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Palestine investor snapshot
| GDP growth (2025) | 4.3% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 9.8% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2022) | 24.4% | High: many people canāt find work. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $3,171 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2025) | -15.8% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 21.2% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Latest stories
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āI cannot carry all of this aloneā: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza
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Election delay 'a terrible disappointment', Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi says
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Gaza rejects truck taxes, urges Israel to allow 600 daily deliveries
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āWho will represent us?ā Palestinians react to election delay
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How genocidal war on Gaza is shaping Israelās election
Israelās election signals not a demand for change, but deeper entrenchment of the jingoism unleashed after October 7.
Global pro-Palestinian protests one year after Gaza āceasefireā
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held worldwide to mark one year since the so-called Gaza āceasefire'.
Palestinian president postpones elections until late 2027
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas previously committed to holding legislative elections in November 2026. He said that due to "obstacles ā posed by Israeli measures" the vote would be pushed back until late next year.
Palestinians still being killed in Gaza, one year into āceasefireā
One year to the day after the US-brokered ceasefire was agreed, more Israeli attacks killed Palestinians in Gaza.
Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, ā2027, and called āa presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the ā delay.
Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
Palestinian leader Abbas postpones elections to September 2027
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and āthe security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay.
Abbas postpones Palestinian elections
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027 and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay.
Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027
November 2026 vote delayed; joint presidential and legislative elections set for next year, president says in decree.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postpones elections to September 2027
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Analysts say board has 'failed' in its attempts to secure lasting peace in Gaza.
A year after the āceasefireā, Gazaās healthcare is still collapsing
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A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter
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