Israel last year recorded stable economic growth of 2.5 percent and its lowest unemployment rate in three decades, AFP reports.
Israel's economic growth was hampered in part by a decline in exports due to the faltering global economy and its strengthening currency, the shekel, the Bank of Israel said.
At the same time, the drop in unemployment to 5.3 percent was attributed to an increase in "employment-intensive commerce and business services" and a boost in public service jobs in the country of eight million people.
The unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in 2014 and has declined for the past five years, resulting in 2015 in the lowest figure since the mid-1980.
However, as in other countries, the number includes only those actively seeking work.