Poverty Headcount / West Bank and Gaza
West Bank and Gaza Poverty Headcount
West Bank and Gaza poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 32.80%.
COUNTRY: West Bank and Gaza
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-07-06 05:11:11
GM ECONOMY RATING
West Bank and Gaza · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
48 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
10.9 / 20
External stability
1.2 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
5.8 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 62% of weighted inputs available.
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West Bank and Gaza · poverty headcount data as percent of GDP.
Latest
32.80%
Previous
29.20%
Range avg.
28.38%
Rank
13
Countries by poverty headcount
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CountryWest Bank and Gaza
IndicatorPoverty Headcount
32.80%2023 · Rank 13
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
West Bank and Gaza recorded 32.80% for Poverty Headcount in 2023, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2016, the indicator increased by 3.60 percentage points, from 29.20% to 32.80%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 4 available observations (28.38%).
Within the last 4 available observations, the low was 25.70% in 2010 and the high was 32.80% in 2023.
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