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Topic 02 of 12 · Country Index 2026
Palestine: Economy & Innovation
What does an economy do for the people inside it?
Palestine is placed joint 134th of 150 countries on economy & innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: GDP per Capita (PPP) 4,272 (2025); Account Ownership at a Financial Institution 39.62 (2024).
Economy & Innovation
joint134th
of 150 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Palestine on economy & innovation — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country in that edition, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 3
GDP per Capita (PPP)
World Bank Group
Why it is a key: Output per person: the standard measure of an economy's size set against the population it has to support.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
4,272
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)
Higher is better
Palestine: 4,272. Across the 185 countries in this edition, values run from 1,067 (Burundi) to 139,593 (Singapore); the world median is 17,265.
- World median
- 17,265
- Best in Western Asia
- 110,136 Qatar
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 17,265 · Israel 48,197 · Jordan 10,794
Each grey tick is one of 185 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 2 of 3
Economic Complexity Index
Growth Lab at Harvard University
Why it is a key: What an economy knows how to make, read from the diversity and rarity of what it exports.
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC0 1.0
No reading
ECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3)
Higher is better
Growth Lab at Harvard University publishes no 2024 figure for Palestine, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 145 countries in this edition, values run from -3.53 (Chad) to 1.729 (Japan); the world median is 0.131.
- World median
- 0.131
- Best in Western Asia
- 1.334 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 0.071 · Israel 1.334 · Jordan 0.088
Each grey tick is one of 145 countries in the 2024 edition.
Key 3 of 3
Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
World Bank Group
Why it is a key: Whether ordinary adults are inside the financial system at all, which output per person does not reveal.
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
39.62
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
Palestine: 39.62. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 14.83 (Niger) to 99.85 (Iceland); the world median is 72.83.
- World median
- 72.83
- Best in Western Asia
- 96.13 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 43.11 · Israel 89.27 · Jordan 46.46
Each grey tick is one of 139 countries in the 2024 edition.
02Over time
Which way Palestine is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
GDP per Capita (PPP)
GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) · higher is better
PalestineWorld median
Palestine fell from 4,521 in 2000 to 4,272 in 2025; the world median went from 10,589 to 17,265.
Every year’s figures
Year Palestine World median 2025 4,272 17,265 2024 4,191 18,108 2023 5,562 17,686 2022 5,753 16,933 2021 5,663 16,260 2020 5,424 15,631 2019 6,270 16,761 2018 6,343 16,349 2017 6,427 16,129 2016 6,464 15,512 2015 6,073 14,857 2014 5,990 14,475 2013 6,142 14,681 2012 6,009 14,631 2011 5,805 13,916 2010 5,432 14,101 2009 5,271 13,655 2008 4,985 14,030 2007 4,770 13,755 2006 4,714 12,983 2005 4,885 12,023 2004 4,503 11,608 2003 3,789 11,183 2002 3,409 11,144 2001 3,997 10,907 2000 4,521 10,589 Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
Adults with an account (% of population aged 15+) · higher is better
PalestineWorld median
Palestine rose from 19.43 in 2011 to 39.62 in 2024; the world median went from 37.03 to 72.83.
Every year’s figures
Year Palestine World median 2024 40 73 2021 34 74 2017 25 59 2014 24 52 2011 19 37
03In context
Palestine beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 150 countries on economy & innovation, never a place within the region.
1st150thNot placed · 74 countries with too few key statisticsNo data
Palestine and the countries it borders
The standing is each country’s place among all 150 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.
| Country | Standing | GDP per Capita (PPP)GDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP) | Economic Complexity IndexECI score (standardised, roughly −3 to +3) | Account Ownership at a Financial InstitutionAdults with an account (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 26th | 48,197 | 1.334 | 89.27 |
 Egypt | 93rd | 17,265 | 0.071 | 43.11 |
 Jordan | 98th | 10,794 | 0.088 | 46.46 |
| Palestine | =134th | 4,272 | — | 39.62 |
“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 150.
Placed either side on economy & innovation
The countries immediately above and below Palestine in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Palestine is ahead of the world, and behind
23 more statistics filed under economy & innovation, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median3
Statistics on which Palestine does better than the middle country measured.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.23116.75106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Palestine: 116.75 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 57th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
GDP GrowthWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 3.3964.3443.396▲ Improved since 2015
Palestine: 4.344 · world median 3.396 · GDP growth (annual %). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -5.847 to 19.34; higher is better.
