Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Palestine
Palestine: Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 was 24.42 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG in Palestine, 1991–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Palestine is 24.42, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Palestine peaked at 27.46 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 10.38, in 1999.
That places Palestine 2nd out of 69 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.67 | — |
| 1992 | 10.69 | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 10.71 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 10.78 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 10.71 | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 10.73 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 10.52 | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 10.45 | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 10.38 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 10.62 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 21.49 | +102.3% |
| 2002 | 27.46 | +27.8% |
| 2003 | 23 | -16.2% |
| 2004 | 23.21 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 20.02 | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 19.01 | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 18.28 | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 22.91 | +25.3% |
| 2009 | 20.45 | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 21.42 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 17.6 | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 19.2 | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 19.89 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 20.53 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 23 | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 23.94 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 25.68 | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 26.26 | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 25.34 | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 25.89 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 26.39 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 24.42 | -7.5% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 24.42 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9, 2.7× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 24.42 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9.99, 2.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment, modelled: SDG 8.5.2 in Palestine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +102.3% | 10.62 | 21.49 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.63 | 10.38 | 10.78 | 9 |
| 2000s | 20.65 | 10.62 | 27.46 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.29 | 17.6 | 26.26 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.57 | 24.42 | 26.39 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More social development data for Palestine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (1995)
- Electoral democracy 0 (1947)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1995)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (1995)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0089 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.356 (1948)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Palestine?
- Unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg in Palestine was 24.42 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 27.46 in 2002.
- What is the lowest unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.38 in 1999.
- How does Palestine rank for unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg?
- Palestine ranks 2nd out of 69 countries with data for 2022.
- Is unemployment, modelled ilo estimate (% of total labour force) - sdg rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Unemployment, modelled ILO estimate (% of total labour force) - SDG 8.5.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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