Poverty & Inequality in Palestine 88 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Palestine. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 down 60.0% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 68.4% 67th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 67.4% 44th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.31 live births per woman 2023 down 18.2% 50th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 kg per hectare 2023 up 12.9% 105th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 18.1% 48th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 121.8% 133rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 2021 up 35.3% 174th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% 2021 up 35.3% 174th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2021 down 16.4% 97th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 9.75 % change on previous year 2021 up 570.3% 35th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.2% 2023 down 30.3% 86th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1666 2023 up 58.4% 31st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1666 2023 up 58.4% 31st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2325 2023 up 98.8% 11th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.1% 2023 up 425.0% 56th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 up 200.0% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 6.1% 2023 up 110.3% 55th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 28.6% 2023 up 11.3% 54th Prosperity gap 2.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 up 7.4% 54th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3145 2023 up 10.4% 65th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2023 up 250.0% 56th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.1% 2023 up 28.3% 49th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 8.9% 2023 up 39.1% 53rd Population living in slums 19.5% 2020 down 22.8% 78th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.538 2023 down 6.9% 100th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.538 2023 down 6.9% 100th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.538 2023 down 6.9% 100th Three metrics of inequality 63.87 2023 up 0.9% 16th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6387 2023 up 0.9% 16th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 145.43 2023 up 4.1% 86th Income share held by second 20% 11.3% 2023 down 5.0% 78th Income share held by third 20% 16.1% 2023 up 1.3% 67th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.0% 2023 up 4.5% 18th Income share held by highest 20% 43.0% 2023 up 1.2% 54th Income share held by highest 10% 27.1% 2023 down 0.4% 58th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.5% 2023 down 19.4% 79th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.6% 2023 down 14.3% 83rd Gini index 36.4 2023 up 5.8% 47th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.7% 2023 up 50.0% 35th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 18.76 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 330.3% 83rd Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.3% 2023 up 223.4% 68th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6032 2023 up 0.2% 14th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6032 2023 up 0.2% 14th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 4.0% 2024 up 31.7% 3rd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 5,270 2017 up 14.8% 115th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 51.5% 2023 down 4.9% 19th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 16.2% 2023 down 27.3% 42nd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3638 2023 up 5.7% 42nd Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 107,103 people 2023 up 636.7% 67th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.13 million people 2023 up 28.7% 78th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 2.1% 2023 up 453.8% 55th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 179,840 people 2023 up 41.4% 80th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 91.9% 2023 down 0.3% 54th Page 1 of 2 Next →