Central Bureau of Statistics

A land with no tourists: Israel's summer season on ice again as tourism struggles to recover

Israel’s tourism sector is in tatters, but officials are hopeful it will rebound when fighting stops and airlines return

Airport staff walks through the empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025, after Israel closed its air space to takeoff and landing.Premium
People looking for work as unemployment rises

Israeli employment rates dropped in May, Central Bureau of Statistics labor force survey reveals

 Picture of pills and medical file with the word abortion on it.

Israel abortion application rates decline, with nearly all requests gaining approval, CBS reports

Prayer in a Safed bomb shelter.

Israel at 78: Unbowed, strong, and determined as it swings between a miracle and a mess - comment


Jewry demographics report: A transformation in small stats - analysis

Current calls for Israel's destruction as well as antisemitism that never dies show that some attitudes toward the Jews have not changed. What has changed, however, is the Jews themselves. 

 Priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during Passover, April 18, 2022

World Jewish population nears pre-Holocaust numbers at 15.2 million

On the eve of the Holocaust in 1939, the World Jewish population numbered 16.6 people.

Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall in the shadow of coronavirus

The skies are open: How many Israelis traveled in March 2022?

The number of departures was several times higher than the figures for March 2020 and 2021, and slightly lower than the figure for March 2019.

Passengers at the Departure hall at the Ben Gurion Airport, near Tel Aviv on December 14, 2020.

Beit Shemesh receives over NIS 500m. to revamp infrastructure

Beit Shemesh faces significant challenges in both the social and economic realms. This plan to reinvigorate the city’s infrastructure is expected to target those challenges.

The southern entrance to Beit Shemesh

Average salary in Israel falls 2.6%

The poorest paid sectors were entertainment and leisure with an average salary of NIS 7,000, and hospitality and catering services with an average monthly salary of NIS 5,400.

VARIOUS ISRAELI banknotes are displayed for an illustrative photo. The economy is well on its way to the pre-pandemic standards of budgetary discipline.

Has Israel's Consumer Price Index lost touch with reality?

"It is already clear that household spending does not accord with the existing weightings in the CPI, particularly in relation to overseas vacations, entertainment, and so on."

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Israel hasn’t yet entered a “Great Resignation” says Israel Democracy Institute

The Covid-19 pandemic has made a lasting impact on the job markets in the UK and US.

 Daphna Aviram-Nitzan, author of the report and Director of the Governance and Economy Center at IDI

Israel's GDP jumps 15.4% in second quarter

Israel's GDP grew by a whopping 15.4% in the second quarter, compared with the previous quarter, the sharp rise being attributed to the removal of coronavirus restrictions.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Israel's unemployment rate continues to drop, after brief sputter

Israel's broad unemployment rate fell to 7.6% in the second half of July, the lowest rate since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office

Is Israel's employment recovery tapering off?

The labor market was expected to get much better after government benefits for unpaid leave (Halat) tapered off at the end of June. But things haven't exactly worked out that way.

OUTSIDE THE Jerusalem Employment Office