Statistics
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Population and
Demography
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Projected Population ( Mid 2003
) 3,647,875
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Projected Population by Age ( Mid
2003 )
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- 0-17
Years
52.7%
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- 18-64
Years
44.2%
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- 65 +
3.1%
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Sex Radio
(2003)
102.6
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Fertility rate
(1999)
5.6
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Population growth
(2003)
4.9
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Land Use and
Agriculture (2000)
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Palestinian
Territory (PT) area (Km2) 6,020
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Area of PT by type
of use
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- Agricultural
land
25.2%
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- Forest and wooded
land
1.5%
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- Palestinian
built-up land
9.7%
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- Built-up land in
Israeli settlements
2.4%
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- Other
land
61.2%
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Cultivated Area
(Km2) – 2002
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Education 2002
/ 2003
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Illiteracy rate for persons 15 years
and over (2002)
9.0%
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No. of
schools
2,006
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No. of school
teachers
35,205
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No. of school
students
984,108
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Students per class
(schools)
36.1
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Drop-out rate (schools 2001 /
2002)
1.0%
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Repetition rate (schools 2001 /
2002)
1.6%
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Health
(2001-2002)
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No. of Hospitals
(2002)
72
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Doctors per 1000 population
(2002)
1.5
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Beds per 1000 population
(2002)
1.4
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Insured persons (2002)
76%
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Infant Mortality rate per 1000 live
births (1995-1999) 25.5
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Child mortality rate per 1000 live
births (1995-1999) 28.7
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Stunting among children (6-59
months) (2002)
9%
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Wasting among children (6-59 months)
(2002) 2.5%
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Culture (2002)
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No. of mosques (in
Operation)
1,704
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No. of
churches
201
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No. of newspapers (in
operation)
8
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No. of museums (in operation)
4
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No. of culture centers (in
operation)
50
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Mass Media
(2002)
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Availability of TV
sets
92.7%
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Availability of satellite dish for
households having TV set
46.1%
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Availability of computers at
home
9.5%
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Availability of Internet at home 2.9%
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Persons (18 years and over) have
access to the internet
(2000) 5.4%
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Living Standards and Humanitarian
Aid (July-August 2003)
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Percentage of Households bellows
poverty line
62.3%
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Number of Individuals bellow poverty
line 2,456,000
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Percentage of Households lost more
than half of their income
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During Al-Aqsa
Intifada 45.4%
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Percentage of households who
indicated their need for
assistance
79.3%
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Labour Force (Third Quarter,
2003)
Male Female
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Labour Force participation
rate
68.6%
13.6%
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Unemployment
rate
24.2%
20.7%
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Average net daily wage for employees
working
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In the Palestinian Territory.
14.9 14.6
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Economics
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GDP (2001-million US$) – at constant
prices 4,236.3
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GNI (2001-million US$) – at
constant prices 4,736.2
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No. of institutions by economic
activity (end of 2002)
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- Mining and Quarrying
312
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Construction
348
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Commence
39,084
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- Transportation, storage and
communication 469
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- Hotels and restaurants
2,709
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- Financials
Intermediation
657
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Others
4,447
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Imports (2001-million
US$)
2,831.2
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Exports (2001-million
US$)
717.3
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Hotels (Second Quarter, 2003)
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Room occupancy
rate
10.9
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Bed occupancy
rate
7.3
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Environment
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Available quantities of water
(2002-mcm) 279.9
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Connected households to wastewater
network 45.8%
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Housing Conditions (2002)
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Average quantities of rooms in the
housing units
3.3
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Average number of persons per room
(housing density) 2.1
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