Social Development in Palestine 82 indicators covering social development for Palestine. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 2025 down 50.7% 33rd Political Rights Rating 6 1995 up 20.0% 44th Electoral democracy 0 1947 — 116th Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1995 — 11th Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 1995 up 20.0% 44th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0089 units per person 2025 down 61.1% 21st Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 2025 down 50.7% 33rd Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.55 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,172.2% 60th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 59.9% 19th Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.356 1948 up 5.6% 141st Liberal Democracy Index 0.099 1948 down 10.0% 142nd Electoral Democracy Index 0.08 1948 down 43.7% 169th Freedom of Association Index 0.216 1948 unchanged 145th Freedom of Expression Index 0.41 1948 unchanged 133rd Participatory Democracy Index 0.055 1948 down 14.1% 156th Varieties of democracy 0.08 1948 down 43.7% 169th Liberal democracy 0 1948 — 142nd Electoral democracy 0 1948 — 142nd Human Rights Index 0.356 1948 up 5.6% 141st Key features of human rights 0.356 1948 up 5.6% 141st Key features of electoral democracy 0.08 1948 down 43.7% 169th Key features of liberal democracy 0.099 1948 down 10.0% 142nd Executive Corruption Index 0.091 1948 unchanged 143rd Judicial Corruption Score 0.561 1948 unchanged 78th Public Sector Corruption Index 0.064 1948 unchanged 154th Key features of democracy 0.08 1948 down 43.7% 169th Key features of democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 58th Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 64th Key features of liberal democracy, gaps filled 0.099 1948 down 10.0% 142nd Key features of electoral democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 58th Key features of human rights, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 65th Electoral democracy row, gaps filled 0 1948 — 142nd Liberal democracy row, gaps filled 0 1948 — 142nd Varieties democracy vdem, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 58th Government Effectiveness Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.08 1948 down 43.7% 168th Egalitarian Democracy Index 0.105 1948 down 11.0% 157th Deliberative Democracy Index 0.049 1948 down 15.5% 160th Direct Democracy Index 0 1948 — 151st Key media freedoms -1.96 1948 unchanged 158th Media Corruption Score 0.942 1948 unchanged 69th Key media freedoms, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 1948 — 35th Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre 0.001 units per square kilometre 1995 up 20.0% 29th Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 6.82 units per square kilometre 2023 down 57.3% 6th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 16,726 2025 up 287.6% 55th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0031 units per person 2025 up 205.7% 27th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 215.5% 26th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 6.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 65.7% 29th Full democracy 0 1947 — 78th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.599 1948 unchanged 105th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.447 1948 up 18.6% 129th Political Corruption Index 0.152 1948 unchanged 142nd Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.152 1948 unchanged 142nd Number of armed conflicts 1 conflicts 2025 — 19th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 — 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 2.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 271.0% 6th Forcibly displaced people 3.10 million 2025 up 33.1% 13th Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Self-reported life satisfaction 4.69 2025 down 1.3% 111th Page 1 of 2 Next →