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Israel — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Israel, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.49%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -73.9% since 1991
Unemployment for Israel was 3.49% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 14.08% in 1992. The lowest was 3.37% in 2023 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.88% per year.
Israel ranks 131 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Israel sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 75% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.49%
First (1991)
13.39%
Change
-73.9%
Highest
14.08%
in 1992
Lowest
3.37%
in 2023
Average
8.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.88%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.49% |
| 2024 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.37% |
| 2022 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 4.81% |
| 2020 | 4.17% |
| 2019 | 3.73% |
| 2018 | 3.92% |
| 2017 | 4.14% |
| 2016 | 4.72% |
| 2015 | 5.18% |
| 2014 | 5.79% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.