Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Lower middle income
West Bank and Gaza: the economy in numbers
Per person: $3,171, or $5,000 at purchasing power parity. Population: 5.41 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #139 of 204 economies.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $6.18 billion in 1994, $17.2 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $2,612 per person in 1994, $3,171 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: −1.1% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1995: 8 of 31.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 3.11 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 53.7% in 2024.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 2000: 56.1% of GDP in 2024.
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $4.94 billion, or 28.8% of GDP.
Population
1990: 1.98 million · 2025: 5.41 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 10.7% · 2022: 24.4%.
Life expectancy at birth
1990: 67.8 years · 2024: 69.2 years.
Exports of goods and services
1994: 14.5% · 2025: 21.2%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $17.2B | $3,171 | $5,000 | 4.3% | 9.8% | 55.9% | 5.41M | 28.8% | 21.2% | ||
| 2024 | $16B | $3,028 | $4,771 | −22.9% | 53.7% | 56.1% | 5.29M | 25.5% | 69.2 | 21.9% | |
| 2023 | $18.6B | $3,607 | $6,179 | −1.0% | 5.9% | 46.5% | 5.17M | 24.8% | 65.2 | 17.0% | |
| 2022 | $19.2B | $3,800 | $6,162 | 4.1% | 3.7% | 47.1% | 5.04M | 24.4% | 25.5% | 76.7 | 18.4% |
| 2021 | $18.1B | $3,679 | $5,663 | 7.0% | 1.2% | 50.2% | 4.92M | 26.4% | 24.3% | 73.9 | 17.3% |
| 2020 | $15.5B | $3,234 | $5,956 | −11.3% | −0.7% | 47.1% | 4.8M | 25.9% | 22.2% | 75.0 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | $17.1B | $3,657 | $6,508 | 1.4% | 1.6% | 34.5% | 4.69M | 25.3% | 21.9% | 75.8 | 15.5% |
| 2018 | $16.3B | $3,562 | $6,216 | 1.2% | −0.2% | 33.1% | 4.57M | 26.3% | 22.9% | 75.4 | 16.0% |
| 2017 | $16.1B | $3,620 | $6,107 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 31.8% | 4.45M | 25.7% | 24.1% | 75.2 | 15.7% |
| 2016 | $15.4B | $3,528 | $6,062 | 8.9% | −0.2% | 31.0% | 4.37M | 23.9% | 22.0% | 74.9 | 14.3% |
| 2015 | $14B | $3,272 | $5,770 | 3.7% | 1.4% | 37.1% | 4.27M | 23.0% | 23.9% | 74.6 | 16.1% |
| 2014 | $14B | $3,352 | $5,382 | −0.2% | 1.7% | 34.0% | 4.17M | 20.5% | 22.8% | 72.8 | 15.8% |
| 2013 | $13.5B | $3,315 | $5,288 | 4.7% | 1.7% | 30.2% | 4.08M | 19.9% | 24.0% | 74.1 | 15.6% |
| 2012 | $12.2B | $3,067 | $5,215 | 6.1% | 2.8% | 29.8% | 3.98M | 19.2% | 23.4% | 73.7 | 15.3% |
| 2011 | $11.2B | $2,881 | $4,495 | 9.6% | 2.9% | 26.3% | 3.88M | 17.6% | 24.9% | 73.6 | 16.1% |
| 2010 | $9.68B | $2,557 | $4,121 | 5.8% | 3.7% | 22.7% | 3.79M | 21.4% | 25.3% | 73.3 | 14.1% |
| 2009 | $8.09B | $2,192 | $3,950 | 8.6% | 2.8% | 24.0% | 3.69M | 20.5% | 29.4% | 72.3 | 14.0% |
| 2008 | $7.31B | $2,035 | $3,713 | 7.4% | 9.9% | 23.0% | 3.59M | 22.9% | 24.9% | 72.2 | 15.9% |
| 2007 | $5.82B | $1,664 | $3,486 | 3.8% | 1.9% | 23.7% | 3.49M | 18.3% | 30.1% | 72.1 | 18.3% |
| 2006 | $5.35B | $1,570 | $3,354 | −1.0% | 3.8% | 19.3% | 3.41M | 19.0% | 36.1% | 71.8 | 13.8% |
| 2005 | $5.13B | $1,544 | $3,372 | 11.3% | 4.1% | 24.0% | 3.32M | 20.0% | 61.7% | 72.0 | 14.1% |
| 2004 | $4.6B | $1,422 | $3,014 | 21.9% | 3.0% | 21.1% | 3.24M | 23.2% | 16.9% | 71.1 | 13.0% |
| 2003 | $3.97B | $1,258 | $2,469 | 14.0% | 4.4% | 20.7% | 3.15M | 23.0% | 11.6% | 71.0 | 13.0% |
| 2002 | $3.56B | $1,156 | $2,179 | −12.5% | 5.7% | 20.9% | 3.08M | 27.5% | 11.8% | 70.9 | 13.4% |
| 2001 | $4.0B | $1,336 | $2,515 | −9.3% | 1.2% | 22.2% | 3.0M | 21.5% | 12.8% | 69.8 | 15.4% |
| 2000 | $4.31B | $1,476 | $2,783 | −8.6% | 2.8% | 20.0% | 2.92M | 10.6% | 10.5% | 70.3 | 20.5% |
| 1999 | $4.27B | $1,499 | $3,052 | 8.3% | 5.5% | 2.85M | 10.4% | 14.1% | 70.8 | 17.6% | |
| 1998 | $4.07B | $1,465 | $2,852 | 14.3% | 5.6% | 2.78M | 10.5% | 70.6 | 18.1% | ||
| 1997 | $3.76B | $1,389 | $2,530 | 14.7% | 7.1% | 2.71M | 10.5% | 70.3 | 17.3% | ||
| 1996 | $3.41B | $1,317 | $2,269 | 1.2% | 2.59M | 10.7% | 70.0 | 16.0% | |||
| 1995 | $3.28B | $1,327 | $2,302 | 7.1% | 2.47M | 10.7% | 69.6 | 17.1% | |||
| 1994 | $2.84B | $1,202 | $2,201 | 2.37M | 10.8% | 69.3 | 14.5% | ||||
| 1993 | 2.26M | 10.7% | 68.8 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 2.16M | 10.7% | 68.5 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 2.07M | 10.7% | 68.2 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1.98M | 67.8 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Afghanistan · Algeria · Bahrain · Djibouti · Egypt · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Kuwait · Lebanon · Libya · Malta · Morocco · Oman · Pakistan · Qatar · Saudi Arabia · Syria · Tunisia · United Arab Emirates · West Bank and Gaza · Yemen
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)