Work & Labour in Palestine

279 indicators covering work & labour for Palestine.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 24.8% 2025 up 3.3% 15th
Labor force with basic education, male 71.9% 2025 up 2.5% 31st
Labor force with basic education 44.1% 2025 up 6.1% 74th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 11.2% 2025 down 24.2% 123rd
Labor force with intermediate education, male 68.6% 2025 up 5.4% 91st
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 38.0% 2025 down 1.8% 124th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 17.8% 2025 up 13.0% 4th
Labor force with advanced education, male 85.2% 2025 down 2.1% 41st
Labor force with advanced education 67.6% 2025 down 12.4% 115th
Labor force with advanced education, female 54.8% 2025 down 18.6% 113th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 12.8% 2025 up 10.3% 170th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 51.5% 2025 down 7.3% 161st
Unemployment with advanced education, female 34.3% 2025 down 24.4% 4th
Labor share of gdp 45 2020 up 7.1% 108th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 32.5% 2025 down 4.1% 177th
Growth rate of real gdp per employed person -4.79 2022 down 215.1% 184th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 19.0% 2025 down 1.5% 142nd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 32.3% 2025 down 3.5% 109th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 5.2% 2025 up 16.4% 151st
Part time employment, female 2.2% 2025 up 176.3% 108th
Part time employment, male 1.6% 2025 up 354.5% 109th
Part time employment, total 1.7% 2025 up 308.1% 109th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 349.25 2025 down 32.1% 58th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 37.28 2025 down 3.8% 5th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 166.69 2025 down 40.6% 59th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 25.78 2025 down 13.6% 16th
Employees 474.47 2025 down 25.6% 94th
Youth employees 173.5 2025 down 28.1% 75th
Average monthly earnings of employees 3,195 2025 up 41.6% 71st
Average monthly earnings of employees 3,195 2025 up 41.6% 69th
Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.3 2025 down 16.0% 69th
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,500 2025 up 30.4% 67th
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 23.5% 2025 up 45.1% 86th
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,500 2025 up 30.4% 66th
Median monthly earnings of employees 2,500 2025 up 30.4% 66th
Own-account workers, total 31.0% 2016 down 4.7% 67th
Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 15.24 2025 down 66.6% 56th
Manufacturing share of total employment 12.4 2022 up 6.9% 51st
Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 24.15 2025 down 81.8% 73rd
Informal employment 351.31 2025 down 32.2% 51st
Informal employment rate 48.8 2025 down 12.6% 37th
Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 10.34 2022 down 60.4% 59th
Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 2.62 2022 down 67.5% 50th
Average hourly earnings of employees 19.78 2025 up 30.9% 56th
Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 30 2022 up 428.3% 31st
Gender wage gap 13.93 2025 up 37.3% 18th
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 117.19 2025 down 16.1% 59th
Employees 474.47 2025 down 25.6% 62nd
Public sector employees 141.26 2025 down 38.1% 59th
Male vs female informal employment as share of total employment 55.5 2022 down 2.1% 33rd
Share in informal employment male 55.5 2022 down 2.1% 33rd
Share in informal employment 53.87 2022 down 4.2% 33rd
Share in informal employment female 45.39 2022 down 16.1% 34th
Share of workers in informal employment vs gdp per capita 53.87 2022 down 4.2% 33rd
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 3,243 2025 up 45.3% 50th
Average monthly earnings of public sector employees 3,243 2025 up 45.3% 49th
Gender wage gap vs gdp per capita 13.21 2024 up 30.2% 20th
Gender gap in average wages ilo 13.21 2024 up 30.2% 20th
Gender gap in hourly wages vs ratio of female to male labor force part 13.21 2024 up 30.2% 20th
Gender wage gap vs gdp per capita income groups 13.21 2024 up 30.2% 20th