Position 64th of 186 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.08111.76106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Palestine: 111.76 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 74th of 195 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Behind the world median9
Statistics on which Palestine does worse than the middle country measured.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.06104.61107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Palestine: 104.61 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 108th of 194 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Cereal YieldFAO · 2023 · world median 3,0722,4653,072▲ Improved since 2013
Palestine: 2,465 · world median 3,072 · Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 23 to 29,147; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 179 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Government AI Readiness IndexOxford Insights · 2025 · world median 40.1935.5440.19▲ Improved since 2023
Palestine: 35.54 · world median 40.19 · AI readiness score (0–100). Oxford Insights, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 12.12 to 88.36; higher is better.
Ranked 115th of 195 by Oxford Insights.
Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.6090.5380.609▼ Worsened since 2013
Palestine: 0.538 · world median 0.609 · IHDI (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.226 to 0.923; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 169 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median -0.09-0.468-0.09▼ Worsened since 2014
Palestine: -0.468 · world median -0.09 · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -2.035 to 2.132; higher is better.
Position 136th of 209 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 14,2734,62514,273▼ Worsened since 2015
Palestine: 4,625 · world median 14,273 · GNI per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,181 to 116,633; higher is better.
Position 78th of 102 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Business Ready: Operational EfficiencyWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 65.8252.7565.82No earlier reading
Palestine: 52.75 · world median 65.82 · Operational efficiency score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 40.36 to 87.33; higher is better.
Position 41st of 50 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Business Ready: Public ServicesWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 50.1328.4250.13No earlier reading
Palestine: 28.42 · world median 50.13 · Public services score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 18.35 to 73.31; higher is better.
Position 45th of 50 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Business Ready: Regulatory FrameworkWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 66.847.4766.8No earlier reading
Palestine: 47.47 · world median 66.8 · Regulatory framework score (0–100). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 46.21 to 78.34; higher is better.
Position 49th of 50 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Household ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 62.0490.6162.04No real change since 2015
Palestine: 90.61 · world median 62.04 · Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 25.21 to 133.34.
Position 9th of 131 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Net Official Development Assistance ReceivedOECD Development Assistance Committee · 2023 · world median 2.57916.242.579No real change since 2013
Palestine: 16.24 · world median 2.579 · Net ODA received (% of GNI). OECD Development Assistance Committee, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -0.001 to 101.78.
Position 11th of 130 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.9664.9337.96Moved since 2013
Palestine: 64.93 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 31st of 209 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.36199.5287.36Moved since 2013
Palestine: 199.52 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 37th of 188 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 22.9325.5922.93Moved since 2015
Palestine: 25.59 · world median 22.93 · Gross capital formation (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.679 to 45.27.
Position 45th of 131 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7253.5341.72Moved since 2015
Palestine: 53.53 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 49th of 138 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
General Government ConsumptionWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 16.2117.0516.21Moved since 2015
Palestine: 17.05 · world median 16.21 · General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 5.445 to 38.94.
Position 61st of 132 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6874.7679.68No real change since 2015
Palestine: 74.76 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 77th of 138 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3421.2336.34Moved since 2015
Palestine: 21.23 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 109th of 138 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Gross Savings (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2024 · world median 22.067.54322.06No real change since 2014
Palestine: 7.543 · world median 22.06 · Gross savings (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -21.13 to 47.82.
Position 139th of 146 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2021 · world median 1.70801.708No real change since 2011
Palestine: 0 · world median 1.708 · Natural resources rents (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2021 edition, data for 2021.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.03.
Position 180th of 180 — derived here by ordering the published values, counted from the highest value. The publisher ranks no country on this.
No current reading for Palestine
Adjusted Net Savings, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), Container Port Traffic, Debt Service on External Debt, Economic Complexity Index, External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), Gini Index (last 2016), Global Innovation Index, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (last 2016), Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) (last 2024), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Density, Logistics Performance Index, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day (last 2016), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day (last 2016), Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day (last 2016), Prosperity Gap (last 2016), Public Sector Wage Bill, Research and Development Spending (last 2013) and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
05Country Index 2026
Economy & Innovation among Palestine’s 8 topics
Economy & Innovation is Palestine’s 6th best-placed topic of 8. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.
