Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Benjamin Netanyahu	29 Dec 2022 – now	−1.0 pp Nov 2022 → Sep 2026	−0.3 pp/yr
2	Yamina Naftali Bennett	13 Jun 2021 – 1 Jul 2022	−2.0 pp May 2021 → Jun 2022	−1.8 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force · The Central Bureau of Statistics' labour force survey via the OECD (infra-annual labour statistics), 15 and over, seasonally adjusted · Israel data · as of Sep 2026.