Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Increase in the Consumer Price Index during October , 10/2017
Increase in the CPI during October 2017
The overall
CPI for Palestine during October 2017 increased by 0.20% compared with September 2017 (by 0.65% in Gaza Strip, and slightly increased by 0.08% in Jerusalem J1*, while it slightly decreased by 0.08% in the West Bank**).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for October 2017 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
| Sub Groups |
Percent Change % |
| Dried Vegetables |
+ 7.48% |
| Potatoes and other Tubers |
+ 3.57% |
| Liquid Fuel for House |
+ 3.49% |
| Liquid Fuel for Cars |
+ 2.27% |
| Flour |
+ 0.90% |
| Fresh Meat |
+ 0.66% |
| Gas |
+ 0.65% |
| Fresh Fruit |
+ 0.53% |
| Fresh Fish |
- 1.98% |
| Rice |
- 1.39% |
The Palestinian CPI during October 2017 increased by 0.97% compared with October 2016 (by 2.37% in Gaza Strip, and by 1.30% in Jerusalem J1*, while it decreased by 0.16% in the West Bank**).
The Palestinian CPI during the first ten months of 2017 increased by 0.19% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 2.35% in Jerusalem J1*, and by 0.11% in the West Bank**, while it slightly decreased by 0.01% in Gaza Strip).
The table below shows monthly percent changes in CPI by region
for the period January – October 2017:
| Month |
Monthly Percent Change |
| Palestine |
West Bank** |
Gaza Strip |
Jerusal-em J1* |
| January |
+ 0.14 |
+ 0.03 |
+ 0.38 |
+ 1.02 |
| February |
+ 0.62 |
+ 0.78 |
+ 0.40 |
+ 0.35 |
| March |
+ 1.08 |
+ 0.22 |
+ 2.33 |
- 0.70 |
| April |
- 0.50 |
- 1.01 |
+ 0.13 |
+ 0.61 |
| May |
- 0.84 |
- 0.50 |
- 1.62 |
- 0.17 |
| June |
- 0.96 |
- 0.90 |
- 1.61 |
- 0.29 |
| July |
- 0.15 |
+ 0.36 |
- 0.58 |
- 0.13 |
| August |
+ 0.56 |
+ 0.57 |
+ 0.31 |
+ 0.47 |
| September |
+ 0.65 |
+ 0.14 |
+ 1.39 |
+ 0.28 |
| October |
+ 0.20 |
- 0.08 |
+ 0.65 |
+ 0.08 |
The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for October 2016 – October 2017
(Base Year 2010=100)
