Consumer Goods Prices Notably Decrease in Gaza Strip During August 2025

SadaNews - There was a significant decrease in consumer goods prices in the Gaza Strip during August 2025, which caused the Consumer Price Index to record a sharp decline of 20.34% compared to July 2025. The index also recorded a decrease in Jerusalem J1* by 0.42%, and by 0.25% in the West Bank**, leading to an overall decrease of 13.53% in the general Consumer Price Index in Palestine.
        
In general, price levels are experiencing sharp fluctuations between increases and decreases in the Gaza Strip, related to developments in the Israeli aggression and the movement of trade crossings, and not due to changes resulting from market factors. Therefore, their impact is significant on the general price index of the Palestinian territories. These data must be considered when reading the cost of living index, focusing on changes in the cost of living at the regional level to ascertain the reality of the changes. Given the specificity of this exceptional phase, it is not possible to use the average general price index of the Palestinian territories to represent the average changes at the level of different regions, given the sharp variance in the data regionally, and its significant impact by price changes in the Gaza Strip.

Price levels are still higher than those of August of the previous year. When comparing prices during August 2025 with August 2024, the data indicates a 35.46% increase in the Consumer Price Index in Palestine (78.02% in the Gaza Strip, 0.35% in Jerusalem J1*, while the index decreased by 1.57% in the West Bank**).

The Consumer Price Index at the level of Palestinian areas:
The Consumer Price Index in the Gaza Strip recorded a sharp decline of 20.34% during August 2025 compared to July 2025.