West Bank and Gaza's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 279.7 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 39.29% from 200.8 million in 2015 (3.37% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 279.7 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 246.2 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 200.8 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 288.1 million | 2022 |
| Lowest | -493.9 million | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 259.24 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 40.3 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 28.5 million on 2024 (from 251.2 million to 279.7 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.03 million and a typical year strayed about 141.79 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 373.2 million in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 590.5 million in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6.04 million a year. A straight line explains 44% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, West Bank and Gaza had the 73rd highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to West Bank and Gaza in the 2025 ranking
- Luxembourg — 70th of 109: 472.18 million
- Puerto Rico (US) — 71st of 109: 440.6 million
- Montenegro — 72nd of 109: 376.2 million
- Netherlands — 74th of 109: 267 million
- Estonia — 75th of 109: 259.67 million
- Latvia — 76th of 109: 252.6 million
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 32 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 279,700,000 |
| 2024 | 251,200,000 |
| 2023 | 278,300,000 |
| 2022 | 288,100,000 |
| 2021 | 285,500,000 |
| 2020 | 246,200,000 |
| 2019 | 268,000,000 |
| 2018 | 245,400,000 |
| 2017 | 253,500,000 |
| 2016 | 196,500,000 |
| 2015 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 2.13 trillion (2024)
- Bahrain — -91.74 million (2024)
- Djibouti — -196.53 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 215 billion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 34,944.3 trillion (2024)
- Iraq — 17.38 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 11.44 billion (2025)
- Kuwait — -811.5 million (2024)
- Lebanon — 0 (2019)
- Libya — 600 (2023)
- Malta
More economic policy & debt data for West Bank and Gaza
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.08% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Medium and high-tech manufacturing value added (% manufacturing value added) — 7.21% (2024)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$101.69 million (2025)
- Net primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$1.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.93 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is West Bank and Gaza's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 279.7 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is up 594.04% from 40.3 million in 1994 (6.45% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 288.1 million in 2022 and the lowest -493.9 million in 2011.
- How does West Bank and Gaza rank?
- 73rd highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for West Bank and Gaza?
- In 2025, West Bank and Gaza's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 28.5 million on 2024 (from 251.2 million to 279.7 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.03 million and a typical year strayed about 141.79 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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