Country
Palestine
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Income group
- lower middle income
- ISO code
- PS · PSE
67 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 5.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 4,272 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 69.2 years
Population
- Population 5.4M 2025 123rd of 214
- Population density 878 people/km² 2024 11th of 212
- Population growth 2.33 % per year 2025 33rd of 214
- Natural increase 19.9 per 1,000 people 2023 47th of 228
- Net migration -4.3 per 1,000 people 2025 187th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.25 births per woman 2024 48th of 214
- Urban population 87.4 % 2025 42nd of 214
- Median age 19.8 years 2023 190th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.9 % 2025 167th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.6 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 163rd of 214
- Children under 15 37.6 % 2025 37th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 69.2 years 2024 158th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 74.3 years 2024 137th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 65.2 years 2024 168th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 9.0 years 2024 8th of 214
- Infant mortality 17.0 per 1,000 births 2024 74th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 37.9 per 1,000 births 2024 45th of 195
- Maternal mortality 16 per 100,000 births 2023 130th of 193
- Health spending per person 346 USD 2023 104th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 604 $ (PPP) 2023 123rd of 191
- Physicians 2.17 per 1,000 people 2018 82nd of 179
- Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 people 2022 109th of 150
- Measles immunization 89 % 2024 102nd of 191
- Tobacco use 35.5 % 2024 12th of 165
Economy
- GDP 17.2B USD 2025 136th of 185
- GDP per capita 3,171 USD 2025 135th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 4,272 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 152nd of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 4,775 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 124th of 165
- GDP growth 4.3 % 2025 64th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.9 % 2025 107th of 185
- Inflation 9.8 % 2025 17th of 169
- Unemployment 24.4 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth unemployment 36.1 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth not in education, employment or training 25.8 % 2025 33rd of 150
- Trade 75 % of GDP 2024 99th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 36.4 2023 61st of 151
- Extreme poverty 2.1 % 2023 74th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 5.5 % of GDP 2024 102nd of 187
- Women in the labour force 18.9 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.674 2023 132nd of 192
- Literacy rate 97.9 % 2024 26th of 122
- Education spending 5.4 % of GDP 2021 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 89 % 2023 91st of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 44 % 2023 76th of 127
- Primary completion rate 91 % 2023 92nd of 135
- Homicide rate 0.4 per 100,000 people 2020 122nd of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 87 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Mobile phone subscriptions 77 per 100 people 2023 144th of 172
- Fixed broadband 8.4 per 100 people 2023 105th of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 81 % 2024 74th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 74 % 2024 61st of 140
- Research and development 0.45 % of GDP 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.87 t CO₂ 2024 161st of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 152nd of 212
- Forest area 1.8 % of land 2024 187th of 208
- Water stress 48 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Arable land 7.0 % of land 2024 120th of 205
- Renewable energy 15.4 % of final energy 2021 120th of 210
- Renewable electricity 39.4 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 39.4 % of electricity 2024 2nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 417 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 106th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 187 kWh 2024 165th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 22.4 µg/m³ 2023 70th of 199
Palestine on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldIsraeli new shekel (ILS), Jordanian dinar (JOD), US dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, H · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map2 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)