Israeli Settlements: Statistics on Settlement Construction
(1995 - Present)
|
Year
|
Construction
Starts |
% Change
|
Constructions Completed
|
% Change
|
|
1995
|
2,430
|
- -
|
1,550
|
--
|
|
1996
|
1,660
|
-32%
|
2,050
|
32%
|
|
1997
|
1,630
|
-2%
|
1,950
|
-5%
|
|
1998
|
3,900
|
139%
|
1,780
|
-9%
|
|
1999
|
3,098
|
-21%
|
3,936
|
121%
|
|
2000
|
4,683
|
51%
|
3,419
|
-13%
|
|
2001
|
1,591
|
-66%
|
3,162
|
-8%
|
|
2002
|
1,024
|
-36%
|
2,048
|
-35%
|
|
2003
|
2,057
|
101%
|
2,376
|
16%
|
|
2004
|
1,921
|
-7%
|
1,723
|
-27%
|
|
2005^
|
1,666
|
-13%
|
1729
|
0%
|
|
2006
|
1,518
|
-9%
|
2,167
|
25%
|
|
2007
|
1,471
|
-3%
|
1,747
|
-19%
|
|
2008
|
2,107
|
43%
|
1,601
|
-8%
|
|
2009
|
1,703
|
-19%
|
2,077
|
30%
|
|
2010
|
617
|
-64%
|
1,180
|
-43%
|
|
2011
|
1,017
|
65%
|
1,309
|
11%
|
|
2012
|
1,133
|
11%
|
1,271
|
-3%
|
|
2013
|
2,534
|
124%
|
1,365
|
7%
|
|
Total
|
37,760
|
|
38,440
|
|
|
Average
|
1,987
|
15%
|
2,023
|
4%
|
* - Does not include East Jerusalem
^ - Israel withdrew all settlements from Gaza in August 2005
Sources: Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Tovah Lazaroff, “Settler housing starts up by 124% in 2013,” Jerusalem Post, (March 3, 2014).
Peace Now.
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