Chart and table of the Palestine net migration rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

During 2024, Israel lost 18,000 residents to international migration. While in most months in 2024, net immigration remained negative, the number of people entering the country exceeded those leaving in December that year, reaching a positive value of 723. Since the government's initiation of the controversial judicial reform in January 2023 and the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, the topic of emigration has become more prominent in Israeli society.

This bar chart displays net migration (people) by ISO 3 country code and is filtered where the country is West Bank and Gaza. The data is about countries per year.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Net Migration: per 1 000 Inhabitants data was reported at -4.620 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.940 Person for 2022. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Net Migration: per 1 000 Inhabitants data is updated yearly, averaging -5.030 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2023, with 34 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.640 Person in 1997 and a record low of -10.590 Person in 2003. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Net Migration: per 1 000 Inhabitants data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.OECD.GGI: Social: Demography: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Abstract

PCBS allocates particular attention to the Youth Survey because of the different definition of youth age group in studies. Some define youth as the age group (10-24 years) whereas others define them as the age group (15-29 years). In both definitions, youth constitute the largest segment of the Palestinian society. In addition to being the bulk of the society, youth are a vital strength with non-ignorable potential. They are the tenets of the future and the wealth of the nation that overweighs any other sources. Youth are the agent of change in the society. At this state, planning begins to fulfill societal needs in future skills and competences.

Geographic coverage

Palestine

Analysis unit

individual/ Household

Universe

It consists all the individuals in the age group 15-29 years old and living with their households normally in the State of Palestine in 2015.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sampling frame consists of all enumeration areas which were enumerated in 2007, each numeration area consists of buildings and housing units with average of about 124 households in it. These enumeration areas are used as primary sampling units( PSUs) in the first stage of the sampling selection. The sample is three stage stratified cluster (pps) sample:

First stage: selection a stratified sample of 321 EA with (pps) method.

Second stage: selection a random area sample of 25 households from each enumeration area selected in the first stage, the selection starts from a random point in the enumeration area (building number), Where include cases of non-responding households, and the responsive households where the age group 15-29 years is not available, and the responsive households where the age group 15-29 years is available.

Third stage: we selected one person in the household of the( 15-29) age group in a random method by using Kish tables, so that the sex of the person chosen by the serial questionnaire number in the EA sample, if an odd number we select male person and if even number we select female person.

Sample strata: The population was divided by: 1- Governorate (17 governorates) 2- Type of Locality (urban, rural, refugee camps)

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

he Survey comprised two questionnaires: Family questionnaire: The questionnaire included detailed questions on the demographic, social, educational, professional and matrimonial characteristics of family members in addition to data on housing and identification of youth eligible for the interviews.

Youth Survey (15-29 years), which including the following sections: · Education (educational experience in different stages, assessment of educational stages, characteristics of youth enrolled in education, level of satisfaction with the learning experience) · Work and pay (employment status, characteristics of employed people, characteristics of unemployed people, entrepreneurship, financial status and savings) · Emigration (trends of emigration to other countries, emigration of friends and relatives, emigration experience) · Matrimonial and health status (spouses relation, matters related to housing, gender roles, public health, nutrition, mental health, social communication, sports and exercising, HIV awareness, life satisfaction, sexual and reproductive health) · Social participation (volunteer activities, community outreach, friends, family support, social values, political participation and future aspirations, Internet and social media)

Cleaning operations

· During this phase, a data-entry program was prepared using Oracle. Amendments were introduced to the entry screens to set entry bases in a manner that guarantees proper entry of all questionnaires and queries for data cleansing after entry. The queries test variables at questionnaire level. · At this stage, questionnaires were received from fieldwork coordinator using the template prepared for this purpose. The officer in charge controls the questionnaires to ensure they are all received using the template prepared for this purpose. · Entry and cleansing of data took place in the period from 31 August 2015 to 29 November 2015.

Response rate

The response rate in the West Bank reached 94.9 % while in Gaza Strip it reached 97.2%. The response rate in Palestine reached 95.7 %

Sampling error estimates

Data of this survey affected by sampling errors due to use of the sample and not a complete enumeration. Therefore, certain differences are expected in comparison with the real values obtained through censuses. Variance were calculated for the most important indicators, the variance table is attached with the final report. There is no problem to disseminate results at the national level and governorate level.

