Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Press Release on Building Licenses in Palestine, First Quarter 2014

Increase in the number of building licenses in Palestine*

A total of 2,445 building licenses were issued in the first quarter of 2014.

The total number of building licenses issued in the first quarter of 2014 increased by 14.4% compared with the fourth quarter of 2013 and was 7.2% higher than in the first quarter of 2013.

The area of licensed buildings (residential and non-residential) totaled 1.149 million m², of which new buildings made up 993 thousand m² and existing buildings comprised 156 thousand m².

The total number of licensed dwellings was 4,646, of which 3,804 were new units with a total area of 687 thousand m² and 842 were existing dwellings with a total area of 140 thousand m².

The number of new dwellings in the first quarter of 2014 was 30% higher than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 19.9% higher than the first quarter of 2013.

Number of Building Licenses issued in Palestine*,

 First Quarter 2013 to First Quarter 2014

* The data exclude those parts of Jerusalem annexed by Israel in 1967.