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In Arabic On the eve of the International day of the Refugee, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a statistical review on the status ofĀ Palestinian Refugees. The main findings are summarised as follows: - According to UNRWAĀ records, Palestinian registered refugees totalledĀ 4.56 million at end of 2007, of whom 41.7 per centĀ wereĀ in Jordan, 23.0 per centĀ in Gaza Strip, 16.3 per centĀ in the West Bank, 9.9 per centĀ in Syria and 9.1 per centĀ in Lebanon. About 1.5 million Palestinians refugee are estimated to beĀ non-registered refugees.Ā Therefore the total Palestinian refugee is more than six million. The percentage of Palestinian refugees in the Palestinian Territory 2006, represents 44.6 per centĀ ofĀ theĀ total Palestinian Territory population, of which 19.4 per centĀ in the West Bank and 25.2Ā per centĀ in Gaza Strip Refugees in the Palestinian Territory are characterised as a young population, 45.8 per centĀ of them are under the age of 15 years compared to 45.3 per centĀ for non-refugees.Ā On the other hand, 2.8Ā per centĀ of refugees are aged 65 years and over, compared to 3.1Ā per centĀ for the non refugees in the Palestinian TerritoryĀ for the year 2006. The percentage of Palestinian refugees aged less than 15 years of the total refugee population in Jordan in 2000 reached 41.7 per cent, 33.1 per centĀ in Syria in 2003, and 33.0 per centĀ in Lebanon in 2006. Sex ratio of the refugee population in the Palestinian Territory is almost the same as of the non-refugees at 101.8 and 102.0 males per one-hundred females respectively compared to 102.3 for Palestinian refugees in Syria, and 98.5 for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Total Fertility Rate for refugees in the Palestinian Territory was 4.9 birthĀ per womenĀ for 2006, on the other hand the total fertility rate of the Palestinian refugee women in 2000 in Jordan was 4.6 children compared to 2.4 in Syria and 2.3 in Lebanon in 2006. The average household size for refugees in the Palestinian Territory for 2006 was 6.3 person.Ā Whereas in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon are 5.4, 4.1, and 3.8 respectively. 2.6Ā of the Palestinian refugees are disabled compared to 2.4 per centĀ for the non-refugees. 9.8 per centĀ of Palestinian refugees suffer chronic diseases and receive medication which is higher than the national percentage of 9.6 per centĀ and the non-refugees percentage of 9.4 per cent. Percentage of poor households headed by Palestinian refugee is 43.1 per centĀ ofĀ theĀ total poor households in the Palestinian Territory. Unemployment RateĀ of Palestinian refugees 15 years and overĀ in the Palestinian Territory during the first quarter 2008, was 26.1 per centĀ compared with 20.0 per centĀ for non-refugee. Approximately 62.5 per centĀ of the employed persons are wage employees (67.7 per centĀ for refugees and 58.9 per centĀ for non-refugees). The percentage of those who own their business is 24.3 per centĀ (21.0 per centĀ for refugees and 26.5 per centĀ for non-refugees).Ā Ā Illiteracy rate of Palestinian refugees 15 years and overĀ in the Palestinian Territory during the first quarter 2007, wasĀ 5.7 per cent compared with 6.5 per centĀ for non refugee. Illiteracy rate among Palestinian refugees in Jordan refugee camps in 2000 was approximately 17.6 per cent, in Syria the rate in 2006 was 16.5 per cent, and in Lebanon the rate in 2006 was almost 25.5 per cent. Dropout rate for refugees aged 6 years and above at schools in the Palestinian Territory in 2006 reached 22.6 per cent, of which 23.4 per centĀ for males and 21.8 per centĀ for females compared to 27.2 per centĀ for the non-refugees, of which 28.6 per centĀ for males and 25.7 perĀ centĀ for females. More information:
pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Palestinian_refugees_eng.doc