Land area (sq. km) in Palestine was reported at 6025 sq. Km in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Land area (sq. km) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

Palestine: Land area in sq. km: The latest value from 2023 is 6025 sq. km, unchanged from 6025 sq. km in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 656095 sq. km, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Palestine from 1961 to 2023 is 6020 sq. km. The minimum value, 6020 sq. km, was reached in 1961 while the maximum of 6025 sq. km was recorded in 2021.

Arable land (% of land area) in Palestine was reported at 6.9544 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Palestine - Arable land (% of land area) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Palestine: Arable land, percent of total land area: The latest value from 2023 is 7 percent, unchanged from 7 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 14.3 percent, based on data from 192 countries. Historically, the average for Palestine from 1961 to 2023 is 14 percent. The minimum value, 7 percent, was reached in 2021 while the maximum of 18.4 percent was recorded in 1989.

Actual value and historical data chart for West Bank And Gaza Agricultural Land Percent Of Land Area

Yearly (annual) dataset of the Palestinian Territories Agricultural Land (%), including historical data, latest releases, and long-term trends from 1961-12-31 to 2021-12-31. Available for free download in CSV format.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas data was reported at 0.000 sq km th in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 sq km th for 2018. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 sq km th from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 sq km th in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 sq km th in 2019. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Bare Area: Consolidated Bare Areas 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.ESG: Environmental: Land Cover: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Palestine: Forest area, percent of total land area: The latest value from 2023 is 1.7 percent, unchanged from 1.7 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 31.6 percent, based on data from 194 countries. Historically, the average for Palestine from 1990 to 2023 is 1.6 percent. The minimum value, 1.5 percent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 1.7 percent was recorded in 2010.

Yearly (annual) dataset of the Palestinian Territories Forest Area (%), including historical data, latest releases, and long-term trends from 1990-12-31 to 2021-12-31. Available for free download in CSV format.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Artificial Surfaces: Urban Areas data was reported at 0.395 sq km th in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.392 sq km th for 2018. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Artificial Surfaces: Urban Areas data is updated yearly, averaging 0.347 sq km th from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2019, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.395 sq km th in 2019 and a record low of 0.111 sq km th in 1992. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Land Cover: Artificial Surfaces: Urban Areas 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.ESG: Environmental: Land Cover: Non OECD Member: Annual.

Actual value and historical data chart for West Bank And Gaza Permanent Cropland Percent Of Land Area

Abstract

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) strives to keep abreast of developments on the domestic and international arenas and to provide official statistics in all areas pertinent to Palestinian society. The survey of Democratic Governance is a new area in the Palestinian official statistics that came to meet the needs of users and to provide comparable statistics on the regional and international levels.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has decided to include Democratic Governance in its program as part of PCBS' efforts to provide comprehensive statistical indicators in specialized subjects. Statistics on Democratic Governance has become one of the main requirements of the development of societies and will serve the needs of users including decision and policy makers.

Statistical indicators on Democratic Governance cover many aspects of social, economic, and environmental life, and go in line with the indicators of the Millennium Development Goals. These indicators provide the basis to monitor the status of human rights and governance in any country as well as support the national social and economic system.

This report addresses the most important results of the Democratic Governance survey that was carried out by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics during the period from 16/10/2008 until 30/11/2008. The report presents relevant results related to the rule of law in the Palestinian Territory, public office, and election. The results also covers the performance of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the government, and civil society. In addition, the report presents relevant indicators on the freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of press, access to information, and the freedom to affiliate with and form political parties. In addition, the results cover women's rights, the right to education, health, and labor.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics hopes that the findings of this report will be effectively utilized to enable decision and policy makers to identify required policies and procedures for further improvement and development and to better serve the Palestinian citizen.

Geographic coverage

All Palestinian households

Analysis unit

Person 18 years or over

Universe

The survey covered all the Palestinian persons 18 years or over who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sampling frame The sampling frame consists of enumeration areas adopted in the Population, Housing and Establishment census 2007. Each enumeration area has an average size of about 120-150 households.

Sample size The sample size of the survey was estimated to about 2,544 household.

