Labor force, female in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Labor force, female was 21.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Labor force, female in Palestine, State of, 1990–2022
Source: International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database. Measured in % of total labor force.
Analysis
In 2022, labor force, female in Palestine, State of stood at 21.5%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, female in Palestine, State of peaked at 21.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2001.
That places Palestine, State of 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Labor force, female in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.0% | — |
| 1991 | 14.1% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 14.4% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 14.5% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 14.6% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 14.5% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 15.0% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 15.5% | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 15.9% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 15.4% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 13.7% | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 17.6% | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 18.9% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 18.6% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 19.1% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 19.2% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 20.4% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 21.1% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 20.6% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 21.5% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.7% | 14.0% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.7% | 13.7% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 17.7% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 20.5% | 21.5% | 3 |
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More education data for Palestine, State of
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 50,739 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 306 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 86,251 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83,420 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 868,232 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 514,700 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0996 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, female in Palestine, State of?
- Labor force, female in Palestine, State of was 21.5% in 2022, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database.
- What is the highest labor force, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 21.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest labor force, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2001.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for labor force, female?
- Palestine, State of ranks 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is labor force, female rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database, published as part of Labor force, female (% of total labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.