gaza: eight years of blockade
Youth Unemployment
80
70
60
50
The highest rate ever recorded in Gaza and
one of the highest worldwide
876,497
Overall unemployment currently
stands at 41.5%
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250,800 students
8,086 teachers
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Gaza Strip:
Power Deficit as of June 2015
Infant Mortality
1960: 127 /1,000 live births
percentage of
demand met
51%
2008: 20.2 /1,000 live births
In 2014, UNRWA expenditure
contributed
2013: 22.4 / 1,000 live births
18.2%
to the total GDP in Gaza
demand
available
Loss of Livelihoods
In 2000, UNRWA expenditure contributed
10.5% to the total GDP
Poverty Related Interventions
(including food assistance and cash for work)
72.9
US$ million
13.5
US$ million
of scheduled power cuts per day
GDP Contraction in 2014
$
$
$
2000
2014
$
In 2014 real GDP per capita contracted by
1,374
US$
29% compared to 2005
2005
total population
1.8 million
71%
1.3 million
2005
2014
9,319
Exit of Goods from Gaza
truck loads
2014
228
truck loads
refugees
10 Years