Sample design The sample is stratified clustered systematic random sample. The design is comprised of three phases:

Random sample of 212 enumeration areas Selection of (12) household from each enumeration area, selected in phase one, using systematic random manner Selection of a person (aged 18 years or more) in the field from the selected households; and KISH TABLES were used in the selection of persons (alternating one male and the next female) to ensure indiscriminate selection.

Sample strata Distribution of the sample was stratified by areas (North of West Bank, South of West Bank, Middle of West Bank, and Gaza Strip), and type of locality (urban, rural, camps).

KISH table was used in choose the persons in the sample.

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The survey questionnaire on Democratic Governance is the main instrument for data collection, and thus its design took into consideration the standard technical specifications to facilitate the collection, processing and analysis of data. Because this type of specialized surveys is new to PCBS, relevant experiences of other countries and international best practices were thoroughly reviewed to ensure the contents and design of the survey's instruments are within international standards. The survey's questionnaire includes the following basic components:

Identification data: The identification data constitutes the key that uniquely identifies each questionnaire. The key consists of the questionnaire' serial number, locality code, and governorate code. The classification of localities is according to the Standard Administrative Classification that was adopted by a national committee composed of representatives of various national institutions, and applied by PCBS in the Population, Housing and Establishment Censuses 2007.

Data quality control: A set of quality controls were developed and incorporated into the different phases of the survey including field operations, office editing, office coding, data processing, and survey documentation.

Survey's main indicators: The first section of the questionnaire includes identification data about the geographical location and the population. Other sections include data about: the rule of law, the right to access public office, election, the performance of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), government and civil institutions, freedom of opinion and expression, the press and the right to information, freedom to affiliate with and form political parties, the right to education, health, employment and housing.

Cleaning operations

Both data entry and tabulation were completed by using the ACCESS and SPSS software programs. Data entry was organized into two files, corresponding to the main parts of the questionnaire. Data entry template was designed to reflect an exact image of the questionnaire, and included various electronic checks: logical check, range checks, consistency checks and cross-validation.

Response rate

The study is based on a random sample of 2,544, response rate was 100% in the Palestinian Territory

Data appraisal

The data of this survey is of a high quality

This feature layer represents the forest area as a percentage of total land area. The layer has been developed as a proxy to represent SDG 15.1.1 ‘Forest area as a percentage of total land area' for Palestine.

Administrative governorates boundary data produced by PCBS, ARIJ and Ministry of Agriculture were the source of data.

Palestine: Land area in sq. km: Pour cet indicateur, Food and Agriculture Organization fournit des données pour la Palestine de 1961 à 2023. La valeur moyenne pour Palestine pendant cette période était de 6020 sq. km avec un minimum de 6020 sq. km en 1961 et un maximum de 6025 sq. km en 2021.

Actual value and historical data chart for West Bank And Gaza Surface Area Sq Km

As of 2022, two percent of respondents from the Palestinian territories assessed the condition of their country as very good. Overall in the Middle East and North Africa ** percent of respondents assessed the condition of their countries economy as very good.

State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Land under Cereal Production data was reported at 24,497.000 ha in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 24,315.000 ha for 2015. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Land under Cereal Production data is updated yearly, averaging 31,645.000 ha from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2016, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36,554.000 ha in 1995 and a record low of 14,512.000 ha in 2010. State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) PS: Land under Cereal Production data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) – Table PS.World Bank.WDI: Agricultural Production and Consumption. Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.; Sum;

In March 2025, Meta's Facebook accounted for 96.36 percent of the social media web visit share in the Palestinian territories. In comparison, Facebook only accounted for 54.46 percent of social media visits in January 2024. In March 2024, Instagram's web share visits from the Palestinian territories reached a peak of 22.36 percent, while YouTube has also seen fluctuations in web share visits within the past few months.

Latest economic indicators for Palestinian Territories including inflation, GDP, unemployment, and more.

Land under cereal production of Palestine rocketed by 58.44% from 12,268 hectares in 2021 to 19,437 hectares in 2022. Since the 2.21% fall in 2020, land under cereal production dropped by 14.16% in 2022. Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.