Unemployment rate: Palestine
24.42% in 2022, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1991 to 2022 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.42 |
| 2021 | 26.39 |
| 2020 | 25.895 |
| 2019 | 25.34 |
| 2018 | 26.256 |
| 2017 | 25.677 |
| 2016 | 23.939 |
| 2015 | 23.005 |
| 2014 | 20.526 |
| 2013 | 19.894 |
| 2012 | 19.202 |
| 2011 | 17.597 |
| 2010 | 21.416 |
| 2009 | 20.452 |
| 2008 | 22.913 |
| 2007 | 18.282 |
| 2006 | 19.014 |
| 2005 | 20.016 |
| 2004 | 23.215 |
| 2003 | 23.004 |
| 2002 | 27.465 |
| 2001 | 21.493 |
| 2000 | 10.625 |
| 1999 | 10.382 |
| 1998 | 10.451 |
| 1997 | 10.522 |
| 1996 | 10.726 |
| 1995 | 10.714 |
| 1994 | 10.778 |
| 1993 | 10.705 |
| 1992 | 10.692 |
| 1991 | 10.666 |