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Economy - overview:
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The West Bank - the larger of the two areas comprising the Palestinian territories - has experienced a relatively high single-digit economic growth rate since 2008, but this rate has been sustained by inflows of donor aid rather than private sector economic activity. After suffering an almost decade-long downturn following the start of the second intifada in 2000, overall standard-of-living measures have recovered to the levels seen in the late 1990s. Despite the Palestinian Authority's (PA) largely successful implementation of economic and security reforms and the easing of some movement and access restrictions by the Israeli Government in 2010, Israeli closure policies continue to disrupt labor and trade flows, industrial capacity, and basic commerce, eroding the productive capacity of the West Bank economy. Since mid-2007 the PA under President Mahmoud ABBAS and Prime Minister Salam FAYYAD has depended on more than $3 billion in direct foreign donor assistance to the PA's budget. The biggest impediments to economic improvements in the West Bank remain Palestinians' lack of access to land and resources in Israeli-controlled areas, import and export restrictions, and a high-cost capital structure. Absent robust private sector growth, the PA will continue to rely heavily on donor aid for its budgetary needs.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$12.79 billion (2009 est.)
$11.95 billion (2008)
note: includes Gaza Strip

GDP - per capita (PPP):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$2,900 (2008 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip

GDP (official exchange rate):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$6.641 billion
note: includes Gaza Strip (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

7% (2009 est.)
2.3% (2008 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip

GDP - composition by sector:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

agriculture: 3.7%
industry: 13.6%
services: 82.7% (includes Gaza Strip) (2011 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

28.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

Population below poverty line:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

18.3% (2010 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

5% (2011 est.)
6% (2010 est.)
note: includes Gaza Strip

Central bank discount rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

7.3% (31 December 2011 est.)
7.3% (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of money:
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$NA (31 December 2008)
$1.574 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of money - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

1 USD per capita

Stock of quasi money:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$5.251 billion (31 December 2008)
$3.048 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

2,045 USD per capita

Stock of domestic credit:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$1.503 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$1.353 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

586 USD per capita

Stock of narrow money:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$379.8 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$232.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of broad money:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$6.674 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$6.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Labor force:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

745,600 (2010)

Labor force participation rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

29.03 % of population

Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 16.1%
industry: 28.4%
services: 55.5% (2010 est.)

Unemployment rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

23.5% (2011 est.)
16.5% (2010 est.)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

total: 46.9%
male: 38.8%
female: 47.3% (2008)

Budget:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

revenues: $2.15 billion
expenditures: $3.23 billion
note: Palestinian Authority, includes Gaza Strip (2011 est.)

Budget revenues per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

838 USD per capita

Taxes and other revenues:
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32.4% of GDP (2011 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

-16.3% of GDP (2011 est.)

Public debt:
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void

Industries:
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small-scale manufacturing, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs

Industrial production growth rate:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

NA%

Electricity - production:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 kWh
note: electricity in the West Bank is imported mostly from Israel (2011 est.)

Electricity - production per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Electricity - consumption:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

550 million kWh (2011 est.)

Electricity - consumption - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

215 kWh per capita

Electricity - exports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 kWh (2011)

Electricity - imports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

550 million kWh (2011 est.)

Oil - production:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 bbl/day
note: data include the Gaza Strip (2010 est.)

Oil - production per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Oil - consumption:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

24,000 bbl/day
note: data include the Gaza Strip (2010 est.)

Oil - consumption - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

3.41 bbl/year per capita

Oil - exports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 bbl/day
note: data include the Gaza Strip (2009 est.)

Oil - imports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

22,110 bbl/day
note: data include the Gaza Strip (2009 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural gas - production:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - production per capita:
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void

Natural gas - consumption:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Natural gas - exports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 cu m (2009 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

0 cu m (1 January 2011 est.)

Agriculture - products:
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

olives, citrus fruit, vegetables; beef, dairy products

Current account balance:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Current account balance - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Exports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$518 million (2009)
$529 million (2008)
note: includes Gaza Strip

Exports per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

202 USD per capita

Exports - commodities:
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

stone, olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone

Exports - partners:
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Imports:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$3.601 billion (2009)
$3.772 billion (2008)
note: data include the Gaza Strip

Imports per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

1,402 USD per capita

Imports - commodities:
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

food, consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum, chemicals

Imports - partners:
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void

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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void

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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void

Debt - external:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$1.04 billion (2010 est.)
$1.3 billion (2007 est.)
note: data include the Gaza Strip

Debt - external - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

405 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

void

Market value of publicly traded shares:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

$2.45 billion (31 December 2010)
$2.375 billion (31 December 2009)
$2.123 billion (31 December 2008)

Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
Field  World Record  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

954 USD per capita

Currency (code):
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD)

Exchange rates:
Field  Dictionary  Bar Graph  Distribution Map  Field History  Notes and Definitions

new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar -
3.532 (2011)
1 (2010 est.)
3.932 (2009)
3.56 (2008)
4.14 (2007)

Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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