Housing Starts in Israel and Settlements in West Bank and Gaza, 1990-1999

 

	Construction starts in Israel* and settlements (units)			Construction starts in settlements (units)**			Settlement's share of construction starts (percentage)***
Year	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total
1990	19,380	22,030	42,410	830	980	1,810	4.3	4.3	4.3
1991	61,730	21,780	83,510	7,040	1,070	8,110	11.4	4.9	9.7
1992	22,700	23,330	46,030	5,000	1,210	6,210	22.0	5.2	13.5
1993	6,820	30,160	36,980	400	1,830	2,230	5.9	6.1	6.0
1994	10,460	32,860	43,320	550	740	1,290	5.3	2.3	3.0
1995	27,460	41,440	68,900	1,870	660	2,530	6.8	1.6	3.7
1996	19,440	37,000	56,440	1,000	670	1,670	5.1	1.8	3.0
1997	15,711	36,330	52,030	1,000	900	1,900	6.4	2.5	3.7
1998	9,970	33,730	43,700	1,740	2,160	3,900	17.5	6.4	8.9
1999	9,120	28,090	37,210	1,550	960	2,510	17.0	3.4	6.8

* Including East Jerusalem settlement areas
** Excluding East Jerusalem (data unavailable)
*** The population of Israel and the settlements is 6.3 million. The settler population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip is approximately 200,000 or 3.2 percent of the total (2000 Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel).

Sources: Statistical Abstract of Israel: 2000 (Table 16.5), 1998 (16.5), 1997 (16.5), 1995 (Table 16.4), 1994 (16.4), 1992 (Table 16.5; p.472,473).