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Palestinian Territory Unemployment Rate

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State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza)'s Unemployment Rate increased to 28.50 % in Sep 2020, from the previously reported number of 26.50 % in Jun 2020. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza)'s Unemployment Rate is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1998 to Sep 2020, with an average rate of 24.70 %. The data reached an all-time high of 35.60 % in Sep 2002 and a record low of 8.80 % in Jun 2000. The data is reported by reported by CEIC Data.

In the latest reports, State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza)'s Population reached 5.23 million people in Jun 2021. The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 38.50 % in Jun 2020.

What was Palestinian Territory's Unemployment Rate in Sep 2020?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
28.50 % Sep 2020 quarterly Mar 1998 - Sep 2020	26.50 % Jun 2020 quarterly Mar 1998 - Sep 2020	8.80 Jun 2000	35.60 Sep 2002	%	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Sep 2020 Updated on 09 Nov 2020

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Country/Region	Last	Frequency	Range
Albania (%)	11.90 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Algeria (%)	11.70 Sep 2017	quarterly	Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
Argentina (%)	13.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2002 - Jun 2020
Armenia (%)	17.50 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Australia (%)	6.94 Sep 2020	monthly	Feb 1978 - Sep 2020
Austria (%)	5.52 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
Azerbaijan (%)	6.46 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Bahrain (%)	4.30 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
Bangladesh (%)	4.15 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Belarus (%)	0.20 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 2004 - Oct 2020
Belgium (%)	5.10 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Aug 2020
Bolivia (%)	3.40 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%)	15.70 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Botswana (%)	18.72 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Brazil (%)	14.40 Aug 2020	monthly	Mar 2012 - Aug 2020
Brunei (%)	9.04 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Bulgaria (%)	4.80 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Sep 2020
Cambodia (%)	0.10 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Canada (%)	9.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Sep 2020
Chile (%)	12.30 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2009 - Sep 2020
China (%)	4.19 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Sep 2020
Colombia (%)	15.77 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Sep 2020
Croatia (%)	6.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Jun 2020
Cyprus (%)	7.40 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Czech Republic (%)	2.75 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Aug 2020
Denmark (%)	6.10 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Aug 2020
Ecuador (%)	6.64 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Sep 2020
Egypt (%)	7.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Sep 2020
Estonia (%)	7.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1989 - Jun 2020
European Union (%)	6.20 Jan 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jan 2020
Finland (%)	8.30 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Oct 2020
France (%)	9.00 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Sep 2020
Georgia (%)	11.57 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Germany (%)	4.50 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Sep 2020
Ghana (%)	4.51 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Greece (%)	16.80 Aug 2020	monthly	Apr 1998 - Aug 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (%)	6.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Oct 1981 - Sep 2020
Hungary (%)	4.60 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Iceland (%)	5.60 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
India (%)	5.40 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Indonesia (%)	5.28 2019	yearly	1984 - 2019
Iran (%)	10.60 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2001 - Mar 2020
Ireland (%)	5.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Israel (%)	4.69 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Sep 2020
Italy (%)	9.61 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Sep 2020
Ivory Coast (%)	3.42 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Japan (%)	3.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1953 - Sep 2020
Jordan (%)	23.00 May 2020	quarterly	Feb 2000 - May 2020
Kazakhstan (%)	5.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Kenya (%)	2.65 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
South Korea (%)	4.20 Oct 2020	monthly	Jun 1999 - Oct 2020
Kosovo (%)	29.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Kuwait (%)	2.09 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Kyrgyzstan (%)	6.20 2018	yearly	1992 - 2018
Laos (%)	0.60 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Latvia (%)	8.40 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Lebanon (%)	11.35 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Lithuania (%)	9.80 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Sep 2020
Luxembourg (%)	6.35 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Sep 2020
Macau SAR, China (%)	2.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Sep 1996 - Sep 2020
North Macedonia (%)	16.70 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Jun 2020
Malawi (%)	6.60 2013	yearly	2005 - 2013
Malaysia (%)	5.40 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2016 - May 2020
Malta (%)	4.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2000 - Jun 2020
Mauritius (%)	7.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
Mexico (%)	3.26 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Mar 2020
Moldova (%)	4.22 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Mongolia (%)	7.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 2006 - Sep 2020
Montenegro (%)	15.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Jun 2020
Morocco (%)	12.70 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Sep 2020
Mozambique (%)	3.24 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Myanmar (%)	1.71 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Nepal (%)	1.47 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Netherlands (%)	3.80 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Mar 2020
New Zealand (%)	5.30 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Sep 2020
Nigeria (%)	27.11 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Norway (%)	5.30 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 1989 - Aug 2020
Oman (%)	2.90 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2018 - Sep 2020
Pakistan (%)	5.79 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
Palestinian Territory (%)	28.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Sep 2020
Panama (%)	7.10 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Paraguay (%)	7.58 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Peru (%)	16.53 Sep 2020	monthly	Mar 2001 - Sep 2020
Philippines (%)	10.00 Jul 2020	quarterly	Jul 1982 - Jul 2020
Poland (%)	6.10 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Sep 2020
Portugal (%)	7.70 Sep 2020	monthly	Feb 1998 - Sep 2020
Qatar (%)	0.10 2018	yearly	1997 - 2018
Romania (%)	5.20 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Sep 2020
Russia (%)	6.17 Jun 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Jun 2020
Saudi Arabia (%)	8.98 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Serbia (%)	7.30 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2014 - Jun 2020
Singapore (%)	3.60 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1987 - Sep 2020
Slovakia (%)	7.43 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Slovenia (%)	5.20 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 1997 - Jun 2020
South Africa (%)	30.80 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Sep 2020
Spain (%)	16.26 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 1976 - Sep 2020
Sri Lanka (%)	5.40 Jun 2020	quarterly	Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
Sudan (%)	20.30 2010	yearly	1993 - 2010
Sweden (%)	9.16 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Sep 2020
Switzerland (%)	5.31 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Sep 2020
Syria (%)	14.90 2011	yearly	2000 - 2011
Taiwan (%)	3.77 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 1993 - Oct 2020
Tajikistan (%)	2.30 Apr 2018	monthly	Jan 2000 - Apr 2018
Thailand (%)	2.10 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Oct 2020
Tunisia (%)	16.20 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2011 - Sep 2020
Turkey (%)	13.20 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Aug 2020
Ukraine (%)	9.80 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
United Arab Emirates (%)	2.23 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
United Kingdom (%)	4.76 Aug 2020	monthly	Feb 1971 - Aug 2020
United States (%)	6.90 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1948 - Oct 2020
Uruguay (%)	11.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Uzbekistan (%)	9.30 2018	yearly	2000 - 2018
Venezuela (%)	6.35 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 1999 - Dec 2018
Vietnam (%)	2.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Sep 2020
Yemen (%)	13.50 2014	yearly	1994 - 2014
Zambia (%)	11.41 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020

