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PCBS | PCBS: The Consumer Price Index During 2015

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

Palestinian Consumer Price Index, 2015

Increase in the CPI during 2015 compared with the previous year

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Palestine during 2015 increased by 1.43% compared with 2014 (increased by 1.77% in Gaza Strip, 1.29% in the West Bank, and by 0.33% in Jerusalem J1*).

 

The change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2015 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with the previous year:

 

Sub Groups

%Change

Food and Soft Drinks

+ 1.90%

    Fresh Vegetables

+ 12.82%

    Fresh Meat

+ 12.38%

    Rice

+ 9.13%

   Oils and Fats

+ 1.53%

   Potatoes and other Tubers

- 12.18%

   Eggs

- 7.17%

   Fresh Fish

-7.06%

   Flour

- 4.01%

   Dried Vegetables

- 2.43%

   Fresh Poultry

- 0.52%

   Fresh Fruit

-0.40%

Cigarettes

+ 11.09%

   Imported Cigarettes

+15.62%

   Local  Cigarettes

+2.76%

Education Services

+4.98%

Textiles, Clothing & Footwear

+4.75%

Medical Care

+1.05%

Housing Services

-5.64%

   Liquid Fuel for House

-15.73%

   Gas

-14.44%

Transportation

-1.00%

   Liquid Fuel for Car

-14.38%

 

 

 

The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestine for January – December 2015

(Base Year 2010=100)

 

 

 

 

The trend line for the consumer price index in Palestine for 2006 – 2015

(Base Year 2010=100)


 

 

 

 

 

Note:

Jerusalem J1*:  those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967

The data of West Bank doesn't cover Jerusalem J1*.


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