PSE · snapshot 2026-08-09
West Bank and Gaza
HighOverride appliedOverall risk score
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Percentile of scored universe
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Data coverage
69%
vs Australia (16.1)
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Band raised to High by override — its own data would rate it lower.
Computed risk score: withheld — only 4 of 7 weighted categories could be scored (minimum 5) and data coverage is 69%, below the 70% floor. The override takes precedence: DFAT advice: Do not travel (Level 4).
Sanctions & banking access
Where sanctions make West Bank and Gaza hard to operate in — under Australian law, under US/EU extraterritorial reach, and in practice at the bank. Comprehensive frameworks force Very High; severe secondary exposure or severed banking floors the band at High; the rest is disclosure.
Australian sanctions
DFAT frameworks that legally restrict Australian companies
No framework, program, or de-risking pattern identified.
US/EU secondary sanctions
Extraterritorial programs that bind you regardless of Australian law
No framework, program, or de-risking pattern identified.
Banking access
Will correspondent banks actually move your money out
Palestinian banks' correspondent relationships with Israeli banks depend on periodically renewed indemnities; withdrawal would sever shekel clearing
Category breakdown
Political Stability & Governance
Very High6 indicators · 100% coverage
Economic Resilience
Very High6 indicators · 80% coverage
Financial & Currency Risk
Insufficient dataInsufficient data
Business Environment
Insufficient dataInsufficient data
Security & Crime
High3 indicators · 75% coverage
Climate & Social Compliance
Insufficient dataInsufficient data
Technology & Digital
Medium3 indicators · 70% coverage
Cultural Distance
Insufficient dataInsufficient data · not in overall score
Key risks and considerations
West Bank and Gaza does not meet the floors for an overall rating: only 4 of 7 weighted categories could be scored (minimum 5) and data coverage is 69%, below the 70% floor. Treat the category detail below as partial evidence, not a verdict.
An override floors the band at High: DFAT advice: Do not travel (Level 4).
No Australian sanctions framework applies, but the practical picture is harder: correspondent banking is constrained: Palestinian banks' correspondent relationships with Israeli banks depend on periodically renewed indemnities; withdrawal would sever shekel clearing.
The main risk drivers are no double-tax agreement with Australia, no investment-treaty protection with Australia, DFAT travel advice at Level 4 — Do not travel, a boom-bust growth record (±9.5 pp over the decade) and political instability.
Possible mitigations
- Repatriation channel risk. Correspondent banks may refuse or delay payments even where they are legal: test the channel with pilot transfers before committing capital, maintain more than one banking relationship, consider non-USD invoicing where lawful, and build payment delays into working capital.
- Duty of care for people. DFAT advises against non-essential travel. Review duty-of-care obligations, prefer remote engagement, and use in-country agents rather than travelling staff where possible.
- Political violence. Consider political-violence and political-risk insurance, keep asset footprints light, and maintain an exit/continuity plan with defined triggers.
- Corruption and legal recourse. Run a strong anti-bribery program (Australian foreign-bribery law follows you abroad), conduct third-party due diligence, and seat dispute resolution offshore — arbitration clauses (e.g. SIAC or HKIAC) beat local courts.
- Payment security. Elevated sovereign/transfer risk: prefer confirmed letters of credit or export credit insurance over open account terms, and watch for import-payment restrictions.
- Price instability. Use indexation clauses, shorter pricing cycles, and local-cost pass-through mechanisms so inflation (or deflation) doesn't silently erode margins.
Generated automatically from this snapshot’s indicator data — a starting point for analysis, not advice.
Indicators
| Indicator | Value | Risk score | Rating | Australia | Data source year | Source |
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| Political Stability & Governance | ||||||
| Voice & accountability (WGI) | 33.3 | 87.1 | Very High | |||
| Government effectiveness (WGI) | 30.0 | 88.5 | Very High | |||
| Regulatory quality (WGI) | 47.5 | 64.6 | High | |||
| Rule of law (WGI) | 39.9 | 79.0 | Very High | |||
| Control of corruption (WGI) | 36.3 | 66.9 | High | |||
| Political stability & absence of violence/terrorism (WGI PV) | 33.8 | 93.0 | Very High | |||
| Economic Resilience | ||||||
| GDP growth (3-yr average, %) | -6.5% (3-yr avg) | 90.0 | Very High | |||
| Growth volatility (10-yr std dev, pp) | ±9.5 pp | 93.5 | Very High | |||
| Government net debt (% of GDP) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Inflation (CPI %, vs income-group target) | 9.8 | 70.0 | High | |||
| Current account (3-yr average, % of GDP) | -16.5% (3-yr avg) | 85.0 | Very High | |||
| FX reserves (months of import cover) | 2.3 months | 55.0 | High | |||
| GDP per capita (PPP, current intl $) | $5,000 | 82.7 | Very High | |||
| Financial & Currency Risk | ||||||
| Capital-account openness (Chinn-Ito KAOPEN) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Currency stability (regime-aware classification) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Sovereign credit risk (OECD country risk classification) | Category 7 / 7 | 92.0 | Very High | |||
| FATF listing (grey / black list status) | Not listed | 0.0 | Low | |||
| Double-tax agreement with Australia | None in force | 100.0 | Very High | |||
| Business Environment | ||||||
| FDI regulatory restrictiveness (OECD FDIRRI) | 0.21 | 63.3 | High | |||
| Logistics performance (World Bank LPI) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Business readiness (World Bank B-READY pillar average) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Investment protection with Australia in force (BIT or FTA investment chapter) | None in force | 100.0 | Very High | |||
| Security & Crime | ||||||
| Armed-conflict intensity (battle deaths per 100k, 5-yr) | 0.0 | 29.7 | Medium | |||
| Intentional homicide rate (per 100k) | 0.6 | 12.1 | Low | |||
| Organised crime pervasiveness (GI-TOC criminality score) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| DFAT Smartraveller advisory level | Level 4 — Do not travel | 95.0 | Very High | |||
| Climate & Social Compliance | ||||||
| Physical climate vulnerability (ND-GAIN vulnerability) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Disaster risk (INFORM Risk Index) | 6.4 | 89.0 | Very High | |||
| Modern-slavery prevalence (per 1,000) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Modern-slavery vulnerability score | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Technology & Digital | ||||||
| E-government development (UN EGDI) | — | — | Insufficient data | |||
| Internet users (% of population) | 86.6 | 40.6 | Medium | |||
| Cybercrime origination (World Cybercrime Index) | 0.0 | 10.0 | Low | |||
| Secure internet servers (per million people) | 427.1 | 62.1 | High | |||
Per-indicator ratings are quartile bands of the 0–100 risk score. The Australia column shows the same indicator’s raw value for the Australian baseline in this snapshot.
Cultural distance
GLOBE 2004 societal practices · rated on distance from Australia · not in the overall score
Context — not scored
Unemployment
24.4%
Displayed, never scored: ambiguous for an entrant and unreliable where informal employment dominates. (2022, ILO modelled)
Trade agreement
No Australian FTA in force
Market access is decision-relevant but a benefit, not a risk — kept out of the rating.
Regional advisories
No higher regional advisory levels
DFAT Smartraveller sub-national advice where it exceeds the overall level.
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