Labour Force (Total) rose 2.45% to 4.19 mil in Israel in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Israel reached an all time high of 4.19 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.90 mil in 1990. When compared to Israel's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Egypt amounted to 30.2 mil, 2.86 mil in Jordan, 1.72 mil in Lebanon and 6.14 mil in Syria in 2021.
Israel has been ranked 95th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cyprus | mil | 0.620 | 0.616 | 0.625 | 0.639 | 0.650 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 30.5 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 29.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 3.86 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 4.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 2.08 | 2.02 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 1.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 2.02 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.14 | 2.19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 4.96 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 5.27 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 |
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