Facts about Palestinian territories
The upheavals in the Arab world may also lead to a new start in the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis. 2011 is
in many ways a year of destiny for the Palestinian territories.
- Estimated population (2010)
- 4,2 millions
Economy
- Gross national income per capita (2005)
- 1223 USD
- Economic growth, GDP ()
- Not available
- Economic structure, percentage of GDP()
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- Agriculture
- Not available
- Industry
- Not available
- Services
- Not available
- Defence spending, percentage of GDP ()
- Not available
- Especially fragile state, (OECD/DAC) ()
- No
- Development assistance per capita (2009)
- 748 USD
- Development assistance, percentage of GDP (2005)
- 25,3 %
Health
- Malnutrition, children under 5 (2008)
- 11,8 %
- Child mortality per 1000(2009)
- 30
- Change 2000 - 2009
- 0
- Maternal mortality per 1000 births ()
- Not available
- HIV infection rate, age group 15-49 ()
- Not available
- Access to safe drinking water (2008)
- 91 %
- Percentage of urban population living in slums ()
- Not available
- Human Development Index (HDI level ) (2010)
- 0,645
Scale from zero to one, one is the highest level of welfare.
Education
- Children in school (2009)
- 77,5 %
- Illiteracy rate, age group 15-24 (2009)
- 5,4 %
- Ratio of girls to 100 boys attending school(2009)
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- Primary
- 99,6
- Secondary
- 106,9
- Tertiary
- 131,5
Women
- Percentage of women in Parliament ()
- Not available
- Women's pay as proportion of men's pay, formal sector (2007)
- 52,9 %
Environment
- Area protected for biological diversity ()
- Not available
Corruption
- Level of corruption according to the TI Corruption Perception Index ()
- Not available
Scale from zero to ten, zero is the highest level of corruption.
Sources
Kildegrunnlag
Verdensbanken: World Development Indicators
FNs utviklingsprogram (UNDP): Human Development Report 2009
Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2010