Aliyah has sharply decreased; most of the repatriates are still from the former Soviet space.

Decrease in the Number of Repatriates in Israel

In 2024, only 31,068 new citizens arrived in Israel, which is 32.6% less than the previous year. The data was provided by the Central Bureau of Statistics on September 15. In the first seven months of 2025, only 11,300 arrived in the country, compared to 19,500 for the same period the previous year, marking a decrease of 42%.

Annual Repatriation Results

The Ministry of Repatriation and Integration also published official statistics timed to the Rosh Hashanah holiday. In the year 5785 according to the Jewish calendar, about 21,000 new repatriates arrived from abroad.

For the second consecutive year, there is a decline in the rate of aliyah. In 2022 and 2023, repatriation significantly increased, especially in the context of events in Ukraine. In 2022, Israel accepted 74,807 repatriates, in 2023 — 46,069, mainly from Russia and Ukraine. Previously, from 2012 to 2021, the average number of repatriates barely reached 24,000.

Use of Statistics

According to the CBS, in 2024, 70.6% of repatriates came from the former Soviet space. From Russia, 19,090 people were represented, which is 61.4% of the total number. The United States ranks second with 2,864 repatriates, followed by France (2,004), Ukraine (948), and Belarus (713).

Age Structure and Place of Residence

Among the repatriates who arrived in 2024, the age structure is similar to the data of previous years, but differs from the national average. Only 16.7% of new citizens have children under the age of 14 compared to 27.5% across Israel.

Among the repatriates, 71.8% are of working age (15-64 years), whereas in the country this number is 59.5%. The share of people over 65 years old is 11.5%, which is slightly below the national average (13%). The median age of repatriates in 2024 was 36.4 years — 6 years older than the national average in Israel (30.4 years).

Location Preferences

The Central District remains the most preferred among repatriates. In this area, including Greater Tel Aviv, 17,040 new residents settled, accounting for more than half of the total arrivals (54.9%).

17.3% of repatriates moved to Haifa and its surroundings; in the Jerusalem District — 10.9%; in the Southern District — 8.9%; in the Northern District — 6.1%; and in Judea and Samaria — 2%.

Education and Professions of Repatriates

The CBS also conducted an analysis of the education level of new repatriates, which showed some decline. More than 76% of repatriates aged 15 and older had at least 13 years of education (in 2023, this figure was 78.2%). In turn, 13.8% studied for 11-12 years, and 9.9% — 0-10 years.

Among specialists with academic degrees, lawyers and experts in the field of culture had the largest representation (28.6%). The second position was occupied by workers in science and engineering (24.6%), followed by specialists in business and management (12.6%), information technology (12.2%), healthcare (11%), and education (10.9%).