Data appraisal

Non-sampling errors are probable in all stages of the project, during data collection or processing. This is referred to as non-response errors, response errors, interviewing errors, and data entry errors. To avoid errors and reduce their effects, great efforts were made to train the fieldworkers intensively. They were trained in how to carry out the interview, what to discuss and what to avoid, carrying out a pilot survey and practical and theoretical training during the training course. Also data entry staff was trained on the entry program that was examined before starting the data entry process. Continuous contacts with the fieldwork team were maintained through regular visits to the field and regular meetings during the different field visits. Problems faced by fieldworkers were discussed to clarify issues and provide relevant instructions.

The implementation of the survey encountered non-response where the case (Refused to cooperate) during the fieldwork visit become the high percentage of the non response cases which reached 1.6% which is low percentage compared to the household surveys conducted by PCBS, and the reason is the clear questionnaire and the experience of the fieldwork. The lowest value of response rate reached 92.7% in the middle of west bank, and The highest value of response rate reached 98.5% in the south of west bank.

Since the 1950s, the number of forcibly displaced persons recognized by the United Nations has increased drastically; from around 2.1 million international refugees in 1951 to almost 123 million displaced persons in total in 2023. Annual figures are not reflective of the actual number of forcibly displaced people in the world, but rather the number of people identified as such by the UN. Preliminary figures for 2024 show that this figure may now reach the 125 million mark, with major new crises in Sudan and Palestine sending this figure higher, after the Russia-Ukraine War pushed this figure past 100 million people for the first time in 2022. UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was founded in 1950 to deal with the large number of displaced persons in Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. Since then, the scale and geographical scope of its operations has broadened significantly, as it works to provide humanitarian aid, logistical support, and long-term solutions to crises across the globe. The UNHCR played an instrumental role in facilitating or limiting the impact of many decolonization movements across Africa and Asia in the late 20th century, and, in recent decades, it has provided much-needed assistance in conflict areas, such as the Balkans in the 1990s, Afghanistan since the 2000s, and more recently in Syria and Yemen. Alongside the UNHCR, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established in 1949 to provide similar assistance programs for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and it is currently operational in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the State of Palestine, but its future remains uncertain after the Israeli parliament revoked its license to operate in the country in October 2024. Long-term crises Persistent instability in Sub-Saharan Africa has also been a major area of focus throughout the UNHCR's history, as economic and structural underdevelopment, alongside conflict and political instability, has created several refugee crises that are now in their fourth decade. While countries such as Colombia, Germany, and Turkey have, to varying degrees, successfully managed refugee crises in recent years, the economies of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are not equipped to do so. Displacement has placed a great strain on several regions' already-struggling resources, and these are now also being affected by climate change. Countries such as Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda are home to camps or camp networks that house several hundred thousand refugees, with some of the largest in Kenya being established in the early 1990s.

Jews were the dominant religious group in the Israel-Palestine region at the beginning of the first millennia CE, and are the dominant religious group there today, however, there was a period of almost 2,000 years where most of the world's Jews were displaced from their spiritual homeland. Antiquity to the 20th century Jewish hegemony in the region began changing after a series of revolts against Roman rule led to mass expulsions and emigration. Roman control saw severe persecution of Jewish and Christian populations, but this changed when the Byzantine Empire adopted Christianity as its official religion in the 4th century. Christianity then dominated until the 7th century, when the Rashidun Caliphate (the first to succeed Muhammad) took control of the Levant. Control of region split between Christians and Muslims intermittently between the 11th and 13th centuries during the Crusades, although the population remained overwhelmingly Muslim. Zionism until today Through the Paris Peace Conference, the British took control of Palestine in 1920. The Jewish population began growing through the Zionist Movement after the 1880s, which sought to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. Rising anti-Semitism in Europe accelerated this in the interwar period, and in the aftermath of the Holocaust, many European Jews chose to leave the continent. The United Nations tried facilitating the foundation of separate Jewish and Arab states, yet neither side was willing to concede territory, leading to a civil war and a joint invasion from seven Arab states. Yet the Jews maintained control of their territory and took large parts of the proposed Arab territory, forming the Jewish-majority state of Israel in 1948, and acheiving a ceasefire the following year. Over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced as a result of this conflict, while most Jews from the Arab eventually fled to Israel. Since this time, Israel has become one of the richest and advanced countries in the world, however, Palestine has been under Israeli military occupation since the 1960s and there are large disparities in living standards between the two regions.