Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
Decrease in the Consumer Price Index during June, 06/2017
The overall CPI for Palestine during June 2017 decreased by 0.96% compared with May 2017 (by 1.61% in Gaza Strip, by 0.90% in the West Bank**, and by 0.29% in Jerusalem J1*).
The changes in Palestinian CPI for June 2017 is traced back to changes in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month:
| Sub Groups |
Percent Change |
| Fresh Vegetables |
- 13.06% |
| Fresh Fruit |
- 12.50% |
| Eggs |
- 5.71% |
| Potatoes and other Tubers |
- 4.65% |
| Dried Vegetables |
- 3.32% |
| Fresh fish |
- 1.70% |
| Gas |
- 1.56% |
| Rice |
- 1.38% |
The Palestinian CPI during June 2017 decreased by 0.68% compared with June 2016 (by 1.66% in Gaza Strip, by 0.41% in the West Bank**, while it increased by 1.38% in Jerusalem J1*).
The Palestinian CPI during the first half of 2017 increased by 0.45% compared with the same period of the previous year (by 3.00% in Jerusalem J1*, by 0.73% in the West Bank**, while it decreased by 0.11% in Gaza Strip).
The table below shows monthly percent change in CPI by region for the period
January – June 2017:
| Month |
Monthly Percent Change |
| Palestine |
West Bank* |
Gaza Strip |
Jerusal-em J1* |
| Jan. |
+ 0.14 |
+ 0.03 |
+ 0.38 |
+ 1.02 |
| Feb. |
+ 0.62 |
+ 0.78 |
+ 0.40 |
+ 0.35 |
| Mar. |
+ 1.08 |
+ 0.22 |
+ 2.33 |
- 0.70 |
| Apr. |
- 0.50 |
- 1.01 |
+ 0.13 |
+ 0.61 |
| May. |
- 0.84 |
- 0.50 |
- 1.62 |
- 0.17 |
| Jun. |
- 0.96 |
- 0.90 |
- 1.61 |
- 0.29 |
The trend line of Consumer Price Index in Palestine for June 2016 – June 2017
(Base Year 2010=100)
