Population and Economics:
West Bank: 2.5 million
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 42.4%
(male 551,243/female 524,800)
15-64 years: 54.2%
(male 704,209/female 670,382)
65 years and over: 3.4%
(male 36,175/female 49,118) (2007 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.6 years (2007 est.)
Gaza: 1.4 million
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 47.6%
(male 361,115/female 344,236)
15-64 years: 49.9%
(male 377,927/female 361,824)
65 years and over: 2.5%
(male 15,454/female 21,849) (2007 est.)
Median age:
total: 16 years
male: 15.9 years
female: 16.2 years (2007 est.)
Percentage Below the Poverty Line:
Gaza: 63.1%
West Bank: 45%
Average Monthly Wage:
Gaza: NIS 1,690 ($419) a month
West Bank: 1,720 (roughly $426) a month
Increase in Consumer Price Index in the month of August:
Gaza: 4.19%
West Bank: 1.91%
Percentage of Gazan enterprises selling a significant amount of their sales in the West Bank:
2005: 20%
2000: 35%
Percentage of West Bank enterprises selling a significant amount of their sales in Gaza:
2005: 13%
2000: 27%
In Gaza:
Percentage of furniture clothing and other goods that are exported from Gaza, nearly all to Israel and West Bank:
Pre-June 2007: 95%
Post-June 2007: borders effectively sealed to business imports and exports
Percentage of factories currently shut down or operating at less than 20 percent capacity: 85%
Loss from agricultural exports since June: $16 million
Average number of truckloads/day allowed through the Gaza border:
Pre-June 10: 238
June 10 – September 13: 106
Mid-September: 50
