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Browse economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about The Occupied Palestinian Territories economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.
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USD 0.70 billions (2020)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2022
USD 17.34 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 29.57 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.4 | –11.5% | 4.4% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 0.2% | –0.2% | 1.6% | –0.7% | 1.3% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 25.5% | 26.3% | 25.4% | 25.9% | 25.6% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 31.8% | 33.1% | 34.5% | 47.2% | 44.7% |
*Estimate
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Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
USD -1.6 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
-9.5% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
16% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)
0.01% (2020)
0.01% (2020)
Gaza Strip: Strawberries, carnations, vegetables, fish (small and irregular shipments, as permitted to transit the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing)
West Bank: Stone, olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone
Gaza Strip : Food, consumer goods, fuel
West Bank: Food, consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum, chemicals
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 252 million | USD 132 million | USD 52 million |
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 31 million | USD 56 million | USD 61 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 117 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 173 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 123 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 91 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 25 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 114 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 54 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 112 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 148 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 86 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 168 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020
West Bank: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Gaza Strip: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
West Bank: Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.)
Gaza Strip: Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.)
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 56.8% | 62.5% | 72% | 75.3% |
West Bank: 20.8 years (2016 estimate)
Gaza Strip: 16.9 years (2016 estimate)
West Bank: 1.86% (2016 estimate)
Gaza Strip: 2.39% (2016 estimate)
West Bank: 75 years (2016 estimate)
Gaza Strip: 73.9 years (2016 estimate)
96.5% (age 15 and over can read and write, 2015 estimate)
0.9% (2009)
34.5 (2009)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Fixed 8.5%
Mobile 77.6% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)