COUNTRY / INDICATOR
West Bank and Gaza Poverty Headcount
West Bank and Gaza poverty headcount: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32,80 | 3,60 |
| 2016 | 29,20 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesWest Bank and Gaza recorded 32,80 percent in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2016, the poverty headcount increased by 3,60.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 2 observations from 2016 to 2023, the average was 31,00; the minimum was 29,20 in 2016 and the maximum was 32,80 in 2023.
West Bank and Gaza ranks 111 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also above the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.