Original text - English - In the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Using adult equivalent income, the highest level of income disparity is found in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, where the income of the richest group in the top decile was more than twelve-fold that of the poorest group in the lowest decile; the West Bank registers a ratio of 8.1, while the Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon and Jordan show the following ratios, respectively: 7.2, 8.1, and 6.8.