Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.1% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.1%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
53rd
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2002
All-time low
0.1%
in 2016
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

0.10.20.30.41998200720171998: 0.164 % of labor force with low education in working age1999: 0.115 % of labor force with low education in working age2000: 0.112 % of labor force with low education in working age2001: 0.285 % of labor force with low education in working age2002: 0.405 % of labor force with low education in working age2003: 0.35 % of labor force with low education in working age2004: 0.295 % of labor force with low education in working age2005: 0.289 % of labor force with low education in working age2006: 0.281 % of labor force with low education in working age2007: 0.237 % of labor force with low education in working age2008: 0.303 % of labor force with low education in working age2009: 0.166 % of labor force with low education in working age2010: 0.116 % of labor force with low education in working age2011: 0.164 % of labor force with low education in working age2016: 0.09 % of labor force with low education in working age2017: 0.09 % of labor force with low education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force with low education in working age.

Analysis

In 2017, unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is down 62.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.4% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.

Palestine, State of ranks 53rd of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.

Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of labor force with low education in working age Change
1998 0.2%
1999 0.1% -29.8%
2000 0.1% -2.1%
2001 0.3% +153.7%
2002 0.4% +42.0%
2003 0.3% -13.8%
2004 0.3% -15.5%
2005 0.3% -2.3%
2006 0.3% -2.6%
2007 0.2% -15.6%
2008 0.3% +27.8%
2009 0.2% -45.2%
2010 0.1% -30.2%
2011 0.2% +41.1%
2016 0.1% -44.9%
2017 0.1% +0.0%

Palestine, State of compared with similar countries

  • Palestine, State of's 0.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 2.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • Palestine, State of's 0.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1%, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 2
2000s 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 4

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  5. 55 Morocco 0.1% compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of?
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Palestine, State of was 0.1% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2002.
What is the lowest unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
How does Palestine, State of rank for unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Palestine, State of ranks 53rd out of 107 countries with data for 2017.
Is unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Unemployment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,474 data points, 1970–2021
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