23 January 2023
030/2023
Written by Merav Pasternac (Field Director of Labour Sector), Natalia Shenkar, Yelena Unigovski (Field Labour Statistics)
For more information please contact the Statistics Information Center, at 02-6592666 or info@cbs.gov.il


 

Original Data

In December 2022 (compared with November 2022, among persons aged 15 and over): (For monthly data 12/2022)

Participation rate in the labour force – 63.8% (63.2% in the previous month).

Employment rate (the percentage of employed persons out of the total population) – 61.0% (60.6% in the previous month).

Unemployment rate – 4.3% (4.1% in the previous month).

The percentage in labour force of employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons – 4.5% (same as in the previous month).

The percentage in labour force of persons not in the labour force who stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace from March 2020 + employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons – 5.1% (same as in the previous month).

The percentage in labour force of discouraged workers +persons not in the labour force who stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace from March 2020 + employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons – 5.5% (5.4% in the previous month).

Employment rate excluding persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons – 60.9% (60.4% in the previous month).

A file on Tracking Government Employment Targets can be seen on the CBS website. (Hebrew only)

Number and percentage in labour forceNovember 2022December 2022
Unemployed persons

181,100

4.1%

189,300

4.3%

Employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons

198,900

4.5%

201,300

4.5%

Persons not in the labour force who stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace from March 2020 + employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons

224,000

5.1%

228,300

5.1%

Discouraged workers +persons not in the labour force who stopped working due to dismissal or closure of the workplace from March 2020 + employed persons temporarily absent from work all week due to economic reasons + unemployed persons

237,500

5.4%

245,900

5.5%



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