For 2025, the OECD outlook is also more positive than Israel’s own estimates, putting next year’s GDP increase at 3.3%, compared with 2.5% forecast by the central bank and 2.8% predicted by the ministry.

Israel’s unemployment rate fell to 4.3%; the Bank of Israel’s foreign currency reserves exceeded $100 billion for the first time ever; 69% of all electricity produced in Israel now comes from natural gas, and much more!