West Bank and Gaza Unemployment
West Bank and Gaza unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 24.42%.
West Bank and Gaza · Economic Stability Rating
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West Bank and Gaza · unemployment data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
West Bank and Gaza recorded 24.42% for Unemployment in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2021, the indicator decreased by 1.97 percentage points, from 26.39% to 24.42%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (24.13%).
Across the five latest available observations (2018–2022), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 19.89% in 2013 and the high was 26.39% in 2021.