Broadcast media (Radio) [time series]

broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA; note - 95% of Palestinian households have radios (1992 est.)

Telecommunication systems (Telephone system) [time series]

NA; note - 10% of Palestinian households have telephones (1992 est.) local: NA intercity: NA international: NA

Broadcast media (Television) [time series]

broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA; note - 59% of Palestinian households have televisions (1992 est.)

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

NA

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

$NA, NA% of GDP GEORGIA Note--Georgia has been beset by ethnic and civil strife since independence. In late 1991, the country's first elected president, Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA was ousted in an armed coup. In October 1993, GAMSAKHURDIA, and his supporters sponsored a failed attempt to retake power from the current government led by former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard SHEVARDNADZE. The Georgian government has also faced armed separatist conflicts in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions. A cease-fire went into effect in South Ossetia in June 1992 and a joint Georgian-Ossetian-Russian peacekeeping force has been in place since that time. Georgian forces were driven out of the Abkhaz region in September 1993 after a yearlong war with Abkhaz separatists. Nearly 200,000 Georgian refugees have since fled Abkhazia, adding substantially to the estimated 100,000 internally displaced persons already in Georgia. Russian peacekeepers are deployed along the border of Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia.

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

olives, citrus and other fruits; vegetables; beef and dairy products

Budget [time series]

revenues: $33.6 million expenditures: $34.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY89/90)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot

Economic aid [time series]

$240 million disbursed from international aid pledges in 1994

Electricity [time series]

power supplied by Israel

Exchange rates [time series]

new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 3.0270 (December 1994), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301 (1993), 2.4591 (1992), 2.2791 (1991), 2.0162 (1990)

Exports [time series]

$83 million (f.o.b., 1992) 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]

$365 million (c.i.f., 1992) commodities: food, consumer goods, construction materials partners: Israel, Egypt

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate 11% (1991 est.)

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]

5.7% (1993)

Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]

GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.7 billion (1993 est.)

Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]

$2,400 (1993 est.)

Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]

NA%

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

In 1991 roughly 40% of Gaza Strip workers were employed across the border by Israeli industrial, construction, and agricultural enterprises, with worker remittances supplementing GDP by roughly 50%. Gaza depends upon Israel for nearly 90% of its external trade. Aggravating the impact of Israeli military administration, unrest in the territory since 1988 (intifadah) has raised unemployment and lowered the standard of living of Gazans. The Persian Gulf crisis and its aftershocks also have dealt blows to Gaza since August 1990. Worker remittances from the Gulf states have dropped, unemployment has increased, and exports have fallen. The withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip in May 1994 brings a new set of adjustment problems.

Unemployment rate [time series]

45% (1994 est.)

Area [time series]

total area: 360 sq km land area: 360 sq km 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]

current issues: desertification natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA

Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]

West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli occupied with interim status subject to Israeli/Palestinian negotiations - final status to be determined

Irrigated land [time series]

115 sq km (1992 est.)

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 Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel

Map references [time series]

Middle East

Maritime claims [time series]

Israeli occupied with interim status subject to Israeli/Palestinian negotiations - final status to be determined

Natural resources [time series]

negligible

Note [time series]

there are 24 Jewish settlements and civilian land use sites in the Gaza Strip (August 1994 est.)

Terrain [time series]

flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain

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]

Under the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements ("the DOP"), Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, and subsequently to an elected Palestinian Council, as part of interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A transfer of powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and Jericho has taken place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 4 May 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external security and for internal security and public order of settlements and Israelis. Final status is to be determined through direct negotiations within five years.

Age structure [time series]

0-14 years: 52% (female 205,192; male 215,158) 15-64 years: 45% (female 185,748; male 183,886) 65 years and over: 3% (female 13,106; male 10,232) (July 1995 est.)

Birth rate [time series]

50.24 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate [time series]

4.75 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

Palestinian Arab and other 99.4%, Jewish 0.6%

Infant mortality rate [time series]

30.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Labor force [time series]

NA by occupation: construction 33.4%, agriculture 20.0%, commerce, restaurants, and hotels 14.9%, industry 10.0%, other services 21.7% (1991) note: excluding Jewish settlers

Languages [time series]

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers), English (widely understood)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

total population: 71.09 years male: 69.56 years female: 72.69 years (1995 est.)

Literacy [time series]

NA%

Nationality [time series]

noun: NA adjective: NA

Net migration rate [time series]

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Population [time series]

813,322 (July 1995 est.) note: in addition, there are 4,800 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip (August 1994 est.)

Population growth rate [time series]

4.55% (1995 est.)

Religions [time series]

Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.6%

Total fertility rate [time series]

7.74 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Airports [time series]

total: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA note: small, poorly developed road network

Ports [time series]

Gaza

Railways (Railroads) [time series]

total: NA km; note - one line, abandoned and in disrepair, little trackage remains