Unemployment rate:
31% (includes West Bank) (January-September 2005 avg.)
Population below poverty line:
81% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7% (includes West Bank) (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $964 million
expenditures: $1.34 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA;
note - these budget data include West Bank (2004)
Agriculture - products:
olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Industries:
generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap,
olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis
have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial
center, but operations ceased prior to Israel's evacuation of Gaza
Strip settlements
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by the Gaza Strip power plant
and by an Israeli utility
Electricity - consumption:
NA kWh