The number of children in Palestine reached 2.39 million children out of the estimated total population in mid-2023, at a rate of about 44%, of whom 1.22 million are male children and 1.17 million female children, 41% in the West Bank and 47% in the Gaza Strip .

The Central Bureau of Statistics stated in a report, on the occasion of the Palestinian Child Day, that 882 children were arrested during the year 2022, and the occupation forces are still detaining 150 children in their prisons, including 7 children under administrative detention, while 56 children were martyred during the year 2022, and 17 children until now. April 1 of this year.

Registered marriage contracts for females under the age of 18 are higher in the Gaza Strip than in the West Bank

There is a significant decrease in the rates of early marriage for both sexes (under the age of 18 years), as the percentage of females under the age of 18 who got married in 2021 reached about 12% of the total number of females who got married during the same year, with 6% in the West Bank and 19% in the West Bank. % in the Gaza Strip, while this percentage was about 24% in 2010. The percentage of males (under 18 years old) who got married in 2021 was about 0.4% of the total males who got married during the same year, while in 2010 this percentage was about 2%.

School students make up a quarter of the population in Palestine

The preliminary data of the Ministry of Education for the academic year 2022/2023 indicated that the number of school students in Palestine reached about 1.388 million students, of whom 1.116 million students are in the basic stage, of whom about 51% are males compared to 49% females, and 272 thousand male and female students At the secondary level, 45% of them are males, compared to 55% of females.

Child labor in the age group (10-17) years in the West Bank is higher than that of the Gaza Strip

Data for the year 2022 showed that the percentage of working children (whether paid or unpaid) in Palestine amounted to about 3% of the total number of children in the age group (10-17 years), with about 5% in the West Bank and 1% in the Gaza Strip. And (6% of male children compared to 0.3% of female children). The percentage of children who work and attend schools is about 1%, with 2% in the West Bank and 0.4% in the Gaza Strip. At the gender level, the percentage was about 2% for males compared to 0.2% for females during 2022.

53% of children are paid employees

About 9 out of every ten children in the age group (10-17 years) use the Internet in Palestine, and about 9 out of every ten children (89%) in the age group (10-17 years) use the Internet, with 94% in the West Bank and 82% in the West Bank. % in the Gaza Strip, and this percentage was equal between male and female children, reaching about 89% for the year 2022.

About 4 out of every ten children (39%) in the age group (10-17 years) own a mobile phone, 54% in the West Bank and 19% in the Gaza Strip. At the gender level, the percentage was about 44% for males, compared to 34% for females in 2022.

Electronic violence and violence through communications against children

About 10% of children (12-17 years) in Palestine have been exposed to a form of electronic violence through a social media outlet. 11% in the West Bank and 9% in the Gaza Strip during 2019.

About 3% of children (12-17 years) were exposed to violence through communications (i.e. threatening, blackmailing, or harassing people or different parties through calls or messages) in Palestine; 3% in the West Bank and 2% in the Gaza Strip during 2019.