PCBS: The Reality of the Private and Non-government Enterprises in Palestine 2020

State of Palestine

Palestinian Central Bureau

of Statistics

Published on: 27/10/2021

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

(PCBS)

Reality of the Private and Non-

Government Enterprises in Palestine*

2020

63.4% Of the Total Number of Employees

in Private and Non-Government Enterprises are Waged Employees.

505,182 employed persons in an economic enterprises operating in Palestine (331,161 employed persons in the West Bank and 174,021 employed persons in Gaza Strip), with a decrease of 8.1% compared with 2019. Internal trade and services activities contributed to the highest percentage of this reduction (internal trade contributed with 34.5% and services with 29.7%). Among the percentage distribution in 2020, internal trade activity contributed to the highest percentage of operating among employees with 40.3% of the total number of employees, followed by services that constituted 30.4%, industry 21.7%, finance and insurance activities 2.8%, construction activities 1.8%, and the percentages of the information and communications, and transportation and storage activities reached 1.7% and 1.3%, respectively.

The number of employees ranged between unpaid employees (owners of the enterprises and their households members) which constituted 36.6% of the total number of employees, and wage employees that constituted 63.4% of the total number of employees. The total value of compensation for wage employees reached USD 2,551.2 million.

Number of Employees in Private and Non-

Government Sectors by Economic Activity and Region in 2020

Economic		Region
Activity
West	Gaza Strip	Palestine*
	Bank*
Industry	84,318	25,322	109,640
Construction	6,014	2,846	8,860
Internal Trade	127,517	76,160	203,677
Transportation
and Storage	4,663	2,077	6,740
Information and
Communications	6,258	2,478	8,736
Finance and
Insurance	10,796	3,153	13,949
Services	91,595	61,985	153,580
Total	331,161	174,021	505,182

Industry Activities Constituted the Highest Value of Output of the Economic Activities in Palestine* in 2020

The total value of output by economic enterprises was USD 13,123.7 million in Palestine (USD 10,873.1 million in the West Bank and USD 2,250.6 million in Gaza Strip) with a decrease of 15.9% compared with 2019. Industrial and services activities constituted the highest percentage of this reduction (with a contribution of 44.8% for internal trade and 27.6% for industry).

Among the percentage distribution 2020, industrial activities contributed with 34.0% of the total output followed by internal trade activities that constituted 31.3%, services

activities reached 20.9%, finance and

insurance activities reached 7.6%, information and communications reached 3.6%, while percentages of construction activities and transportation and storage activities reached 1.7% and 0.9%, respectively.

State of Palestine

Palestinian Central Bureau

of Statistics

Published on: 27/10/2021

A Decrease of 13.7% in the Value Added of the Economic Activities in Palestine* in 2020 Compared with 2019.

Results showed that the total value added of economic activities in 2020 was USD 8,891.4 million with a decrease of 13.7% compared with 2019, due to the procedures taken to stop the outbreak of COVID-19 in Palestine. Internal trade and communication activities contributed with the highest percentage of this reduction (internal trade contributed with a percentage of 67.7% and communications contributed with 12.3%).

In 2020, the highest value added was from the internal trade activities with a percentage of 37.7%, followed by industry activities with a percentage of 24.5%, services activities with a percentage of 23.6%, finance and insurance activities with a percentage of 8.1%, information and communications activities with a percentage of 4.0%, construction 1.2%, and transportation and storage with a percentage of 0.9%.

Value Added of Economic Activities in

Palestine* for the years 2015-2020

	11,000
	10,000
million	9,000
USD	8,000
	7,000
	6,000
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
			Year

Percentage Distribution of Value Added from Economic Enterprises Operating in the Private and Non-Government Sectors in Palestine* by Economic Activity, 2020

Industry

Services24.5% 23.6%

Finance

and

Insurance

8.1%

Information and		Construction
	1.2%
Communication
4.0%
	Transportation	Internal Trade
	and Storage
	37.7%
	0.9%

Note:

*Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli occupation in 1967.

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