Unemployment rate in the Palestinian lands increases to 13.9%

The Palestinian Ministry of Labor force showed that the percentage of unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip reached 13.9% of the labor force in the first three months of the current year, an increase of 1% over the same period of last year.

A statement for the ministry said the highest unemployment average was registered in the Gaza Strip as it reached 11.8% in the West Bank. The survey said that the participating labor forces in Palestine reached 41.1% of total individuals aged 15 years or over, with 43.2% in West Bank and 36.5% in the Gaza Strip.

The statement added that the unemployment percentage among youths aged 15 - 19 were distributed as 23.4% of males and 18.8% of females.