Housing Starts in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip Settlements*, 1990-2003

 

	Israel and Settlements (Dwelling Units)					Settlements (Dwelling Units)					Settlement Construction / Total Construction**
Year	Public	Private	Total	Change from previous year		Public	Private	Total	Change from previous year		Public	Private	Total
1990	19,380	23,030	42,410	-	-	830	980	1,810	-	-	4	4	4
1991	61,730	21,780	83,510	41,100	97	7,040	1,070	8,110	6,300	348	11	5	10
1992	22,700	23,330	46,030	-37,480	-45	5,000	1,210	6,210	-1,900	-23	22	5	13
1993	6,820	30,160	36,980	-9,050	-20	400	1,830	2,230	-3,980	-64	6	6	6
1994	11,130	32,490	43,620	6,640	18	600	720	1,320	-910	-41	5	2	3
1995	27,460	41,440	68,900	25,280	58	1,870	660	2,530	1,210	92	7	2	4
1996	19,440	36,500	55,940	-12,960	-19	1,040	640	1,680	-850	-34	5	2	3
1997	15,700	36,330	52,030	-3,910	-7	1,000	900	1,900	220	13	6	2	4
1998	10,197	33,714	43,911	-8,119	-16	2,023	2,327	4,350	2,450	129	20	7	10
1999	9,637	29,313	38,950	-4,961	-11	1,769	1,378	3,147	-1,203	-28	18	5	8
2000	14,694	31,063	45,757	6,807	17	2,773	1,969	4,742	1,595	51	19	6	10
2001	7,331	24,465	31,796	-13,961	-31	826	809	1,635	-3,107	-66	11	3	5
2002	7,714	24,711	32,425	629	2	807	562	1,369	-266	-16	10	2	4
2003†	7,358	22,314	29,672	-2,753	-8	1,154	695	1,849	480	35	16	3	6

* Excluding East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

** The population of Israel and the settlements is 6.75 million. The settler population in the West Bank and Gaza is approximately 226,000 or 3.4% of the total Israeli population (Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel) 2004.

† Provisional data.

Sources:  Statistical Abstract of Israel, 1992 (Table 16.5) , 1994 (Table 16.4), 1995 (Table 16.5), 1997 (Table 16.5), 1998 (Table 16.5), 1999 (Table 16.5), 2000 (Table 16.5), 2001 (Table 22.5), 2002 (Table 22.5), 2003 (Table 22.5), 2004 (Table 22.5).