COUNTRY / INDICATOR
West Bank and Gaza Employment Rate
West Bank and Gaza employment rate: latest available value for 2022, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34,00 | 2,08 |
| 2021 | 31,92 | 1,59 |
| 2020 | 30,34 | -2,72 |
| 2019 | 33,05 | 1,01 |
| 2018 | 32,04 | -0,66 |
| 2017 | 32,71 | -0,59 |
| 2016 | 33,29 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed.
Source organization: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 07:37:01. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesWest Bank and Gaza recorded 34,00 percent in 2022, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2021, the employment rate increased by 2,08.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 7 observations from 2016 to 2022, the average was 32,48; the minimum was 30,34 in 2020 and the maximum was 34,00 in 2022.
West Bank and Gaza ranks 179 out of 187 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Share of working-age population employed.