Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Palestine
Palestine: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.1666 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Palestine, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Palestine stood at 0.1666.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 75.9% on the previous year and up 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Palestine peaked at 0.3505 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0947, in 2022.
That places Palestine 31st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3505 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3479 | -0.7% |
| 1952 | 0.3453 | -0.7% |
| 1953 | 0.3427 | -0.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3399 | -0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.3369 | -0.9% |
| 1956 | 0.3335 | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 0.3298 | -1.1% |
| 1958 | 0.3258 | -1.2% |
| 1959 | 0.3215 | -1.3% |
| 1960 | 0.3171 | -1.4% |
| 1961 | 0.3124 | -1.5% |
| 1962 | 0.3072 | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 0.3014 | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.2956 | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.2898 | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2838 | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 0.2792 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2713 | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 0.2656 | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.26 | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 0.2542 | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 0.2488 | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2432 | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.238 | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2313 | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.2245 | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.218 | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.2113 | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2045 | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1983 | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.193 | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1873 | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 0.1815 | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1762 | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1714 | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1669 | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1616 | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1571 | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1532 | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1495 | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1464 | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1436 | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1404 | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1373 | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1348 | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1325 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.1302 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1284 | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1266 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1256 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.1245 | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1226 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.1202 | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1187 | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1166 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1155 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1141 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1157 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1152 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1098 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1083 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.107 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1052 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1107 | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.103 | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1016 | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1003 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0998 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0979 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0968 | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0996 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0947 | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1666 | +75.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Palestine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +75.9% | 0.0947 | 0.1666 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3374 | 0.3215 | 0.3505 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2923 | 0.2656 | 0.3171 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2334 | 0.2045 | 0.26 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1746 | 0.1532 | 0.1983 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.137 | 0.1266 | 0.1495 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1189 | 0.1141 | 0.1256 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1043 | 0.0979 | 0.1107 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1144 | 0.0947 | 0.1666 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 28 Mozambique 0.1688 compare
- 29 Ghana 0.1687 compare
- 30 Djibouti 0.1687 compare
- 32 Afghanistan 0.1662 compare
- 33 South Africa 0.1656 compare
- 34 Tanzania 0.1649 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Palestine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Palestine?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Palestine was 0.1666 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3505 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0947 in 2022.
- How does Palestine rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Palestine ranks 31st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.