Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
1.58% Increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Palestine during 2019
Notice:
• The base year of Consumer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• Reliance on the new version of the Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose COICOP – 2018 issued by the United Nation Statistic Division (UNSD), to classify major groups, commodities' and services consumed.
Notes:
*Data represent those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel
1.58% Increase in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Palestine during 2019
The changes in CPI in Palestine for 2019 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure major and sub groups compared with the previous year:
Major and Sub Groups |
%Change |
Fresh Chicken |
+ 14.40% |
Fresh Fruit |
+ 10.38% |
Fresh Vegetables |
+ 5.43% |
Rice |
+ 3.56% |
Fresh Meat |
+ 2.29% |
Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, or Frozen |
+ 1.77% |
Eggs |
- 12.75% |
Dried Vegetables |
- 6.99% |
Tertiary education |
+ 1.70% |
Garments for infants |
- 12.62% |
Liquid Fuel for Car "Diesel" |
- 14.24% |
Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol" |
- 2.48% |
Notice:
• The base year of Consumer Price Index has been updated to be 2018.
• Reliance on the new version of the Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose COICOP – 2018 issued by the United Nation Statistic Division (UNSD), to classify major groups, commodities' and services consumed.
Notes:
*Data represent those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel