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Unemployment rate in Israel

How hard is it to have a job there?

Israel's unemployment rate is 3.49 % — #36 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.49%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Israel over time

13.51 %8.44 %3.37 %13.51 % · 20033.37 % · 20232000: 11.10 %2001: 11.81 %2002: 12.89 %2003: 13.51 %2004: 13.03 %2005: 11.34 %2006: 10.71 %2007: 9.38 %2008: 7.70 %2009: 9.53 %2010: 8.48 %2011: 7.14 %2012: 6.76 %2013: 6.14 %2014: 5.79 %2015: 5.18 %2016: 4.72 %2017: 4.14 %2018: 3.92 %2019: 3.73 %2020: 4.17 %2021: 4.81 %2022: 3.69 %2023: 3.37 %2024: 3.60 %2025: 3.49 %2000201220253.49 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#36 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
71 %
88 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.11 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
10.02 pp
peak 13.51 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 7.61 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #16 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.77 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Israel: ahead of 71 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentIsrael 3.49 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Israel is ahead of 71 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Israel
34 Trinidad and Tobago3.33 %−0.16 pp
35 Belarus3.38 %−0.11 pp
36 Israel3.49 %—
37 Kyrgyzstan3.53 %+0.04 pp
38 Bulgaria3.54 %+0.05 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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