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Gaza Strip

1993 Edition — disputed

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Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 1 useable: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
small, poorly developed indigenous road network
Ports [time series]
facilities for small boats to service the city of Gaza
Railways (Railroads) [time series]
one line, abandoned and in disrepair, some trackage remains
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
broadcast stations - no AM, no FM, no TV
Defense Forces
Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]
NA
Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]
exchange rate conversion - $NA, NA% of GDP
Manpower availability [time series]
males age 15-49 136,311; fit for military service NA (1993 est.)
Note [time series]
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Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
accounts for about 12% of GNP; olives, citrus and other fruits, vegetables, beef, dairy products
Budget [time series]
revenues $33.8 million; expenditures $33.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY88)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot
Economic aid [time series]
NA
Electricity [time series]
power supplied by Israel
Exchange rates [time series]
new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 2.6480 (November 1992), 2.4591 (1992), 2.2791 (1991), 2.0162 (1990), 1.9164 (1989), 1.5989 (1988), 1.5946 (1987)
Exports [time series]
$30 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: citrus partners: Israel, Egypt
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
calendar year (since 1 January 1992)
Imports [time series]
$255 million (c.i.f., 1989) commodities: food, consumer goods, construction materials partners: Israel, Egypt
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate 10% (1989); accounts for about 8% of GNP
Industries [time series]
generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
9% (1991 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]
GNP - exchange rate conversion - $380 million (1991 est.)
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$590 (1991 est.)
Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]
-30% (1991 est.)
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
In 1990 roughly 40% of Gaza Strip workers were employed across the border by Israeli industrial, construction, and agricultural enterprises, with worker remittances accounting for about one-third of GNP. The construction, agricultural, and industrial sectors account for about 15%, 12%, and 8% of GNP, respectively. Gaza depends upon Israel for some 90% of its external trade. Unrest in the territory in 1988-93 (intifadah) has raised unemployment and substantially lowered the standard of living of Gazans. The Persian Gulf crisis and its aftershocks also have dealt severe blows to Gaza since August 1990. Worker remittances from the Gulf states have plunged, unemployment has increased, and exports have fallen dramatically. The area's economic outlook remains bleak.
Unemployment rate [time series]
20% (1990 est.)
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 380 km2 land area: 380 km2 comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
Coastline [time series]
40 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
desertification
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
Israeli occupied with status to be determined
Irrigated land [time series]
200 km2
Land boundaries [time series]
total 62 km, Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 13% permanent crops: 32% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 55%
Location [time series]
Middle East, bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel
Map references [time series]
Middle East
Maritime claims [time series]
Israeli occupied with status to be determined
Natural resources [time series]
negligible
Terrain [time series]
flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
Government
Digraph [time series]
GZ
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gaza Strip local long form: none local short form: Qita Ghazzah
Note [time series]
The Gaza Strip is currently governed by Israeli military authorities and Israeli civil administration. It is US policy that the final status of the Gaza Strip will be determined by negotiations among the concerned parties. These negotiations will determine how this area is to be governed.
People
Birth rate [time series]
45.66 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate [time series]
5.71 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
Palestinian Arab and other 99.8%, Jewish 0.2%
Infant mortality rate [time series]
38.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA by occupation: small industry, commerce and business 32.0%, construction 24.4%, service and other 25.5%, agriculture 18.1% (1984) note: excluding Israeli Jewish settlers
Languages [time series]
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood)
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 67.26 years male: 66.01 years female: 68.57 years (1993 est.)
Literacy [time series]
total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Nationality [time series]
noun: NA adjective: NA
Net migration rate [time series]
-4.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Population [time series]
705,834 (July 1993 est.) note: in addition, there are 4,000 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip (1993 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
3.56% (1993 est.)
Religions [time series]
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.3%
Total fertility rate [time series]
7.51 children born/woman (1993 est.)