Unemployment Rate in Palestine increased to 29.50 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 27.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Palestine averaged 24.28 percent from 1995 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 35.60 percent in the third quarter of 2002 and a record low of 8.80 percent in the second quarter of 2000. source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment Rate in Palestine is expected to be 28.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Palestine Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 23.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.