Israelis are emigrating abroad in numbers the country has never seen before – taking with them their money, education, and professional skills. The numbers behind this movement indicate long-term harm to Israel, even far from the conflict zones in the North and South.
In the first seven months of this year, 40,600 people left the country, an average of 2,200 more each month than in 2023.
The Central Bureau of Statistics has updated its method for calculating long-term departures and returns of Israelis, adopting international standards for measuring emigration and developing a new statistical method within its Demography and Census Division.