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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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Palestinian Central Bureau of

Statistics

P.O BOX 1647, Ramallah, Palestine.

Tel: (972/970) 2 2982700

Fax: ( 972/970) 2 2982710

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