Unemployment rate: Israel
3.489% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.489 |
| 2024 | 3.595 |
| 2023 | 3.371 |
| 2022 | 3.695 |
| 2021 | 4.812 |
| 2020 | 4.169 |
| 2019 | 3.731 |
| 2018 | 3.917 |
| 2017 | 4.14 |
| 2016 | 4.723 |
| 2015 | 5.176 |
| 2014 | 5.789 |
| 2013 | 6.137 |
| 2012 | 6.762 |
| 2011 | 7.139 |
| 2010 | 8.48 |
| 2009 | 9.534 |
| 2008 | 7.704 |
| 2007 | 9.379 |
| 2006 | 10.707 |
| 2005 | 11.342 |
| 2004 | 13.029 |
| 2003 | 13.505 |
| 2002 | 12.888 |
| 2001 | 11.812 |
| 2000 | 11.102 |
| 1999 | 11.183 |
| 1998 | 10.749 |
| 1997 | 9.751 |
| 1996 | 8.455 |
| 1995 | 8.782 |
| 1994 | 9.934 |
| 1993 | 12.741 |
| 1992 | 14.08 |
| 1991 | 13.387 |