Female share of low pay earners in Palestine
Palestine: Female share of low pay earners was 23.12 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Female share of low pay earners in Palestine, 2015–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 23.12 for female share of low pay earners in 2025.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of low pay earners in Palestine peaked at 26.03 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.85, in 2020.
Palestine ranks 66th of 70 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Female share of low pay earners in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16.52 | — |
| 2016 | 16.29 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 16.97 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 17.44 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 16.25 | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 12.85 | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 15.46 | +20.3% |
| 2022 | 16.82 | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 26.03 | +54.7% |
| 2025 | 23.12 | -11.2% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 23.12 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.75, 65% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 23.12 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20.86, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.69 | 16.25 | 17.44 | 5 |
| 2020s | 18.86 | 12.85 | 26.03 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More gender data for Palestine
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 2,123 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.0057 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 4,000 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 4,000 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 69,517 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 72,443 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 69,540 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 72,495 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 69,757 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of low pay earners in Palestine?
- Female share of low pay earners in Palestine was 23.12 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest female share of low pay earners recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 26.03 in 2024.
- What is the lowest female share of low pay earners recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.85 in 2020.
- How does Palestine rank for female share of low pay earners?
- Palestine ranks 66th out of 70 countries with data for 2025.
- Is female share of low pay earners rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Female share of low pay earners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the percentage of low pay workers, among all low pay workers, who are female. For more information, refer to the Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Indicators (GEND) database description.