State of Palestine
Palestinian Central Bureau
of Statistics
Published on: 14/04/2021
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
(PCBS)
Increase in the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) During March, 03/2021
The overall CPI for Palestine during March 2021 Recorded an Increase by 0.39% compared with February 2021 (by 0.52% in Jerusalem J1*, by 0.44% in the West Bank**, and by 0.15% in Gaza Strip).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for March 2021 were traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
Sub Groups | Percent Change |
Fresh Vegetables | + 4.74% |
Liquid Fuel for Car "Petrol" | + 3.66% |
Fresh Fruit | + 3.29% |
Vegetable Oil | + 1.59% |
Eggs | + 1.51% |
Fresh Meat | + 1.49% |
Potatoes and other Tubers | - 3.65% |
Fresh Chicken | - 3.11% |
Fish, Live, Fresh, Chilled, | - 2.34% |
or Frozen | |
The Palestinian CPI during March 2021 decreased by 0.53% compared with March 2020 (by 1.49% in Gaza Strip, and by 0.42% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 0.52% in Jerusalem J1*).
Notice for Users:
- Due to COVID-19 pandemic and inability to conduct face-to-face interview, data for Consumer Price Index has been collected using mobile phones, in all of the Palestinian Governorates' interviews.
Notes:
*Data represent those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
**Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
Please note that the press release in English is brief compared to the Arabic version
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