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gdp (official exchange rate):
na gdp - real growth rate: 4.5% (2003 est.) gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $600 (2003 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: 9% industry: 28% services: 63% (includes west bank) (2002 est.) labor force: 278.000 (april-june 2005) labor force - by occupation: agriculture 11.9%. industry 18%. services 70.1% (april-june 2005) unemployment rate: 31% (includes west bank) (january-september 2005 avg.) population below poverty line: 81% (2004 est.) household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na highest 10%: na inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (includes west bank) (2004) budget: revenues: $964 million expenditures: $1.34 billion. including capital expenditures of na; note - these budget data include west bank (2004) agriculture - products: olives. citrus. vegetables; beef. dairy products industries: generally small family businesses that produce textiles. soap. olive-wood carvings. and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center. but operations ceased prior to israel's evacuation of gaza strip settlements industrial production growth rate: na electricity - production: na kwh; note - electricity supplied by the gaza strip power plant and by an israeli utility electricity - consumption: na kwh electricity - exports: 0 kwh (2001) electricity - imports: na kwh; note - some electricity supplied by an israeli utility (2005) exports: $270 million f.o.b.. includes west bank (2003) exports - partners: israel. egypt. west bank (2004) imports: $1.952 billion c.i.f.. includes west bank (2003) imports - partners: israel. egypt. west bank (2004) debt - external: $0 (includes west bank) (2002) economic aid - recipient: $2 billion (includes west bank) (2004 est.) currency (code): new israeli shekel (ils) currency code: ils exchange rates: new israeli shekels per us dollar - 4.35 (2005). 4.482 (2004). 4.5541 (2003). 4.7378 (2002). 4.2057 (2001) fiscal year: calendar year telephones - main lines in use: 95.729 (total for gaza strip and west bank) (1997) telephones - mobile cellular: 320.000 (cellular subscribers in both gaza strip and west bank) (2002) telephone system: general assessment: na domestic: israeli company bezek and the palestinian company paltel are responsible for landline services in the gaza strip; the palestinian jawal company provides cellular services international: na radio broadcast stations: am 0. fm 8. shortwave 0 (2005) radios: na; note - most palestinian households have radios (1999) television broadcast stations: na (2005) televisions: na; note - most palestinian households have televisions (1997) internet country code: .ps internet service providers (isps): 3 (1999) internet users: 60.000 (includes west bank) (2001) airports: 2 (2001) note: includes gaza international airport (gia). inaugurated on 24 november 1998 as part of agreements stipulated in the september 1995 oslo ii accord and the 23 october 1998 wye river memorandum; gia has been largely closed since october 2000 by israeli orders and its runway was destroyed by the israeli defense forces in december 2001 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 1 over 3.047 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2005 est.) heliports: 1 (2005 est.) roadways: note: see entry for west bank ports and terminals: gaza military branches: in accordance with the peace agreement. the palestinian authority is not permitted conventional military forces; there are. however. public security forces (2002) military expenditures - dollar figure: na military expenditures - percent of gdp: na disputes - international: west bank and gaza strip are israeli-occupied with current status subject to the israeli-palestinian interim agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; israel announced its intention to pull out settlers and withdraw from the gaza strip in 2005 refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 922.674 (palestinian refugees (unrwa)) (2004)
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