Palestinian Territory Key Series

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National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	4,224.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Mar 2020
Real GDP Growth (%)	-4.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2011 - Mar 2020
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	2.070 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2001 - Mar 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	3,640.100 2019	yearly	1994 - 2019
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	5.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Mar 2020
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	3,843.400 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	91.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	789.300 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	18.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Investment: % of GDP (%)	24.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	970.200 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Gross National Product (GNP) (USD mn)	4,909.500 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Gross Savings Rate (%)	14.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	3,353.919 2025	yearly	1994 - 2025
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	2.001 2025	yearly	1995 - 2025
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	61.235 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	53.1 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Aug 2020

Construction and Properties	Last	Frequency	Range
Building Permits (Unit)	1,217.000 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1996 - Jun 2020

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-2.3 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-384.400 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	3,251.600 2019	yearly	2010 - 2019
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	19.1 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	68.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2010 - Mar 2020

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	5.2 2021	yearly	1950 - 2021
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	41.4 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2002 - Sep 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	1,010,400.000 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Unemployment Rate (%)	28.50 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Sep 2020
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	-5.42 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2013 - Mar 2020

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Retail Sales Growth (%)	-0.2 2018	yearly	2011 - 2018
Number of Registered Vehicles (Unit)	268,338 2019	yearly	1998 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	109 2019	yearly	2005 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	-25.3 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Household Expenditure per Capita (USD)	3,102.630 2017	yearly	1997 - 2017

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	-1.5 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1997 - Sep 2020
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	-4.887 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Sep 2020
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	2.4 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Trade Balance (USD mn)	-335.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
Total Exports (USD mn)	66.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
Total Exports Growth (%)	-29.3 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Mar 2020
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	18,125.417 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	1,296.7 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Total Imports Growth (%)	-12.1 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Mar 2020
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	0.404 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jul 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	5.163 Aug 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Aug 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	0.042 Dec 2018	monthly	Mar 2007 - Dec 2018
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	39.750 Dec 2018	monthly	Jan 2000 - Dec 2018

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	-6.8 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	-348.9 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	-8.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	-6.6 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	-0.2 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	-6.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	-0.1 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	-6.300 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Mar 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	0.000 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2013 - Mar 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	5,758.3 Dec 2018	monthly	Dec 2012 - Dec 2018
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	35.4 2018	yearly	2012 - 2018
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn)	1,457.5 Dec 2018	monthly	Dec 2013 - Dec 2018
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%)	9.0 2018	yearly	2013 - 2018
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-2.337 2025	yearly	1994 - 2025
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	1,763.000 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Mar 2020

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	4.0 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Mar 2020
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn)	366.626 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Mar 2020
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	11,422.137 Jan 2019	monthly	Jul 2002 - Jan 2019
M2 Growth (%)	3.2 Jan 2019	monthly	Jul 2003 - Jan 2019
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	515.1 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	14.927 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2006 - Mar 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	1.6 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2011 - Mar 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	14,061.901 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Total Deposits Growth (%)	8.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Sep 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	9,949.0 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 1998 - Sep 2020
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	12.9 Sep 2020	monthly	Dec 1999 - Sep 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	8,343.843 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Sep 2020
Total Loans Growth (%)	9.46 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2008 - Sep 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	44.24 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Mar 2020

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Liquid Assets Ratio (%)	29.3 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Mar 2020
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	16.5 Mar 2020	quarterly	Dec 2008 - Mar 2020

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Bank Lending Rate (% pa)	5.865 Mar 2019	monthly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2019

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Crude Oil: Production (%)	53.730 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Sep 2020

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	8.9 2018	yearly	1996 - 2018

Business and Economic Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Business Confidence: Net Balance (% Point)	-40.3 Sep 2020	monthly	Apr 2013 - Sep 2020
Business Confidence Growth (% Point)	-23.8 Sep 2020	monthly	Apr 2014 - Sep 2020

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (07Jul1997=100)	435.1 Oct 2020	monthly	May 1999 - Oct 2020
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	22.0 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	3,271.847 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2002 - Sep 2020

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	89.976 2018	yearly	1990 - 2018
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	4,768.045 2018	yearly	2007 - 2018
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	1,323.730 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Exports: Television (USD th)	180.808 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	252,196.149 2018	yearly	2007 - 2018
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	111,589.395 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Imports: Television (USD th)	24,891.804 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019

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