West Bank and Gaza
West Bank and Gaza in numbers — 17 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
West Bank and Gaza recorded GDP per capita: 3,171 (2025), ranking 158 of 212 worldwide; Population: 5.41 million (2025), ranking 123 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 69.2 (2024), ranking 160 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 9.81% (2025), ranking 22 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+504%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-82%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
It sits close to the world median across the measures below. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 17 comparable series are higher and 8 are lower.
Its population of 5.41 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
15 of 17 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later; the remaining 2 end earlier because the underlying collection is less frequent.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban population | 87.38% | 2025 | +97.8% |
| Infant mortality | 17 | 2024 | -82.0% |
| Population | 5,413,596 | 2025 | +173.7% |
| Population growth | 2.33% | 2025 | -48.1% |
| Life expectancy | 69.21 | 2024 | +2.1% |
| GDP | 17,167,100,000 | 2025 | +503.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 27,066,426,398.63 | 2025 | +419.7% |
| GDP per capita | 3,171.11 | 2025 | +163.9% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 4,999.71 | 2025 | +127.1% |
| GDP growth | 4.34% | 2025 | -39.0% |
| Inflation | 9.81% | 2025 | +38.4% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +2.1% |
| Forest area | 1.68% | 2023 | +11.6% |
| Labor participation | 44.99% | 2022 | +11.5% |
| Unemployment | 24.42% | 2022 | +129.0% |
| Health spending | 10.73% | 2023 | +13.4% |
| Internet users | 86.64% | 2023 | — |