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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	13 972	15 532	19 112^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	-11.3	3.9^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 115.6	3 094.3	3 640.3^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	8.7	8.4	8^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	19.2	20.1	20.8^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	72.1	71.5	71.2^c
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	8.7	6.4	6.2^c
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	28.7	30.6	32.6^c
Employment in services^j (% employed)	62.6	63	61.2^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	23	25.9	24.4^c
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	18.0 / 70.8	16.4 / 66.3	18.9 / 71.9^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	111	112^k	124^k,l
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	90	117	112^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	958	1 055	1 525^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 225	6 063	9 089^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 268	- 5 009	- 7 563^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 939	- 1 903	- 2 037^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	2.4	2.3	1.6^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	75.4	76.4^m	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.1^b,n	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	4	3.5	3.2^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	76.7 / 72.5	77.6 / 72.6	74.3 / 65.2^a
Population age distribution^b,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	40.1 / 5.0	39.3 / 5.5	38.0 / 5.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	273.2 / 6.0^b	272.8 / 5.3^b	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	...	...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	18.6	15.2	27.5^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.7	4.7^p	5.5^q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	94.2 / 96.6	94.3 / 96.0	91.5 / 92.1^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.5 / 90.7	95.5 / 95.0	95.7 / 94.6^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	80.3 / 63.3	85.7 / 69.6	88.0 / 71.0^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.2	1	1.4^c

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	56.7^j	76^j,r	88.6^r,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.5^s,t	...	...
Threatened species (number)	24	39	59^l
Forested area (% of land area)	1.7^j	1.7^j	1.7^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.1 / 0.7	3.4 / 0.7	3.7 / 0.7^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	9	9	10^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	16	17^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u (000)	432	170	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	0	23.5^l
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	79.5 / 73.6	80.9 / 75.6	81.5 / 76.4^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	66.4 / 37.2	72.3 / 49.8	74.6 / 54.7^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	11.94	11.28	10.08^q

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Including East Jerusalem.
c		2022
d		Designation and data provided by the State of Palestine. The position of the UN on Jerusalem is stated in A/RES/181 (II) and subsequent General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.
e		2018
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		2023
m		2019
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		2017
q		2021
r		Population aged 10 years and over.
s		Excluding business enterprise.
t		2013
u		Represent the data on hotel activity in the West Bank only.