عربي
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Press Release on the Results of the Labour Force Survey
April- June 2013 Round
Main Results
The labour force participation rate of persons aged 15 years and above was 43.0%
The number of persons participating in the labour force in Palestine was about 1.133 million in the 2nd quarter 2013:فىفاع فال; about 746 thousand in the West Bank and about 387 thousand in Gaza Strip.
The labour force participation rate in the West Bank was 44.4% and 40.4% in Gaza Strip, the gap in the participation rate between males and females still very big it reached 68.7% for males compared with 16.6% for females.
Labour Force Participation Rate by Sex, Q2-2011- Q2-2013
20.6% the unemployment rate among labour force participants
Using ILO standards, the number of unemployed was about 234 thousand in the 2nd quarter 2013: about 126 thousand in the West Bank and about 108 thousand in Gaza Strip.
The unemployment rate in Gaza Strip was 27.9% compared with 16.8% in the West Bank, and the unemployment rate for males in Palestine was 17.6% compared with 33.6% for females.
Unemployment Rate by Region, Q2-2011- Q2-2013
The highest unemployment rate in the 2nd quarter 2013 was 37.2% among youth aged 20-24 years. For years of schooling, the unemployment rate among females with 13 years of schooling or more was 45.2%.
The highest unemployment rates in the West Bank governorates was in Hebron with 22.1%. In Gaza Strip, the highest unemployment rate was in Rafah with 32.0%.
According to the relaxed definition of unemployment in Palestine, the unemployment rate decreased from 27.5% in the 1st quarter 2013 to 24.5% in the 2nd quarter 2013.
Increased the number of employment in the local market between the 1st quarter 2013 and 2nd quarter 2013
The number of employed in the local market increased from 768 thousand in the 1st quarter 2013 to 801 thousand in the 2nd quarter 2013. The number of employed persons in the West Bank increased by 19 thousand, while the number of employed persons in Gaza Strip increased by 14 thousand.
The services sector was the biggest employer in the local market with 33.1% in the West Bank and 50.2% in Gaza Strip.
The public sector employed 22.5% of those in employment: 36.2% in Gaza Strip and 16.4% in the West Bank.
The average daily wage for waged employees in the West Bank was 88.6 NIS compared with 63.2 NIS in Gaza Strip.
The average weekly hours worked by waged employees in the West Bank was 43.5 per week in the 1st quarter 2013 compared with 44.2 in the 2nd quarter 2013. The average number of days worked per month increased from 22.2 to 22.7 over the same period. The average number of hours worked per week in Gaza Strip was 36.6 hours per week in the 1st quarter 2013 compared with 39.1 in the 2nd quarter 2013, while the average number of days worked per month increased from 23.3 to 23.5 days over the same period.
Number of employed in Israel and Israeli settlements about 96 thousand in the 2nd quarter 2013
The number of employed persons from the West Bank employed in Israel and Israeli settlements increased from 93 thousand in the 1st quarter 2013 to 96 thousand in the 2nd quarter 2013. Of these, 48 thousand had a permit, 34 thousand worked without a permit and 14 thousand employed persons have an Israeli identity card or foreign passport.
The number of employees in Israeli settlements increased from 16 thousand in the 1st quarter 2013 to 20 thousand in the 2nd quarter 2013.
57.6% of employed in Israel and Israeli settlements work in the construction sector.
The average daily wage for persons employed in Israel and Israeli settlements increased from 167.6 NIS in the 1st quarter 2013 to 172.1 NIS in the 2nd quarter 2013.
The average number of hours worked per week decreased from 43.5 in the 1st quarter 2013 to 43.0 in the 2nd quarter 2013. The average number of days worked per month decrease from 20.1 in the 1st quarter 2013 to 19.9 in the 2nd quarter 2013.
Employment status in the 2nd quarter 2013
68.0% of employed persons are waged employees: 65.8% in the West Bank compared with 72.9% in Gaza Strip. 17.8% of employed persons are self- employed; 18.4% in the West Bank and 16.3% in Gaza Strip. 8.0% of employed persons are unpaid family members: 8.7% in the West Bank and 6.6% in Gaza Strip. 6.2% of employed persons are employers: 7.1% in the West Bank and 4.2% in Gaza Strip.
Percentage Distribution of Employed Persons by Employment Status, Q2-2013
Working benefits for waged employees in the private sector
26.0% of waged employees are hired by contract, compared with 56.2% hired without a contract.
20.6% of waged employees contribute to a pension fund; 21.2% have annual paid leave; 41.6% of wage employees women have paid maternity leave.
32.3% of employed persons in Palestine are affiliated to a workers vocational union: 16.4% in the West Bank and 67.5% in Gaza Strip.
38.7% of wage employees in the private sector receive less than minimum wage in Palestine.
In the West Bank about 25.5% of wage employees in the private sector receive less than the minimum monthly wage. the large number of those who receive less the minimum monthly wage are in the north West Bank about 28,600 person with average monthly wage 1,043 NIS, followed by south West Bank governorates about 15,500 with 1,061 NIS.
In Gaza Strip the percentage of wage employees in the private sector was 66.5% about 68,100 wage employees with average monthly wage 819 NIS.
3.5% of children aged 10-17 years are employed
3.5% of children aged 10-17 years are employed: 5.0% in the West Bank and 1.1% in Gaza Strip.