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Labor Force Participation Rate for Israel, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
65.49%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +11.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Israel was 65.49% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 65.64% in 2016. The lowest was 58.82% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.31% per year.
Israel ranks 56 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Israel sits above it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
65.49%
First (1990)
58.82%
Change
+11.3%
Highest
65.64%
in 2016
Lowest
58.82%
in 1990
Average
62.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.31%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.49% |
| 2024 | 65.49% |
| 2023 | 65.06% |
| 2022 | 64.74% |
| 2021 | 63.32% |
| 2020 | 63.41% |
| 2019 | 65% |
| 2018 | 65.43% |
| 2017 | 65.49% |
| 2016 | 65.64% |
| 2015 | 65.55% |
| 2014 | 65.62% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.