Israel Economic Indicators: Domestic Unemployment Rate
(1988 - Present)
| Year | Unemployment |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 4.8% |
| 2015 | 5.3% |
| 2014 | 5.9% |
| 2013 | 6.2% |
| 2012 | 6.p% |
| 2011 | 7.1% |
| 2010 | 8.3% |
| 2009 | 9.5% |
| 2008 | 7.6% |
| 2007 | 9.1% |
| 2006 | 10.4% |
| 2005 | 11.2% |
| 2004 | 12.8% |
| 2003 | 13.2% |
| 2002 | 12.8% |
| 2001 | 11.5% |
| 2000 | 10.9% |
| 1999 | 10.9% |
| 1998 | 10.6% |
| 1997 | 9.4% |
| 1996 | 8.3% |
| 1995 | 8.4% |
| 1994 * | 7.8%* |
| 1993 | 10% |
| 1992 | 11.2% |
| 1991 | 10.6% |
| 1990 | 9.6% |
| 1989 | 8.9% |
| 1988 | 6.4% |
*The definition of unemployment was changed after 1994.
Sources: Economic indicators: Israeli Economic Data,
Bank of Israel;
Index Mundi;
CIA World Factbook;
Israeli Government Press Office;
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics;
Israel Ministry of Finance;
Israel Yearbook and Almanac 1998, (Jerusalem: IBRT Translation/Documenation Ltd., 1998);
Trading Economics.
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