Work & Labour in Israel

427 indicators covering work & labour for Israel.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 62.39 2024 up 0.9% 20th
Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,493 2024 up 19.4% 40th
Real effective exchange rate (REER), Index (2010=100) Adjusted by 122.72 2025 up 15.0% 2nd
Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1,470 2023 down 34.9% 23rd
Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,500 2024 up 26.8% 37th
Female employment vs. public spending on family benefits 1.9% 2023 down 3.2% 24th
Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 2.37 0-6 scale 2024 unchanged 12th
Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 2.37 0-6 scale 2024 unchanged 12th
Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 0.875 0-6 scale 2024 unchanged 35th
Labour force participation rate 62.48 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 down 2.5% 14th
Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 15,429 National currency 2023 up 59.4% 17th
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 2,691 Persons 2025 up 24.9% 23rd
Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2.9 2024 down 49.9% 72nd
Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 130.34 2024 down 40.2% 55th
Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 3.91 million Persons 2020 up 33.2% 28th
Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 176,960 Persons 2020 down 15.3% 32nd
Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 4.09 million Persons 2020 up 30.0% 29th
Average hourly earnings of employees 66 2021 up 22.2% 34th
Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1.62 2023 down 21.1% 45th
Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 75.88 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 1.4% 26th
Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 78.97 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.2% 32nd
Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 3.91 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 down 31.5% 29th
Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 0.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 15.2% 22nd
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 214.77 2024 up 28.1% 28th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 15.27 2024 up 5.5% 26th
Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -9.6 Percentage points 2014 up 9.4% 23rd
Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -9.6 Percentage points 2014 up 9.4% 23rd
SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 1,074 2024 down 52.6% 28th
SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1.62 2023 down 21.1% 53rd
Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate -10.2 Percentage points 2014 up 4.7% 23rd
Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force -10.2 Percentage points 2014 up 4.7% 23rd
Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate 0 Percentage points 2014 down 100.0% 16th
Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term 0 Percentage points 2014 down 100.0% 16th
Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 2.28 million Persons 2024 up 27.1% 24th
Workers in the reference group 4,651 2024 up 49.5% 31st
Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 3.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 19.9% 28th
Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 960.6 Persons 2023 up 28.7% 13th
Gender wage gap 18.75 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,195 2024 up 31.2% 25th
Dentists — Health and social employment 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 17.6% 4th
Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 2.24 Factor of decile 1 2023 up 18.4% 2nd
Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,362 2024 up 23.0% 43rd
Employees 3,796 2024 up 22.5% 34th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 18.8% 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Gender wage gap 18.8% 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 18.8% 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 18.8% 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 18.8% 2021 up 20.8% 11th
Hospital employment 12.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 15.7% 19th
Gender wage gap 12.47 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2023 down 20.0% 9th
Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2025 up 20.6% 15th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 37.74 2024 down 1.6% 52nd
Annual working hours per person employed 1,921 Hours 2016 down 1.6% 7th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 37.98 2024 down 1.0% 52nd
SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 66 2021 up 22.2% 34th
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 29.15 2024 up 1.2% 57th
Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 29.38 2024 up 1.4% 57th
Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 769.54 2024 up 59.1% 23rd
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 96.1% 2024 down 0.6% 28th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 74.5% 2024 down 3.2% 45th