Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine During 2018& During, 12/2018
Decrease in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine during 2018
The overall IPI in Palestine reached 103.59 during the year of 2018 with a decrease of 3.94% compared to the previous year (Base Month December 2015 = 100).
IPI for 2018 decreased due to the decrease in the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply by 20.80%, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 3.63%, while the activities of Mining and Quarrying increased by 20.46%, and the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation increased by 4.71%.
The table shows percent changes in IPI in Palestine for the period 2012 –2018:
| Year | Percent Change % |
| 2012 | + 6.39 |
| 2013 | + 7.82 |
| 2014 | – 3.92 |
| 2015 | – 3.80 |
| 2016 | + 0.96 |
| 2017 | + 4.11 |
| 2018 | – 3.94 |
| Cum. | + 7.05 |
 Increase in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in Palestine during December 2018
The overall IPI in Palestine reached 110.41 during December 2018 with an increase of 1.13% compared to November 2018 (Base Month December 2015 = 100).
IPI for December 2018 increased due to the increase in the activities of Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply by 7.49% which had a share of 11.98% of the total industry, the activities of Mining and Quarrying by 2.30% which had a share of 4.06% of the total industry, and the activities of Manufacturing Industry by 0.42% which had a share of 83.19% of the total industry, while the activities of Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation decreased by 3.47% which had a share of 0.78% of the total industry.
The table shows percent changes in IPI for the period
 January – December 2018:
| Month | Percent Change (%) |
| January | 7.29 – |
| February | 1.03 – |
| March | 4.81 + |
| April | 3.34 – |
| May | 3.16 – |
| June | 5.22 – |
| July | 12.08 + |
| August | 2.35 – |
| September | 7.68 + |
| October | 3.06 – |
| November | 2.43 + |
| December | 1.13 + |
| 2018 Comp. with 2017 | 3.94 + |
The trend line of the Industrial Production Index in Palestine, for the period:
 January – December 2018
(Base Month December 2015 = 100)
