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Government ::Gaza Strip

Country name:

conventional long form: none

conventional short form: Gaza Strip

local long form: none

local short form: Qita Ghazzah

Economy ::Gaza Strip

Economy - overview:

High population density, limited land access, and strict internal and external security controls have kept economic conditions in the Gaza Strip - the smaller of the two areas under the Palestinian Authority (PA) - even more degraded than in the West Bank. The beginning of the second intifada in September 2000 sparked an economic downturn, largely the result of Israeli closure policies; these policies, which were imposed to address security concerns in Israel, disrupted labor and trade access to and from the Gaza Strip. In 2001, and even more severely in 2003, Israeli military measures in PA areas resulted in the destruction of capital, the disruption of administrative structures, and widespread business closures. The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in September 2005 offered some medium-term opportunities for economic growth, but Israeli-imposed crossings closures, which became more restrictive after HAMAS violently took over the territory in June 2007, have resulted in widespread private sector layoffs and shortages of most goods. The status of the crossings, which are closed to all but the most basic goods, has not changed following Israel's military offensive into the Gaza Strip in early 2009.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$11.95 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 141 $5.034 billion (2006 est.)

$5.327 billion (2005 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):

$6.641 billion (2008 est.) (2008 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

0.8% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 184 −8% (2006 est.)

4.9% (2005 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

$2,900 (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 164 $1,100 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 8%

industry: 13%

services: 79% (includes West Bank) (2007 est.)

Labor force:

267,000 (2006) country comparison to the world: 161

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 12%

industry: 5%

services: 83% (June 2008)

Unemployment rate:

41.3% (June 2008) country comparison to the world: 189 34.8% (2006)

Population below poverty line:

80% (2007 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%

highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $1.149 billion

expenditures: $2.31 billion

note: includes West Bank (2006)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

11.5% (2008) country comparison to the world: 165 3.6% (2006)

note: includes West Bank

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

7.19% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 110 7.73% (31 December 2006)

Stock of money:

$NA (31 December 2008)

$1.574 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$5.251 billion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 68 $1.206 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$1.367 billion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 100 $368.2 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

olives, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers, beef, dairy products

Industries:

textiles, food processing

Industrial production growth rate:

2.4% (includes West Bank) (2005) country comparison to the world: 95

Electricity - production:

140,000 kWh (2005) country comparison to the world: 212

Electricity - consumption:

230,000 kWh (2005) country comparison to the world: 213

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:

90,000 kWh; note - from Israeli Electric Company (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

NA bbl

Exports:

$339 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 171

Exports - commodities:

citrus, flowers, textiles

Imports:

$2.84 billion (2006) country comparison to the world: 142 $2.44 billion (2005)

Imports - commodities:

food, consumer goods, construction materials

Debt - external:

$1.3 billion (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 148

Exchange rates:

new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.56 (2008 est.), 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004)

Communications ::Gaza Strip

Telephones - main lines in use:

348,000 (includes West Bank) (2008) country comparison to the world: 110

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.153 million (includes West Bank) (2008) country comparison to the world: 139

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA

domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services; the Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services

international: country code - 970 (2004)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2008)

Internet country code:

.ps; note - same as West Bank

Internet users:

356,000 (includes West Bank) (2008) country comparison to the world: 117

Transportation ::Gaza Strip

Airports:

1 (2009) country comparison to the world: 230

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1

over 3,047 m: 1 (2009)

Heliports:

1 (2009)

Roadways:

note: see entry for West Bank

Ports and terminals:

Gaza

Military ::Gaza Strip

Military branches:

Palestinian Authority security forces have operated only in the West Bank, not in the Gaza Strip, since Hamas seized power in June 2007; law and order and other security functions are performed by Hamas security organizations (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16–49: 337,670 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16–49: 312,003

females age 16–49: 297,380 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 19,147

female: 18,200 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures: