Unemployment rate,Percent in Israel
Israel: Unemployment rate,Percent was 3.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Israel, 2012–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment rate,percent in Israel is 3.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Israel peaked at 6.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2025.
Israel ranks 59th of 71 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.1% | 3.8% | 6.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 5.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 56 Saudi Arabia 3.5% compare
- 57 Taiwan 3.3% compare
- 58 Romania 3.3% compare
- 60 Switzerland 3.0% compare
- 61 South Korea 3.0% compare
- 62 Malta 2.9% compare
More reference data data for Israel
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.719 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 78.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 50.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 473.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 27.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 876.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.6521 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 74.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0949 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 19.72 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Israel?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Israel was 3.0% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2025.
- How does Israel rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Israel ranks 59th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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