Palestine’s government spending at constant prices fell for four straight years, from $3.5 billion in 2021 to $2 billion in 2025, a decline of 43%.
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Palestine
Lower-middle income · Import-dependent economy · Data availability: partial
A small, service-driven economy operating under occupation-imposed constraints on movement, trade, and resources, deeply intertwined with the Israeli economy and dependent on aid and remittances. Gaza’s economy has been devastated by war; the West Bank’s runs far below potential.
Vitals
Core figures — the latest value each source holds, the previous reading and the bloc median.
GDP
$17.2B
as of 2025
up from $16.0B (2024)
Mashreq median $254.4B
Real GDP growth
4.3%
as of 2025
up from -22.9% (2024)
Mashreq median 2.8%
Inflation, year-on-year
no data
GDP per person
$3,171
as of 2025
up from $3,028 (2024)
Mashreq median $5,348
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Quarterly report
Written once from the quarter's findings, then frozen.
Q3 2026 · Palestine
PSE — Q3 2026 brief
Signals & patterns
Everything MENACodex detects for this economy — the lead finding charted, the rest filtered by pattern and sector.
Palestine's food price inflation fell to -67.1% in June 2026, its lowest level in records going back to January 2001.
Food price inflation (% year on year, monthly) [FAOSTAT] (%)-67.09
RecordPalestine's reserve coverage reached a record 2.35 months of imports in 2025, the highest in records going back to 2006.
Multi-year lowPalestine's personal remittances, received as a share of GDP fell to 4.04% in 2025, its lowest level in records going back to 1995.
Multi-year lowPalestine's government spending at constant prices fell to $2 billion in 2025, their lowest level since 2004.
Multi-year lowPalestine's personal remittances, paid fell to $840,343 in 2025, its lowest level in records going back to 1995.
Multi-year lowPalestine's unemployment rate, women, labour force survey fell to 29.7% in 2025, its lowest level since 2014.
Agenda Watch
Official decisions and what the news is reporting, with the original source named.
| Date | Decision | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Cabinet reviewed an amendment to renewable-energy investment incentives to raise clean-energy use to 30% by 2030 | Policy reform | Palestinian Cabinet (english.wafa.ps) |
| Aug 19, 2026 | The Palestine Monetary Authority launched an advisory program to boost SME financing and green finance. | Agreement | Palestine Monetary Authority (pma.ps) |
Explore the data
Every series we hold for Palestine, by sector — open one in the Database to chart it against its neighbours.
Economy & growth
GDP, output, investment, savings · 204 series
Open indicators →Prices & moneyInflation, policy rate, money, exchange rate · 18 series
Open indicators →Trade & externalExports, imports, reserves, current account · 47 series
Open indicators →Public financeRevenue, spending, debt, balance · 14 series
Open indicators →Financial sectorCredit, banks, markets · 36 series
Open indicators →Energy & environmentOil, gas, power, emissions · 45 series
Open indicators →Technology & infrastructureInternet, mobile, transport · 22 series
Open indicators →PeoplePopulation, jobs, health, education · 47 series
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What has changed in Palestine recently?Signals, briefs and decisions, with their sources
What did last quarter add up to?Drawn from the quarterly report
What did the government decide this year?From the Agenda Watch record
How does Palestine compare with its neighbours?Any series against the bloc median