- Environment & Sustainability31st of 1612/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge44th of 1822/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 102nd of 1934/5 keys
- Development & Human Capital107th of 1943/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 155th of 2013/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 134th of 1502/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties177th of 1982/3 keys
- Gender & Equality172nd of 1782/3 keys
No standing on Work & Labour, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Mobility & Connectivity: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on economy & innovation
The three countries placed highest of 150, and the leaders Palestine can most readily be measured against.
1
IcelandNorthern Europe
1st of 150 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Hansueli Krapf · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
SwitzerlandWestern Europe
2nd of 150 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Simon Koopmann derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 2.0 de, greyscale
3
AustriaWestern Europe
3rd of 150 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore4th3/3 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel26th3/3 keysThis page
Palestine=134th2/3 keys
Positions out of 150 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Palestine and economy & innovation
On economy & innovation
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On economy & innovation
India vs Pakistan 2025: Comparison of Hunger Index, Happiness, HDI, Rule of Law, Literacy & GDP
India and Pakistan on six published measures: hunger, happiness, human development, rule of law, literacy and GDP per capita. India is the better placed on five of them; Pakistan on one.
On economy & innovation
Countries in Asia with the highest average salaries 2024
Thirteen Asian countries by gross average monthly wage, each carrying its WORLD rank rather than an Asian one — so the numbers skip, from 11th place to 45th.
08Questions
Palestine on economy & innovation: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Palestine rank on economy & innovation?
Palestine is placed joint 134th of 150 countries on Economy & Innovation in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (GDP per Capita (PPP) and Account Ownership at a Financial Institution). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GDP per Capita (PPP) figure for Palestine?
4,272 in 2025 (gDP per capita (constant 2021 international $, PPP)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 17,265.
What is the latest Account Ownership at a Financial Institution figure for Palestine?
39.62 in 2024 (adults with an account (% of population aged 15+)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 72.83.
How does Palestine compare with Egypt on economy & innovation?
Egypt is placed 93rd of 150, and Palestine joint 134th. GDP per Capita (PPP): Egypt 17,265, Palestine 4,272; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution: Egypt 43.11, Palestine 39.62.
How have Palestine’s economy & innovation figures changed?
GDP per Capita (PPP) fell from 4,521 in 2000 to 4,272 in 2025; Account Ownership at a Financial Institution rose from 19.43 in 2011 to 39.62 in 2024.
Which economy & innovation statistics are missing for Palestine?
No current reading is published for Palestine on Adjusted Net Savings, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), Container Port Traffic, Debt Service on External Debt, Economic Complexity Index, External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), Gini Index, Global Innovation Index, ICT Goods Exports, Income Share Held by Lowest 20%, Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP), Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Livestock Density, Logistics Performance Index, Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP), Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day, Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day, Prosperity Gap, Public Sector Wage Bill, Research and Development Spending and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Keep reading
Explore further
Palestine, topic by topic
Nearby, on economy & innovation
The key statistics, for every country
10Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
The total size of an economy is deliberately left out: a very large economy spread over a very large population is not doing more for each person. Growth rates, trade shares and the structure of output (how much is farming, industry or services) are published here as context, because they describe an economy's shape rather than how well it serves people. Jobs and wages have their own topic, Work & Labour.
How the Economy & Innovation standing is decided, step by step
A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.
- A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 3 indicators on this topic are keys and 44 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
- Each key is read at one edition. ⚠ The keys behind this standing do not all describe the same year — they run from 2024 to 2025, because publishers release on their own schedules. Read the standing as “how this country places now”, not as a snapshot of one year.
- Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
- Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
- The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
- A country needs 2 of this topic’s 3 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 150 countries clear the bar here.
- A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 3.
- A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.
The key statistics and their licences
- GDP per Capita (PPP) — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Economic Complexity Index — Growth Lab at Harvard University, CC0 1.0
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 23 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Palestine’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Palestine (banner) — KlausFoehl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Iceland — Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Switzerland — Simon Koopmann derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Palestine: Economy & Innovation — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/palestine/economy