Palestine Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate in Palestine increased to 29.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 24.5 percent a year ago. The number unemployed persons rose by 81.7 thousand to 411,600 while the number of employed persons went up by 3 thousand to 871.000. Meantime, the labor force participation rate rose to 47.1 percent. Unemployment Rate in Palestine averaged 23.65 percent from 1995 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 35.60 percent in the third quarter of 2002 and a record low of 8.80 percent in the second quarter of 2000.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-05-08	07:40 AM	Unemployment Rate	30.2%	24.5%	29.1%
2018-08-07	08:55 AM	Unemployment Rate	32.4%	30.2%	29.8%
2018-11-09	02:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	31.7%	32.4%	29.4%
2019-02-14	01:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	29.1%	31.7%	26.30%
2019-05-22	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		29.1%	27.50%
2019-08-07	08:55 AM	Unemployment Rate			27.00%
2019-11-07	02:00 AM	Unemployment Rate			26.30%

Palestine Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	29.10	31.70	35.60	8.80	percent	[+]
Population	4.95	4.81	4.95	1.98	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	47.10	46.90	47.10	40.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	938300.00	900800.00	996100.00	67900.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	411600.00	445800.00	445800.00	195500.00		[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	49.30	49.90	49.90	32.90	percent	[+]

In Palestine, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Palestine Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Palestine Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	29.10	31.70	35.60	8.80	1995 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.70	Feb/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.70	Mar/19	12.4	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.20	Mar/19	10.5	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.10	Dec/18	9	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.70	Mar/19	7.8	12.1 : 7.3	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Dec/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.70	Apr/19	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	Apr/19	5.1	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.70	Mar/19	4.9	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.10	Apr/19	3.8	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Mar/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
United States	3.60	Apr/19	3.8	10.8 : 2.5	%
India	3.53	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Netherlands	3.30	Apr/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.20	Mar/19	3.2	11.5 : 0.4	%
Mexico	3.20	Mar/19	3.3	6.42 : 2.22	%
Japan	2.50	Mar/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Switzerland	2.40	Apr/19	2.5	5.7 : 1.5	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%