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PCBS | PCBS: The Reality of the Private and Non-government Enterprises in Palestine 2020

Reality of the Private and Non-Government Enterprises in Palestine* 2020

 

 

63.4% Of the Total Number of Employees in Private and Non-Government Enterprises are Waged Employees.

505,182 employed persons in an economic enterprises operating in Palestine (331,161 employed persons in the West Bank and 174,021 employed persons in Gaza Strip), with a decrease of 8.1% compared with 2019. Internal trade and services activities contributed to the highest percentage of this reduction (internal trade contributed with 34.5% and services with 29.7%). Among the percentage distribution in 2020, internal trade activity contributed to the highest percentage of operating among employees with 40.3% of the total number of employees, followed by services that constituted 30.4%, industry 21.7%, finance and insurance activities 2.8%, construction activities 1.8%, and the percentages of the information and communications, and transportation and storage activities reached 1.7% and 1.3%, respectively.

 

The number of employees ranged between unpaid employees (owners of the enterprises and their households members) which constituted 36.6% of the total number of employees, and wage employees that constituted 63.4% of the total number of employees.  The total value of compensation for wage employees reached USD 2,551.2 million.

 

Number of Employees in Private and Non-Government Sectors by

 Economic Activity and Region in 2020

 

Economic Activity

Region

West Bank*

Gaza Strip

Palestine*

Industry

84,318

25,322

109,640

Construction

6,014

2,846

8,860

Internal Trade

127,517

76,160

203,677

Transportation and Storage

4,663

2,077

6,740

Information and Communications

6,258

2,478

8,736

Finance and Insurance

10,796

3,153

13,949

Services

91,595

61,985

153,580

Total

331,161

174,021

505,182

 

Industry Activities Constituted the Highest Value of Output of the Economic Activities in Palestine* in 2020

The total value of output by economic enterprises was USD 13,123.7 million in Palestine (USD 10,873.1 million in the West Bank and USD 2,250.6 million in Gaza Strip) with a decrease of 15.9% compared with 2019. Industrial and services activities constituted the highest percentage of this reduction (with a contribution of 44.8% for internal trade and 27.6% for industry).

 

Among the percentage distribution 2020, industrial activities contributed with  34.0% of the total output followed by internal trade activities that constituted 31.3%, services activities reached 20.9%,  finance and insurance activities reached 7.6%, information and communications reached 3.6%, while percentages of construction activities and transportation and storage activities reached 1.7% and 0.9%, respectively.

 

 

A Decrease of 13.7% in the Value Added of the Economic Activities in Palestine* in 2020 Compared with 2019.

Results showed that the total value added of economic activities in 2020 was USD 8,891.4 million with a decrease of 13.7% compared with 2019, due to the procedures taken to stop the outbreak of COVID-19 in Palestine. Internal trade and communication activities contributed with the highest percentage of this reduction (internal trade contributed with a percentage of 67.7% and communications contributed with 12.3%).

 

In 2020, the highest value added was from the internal trade activities with a percentage of 37.7%, followed by industry activities with a percentage of 24.5%, services activities with a percentage of 23.6%, finance and insurance activities with a percentage of 8.1%, information and communications activities with a percentage of 4.0%, construction 1.2%, and transportation and storage with a percentage of 0.9%.

 


Note:

*Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967.

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