1.9687

4.2717

3.6442

Transport 

14.2620

14.3943

7.6737

16.3568

Information and Communication

5.0928

5.1935

5.0306

5.0936

Recreation, Sport, Culture, Gardens and Pets

1.6879

1.8468

1.7168

1.6481

Education Services

3.5576

2.9330

3.4941

3.6975

Restaurants' and Accommodations Services

2.7912

2.3773

2.8918

2.8380

Insurance and Financial Services

4.2793

5.8625

6.3565

3.3079

Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services 

12.8965

15.9950

12.2619

12.5079

All items of consumer price index

100.0000

100.0000

100.0000

100.0000

Definition: Consumer Price Index‎ It is a statistical tool used to measure the average changes in the prices of goods and services ‎that households consume during two different periods: one called the base period and the ‎other  called the comparison period‎.

Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2019.  Consumer Price Index Survey, 2018.  Ramallah– Palestine.

Note: CPI weight update to be 2018 using the general price level for 2018 compared to 2016/2017.

**Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

J1* those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.